Donny Seyfer AAM
Donny Seyfer wears many hats. As Co-Owner of Seyfer Automotive, Inc. Wheat Ridge, CO. He has 30 years of automotive experience as a technician, manager and service consultant. Founded in 1961, Seyfer Automotive provides general repair and maintenance services to owners of late model American, Asian VW and Jaguar automobiles and trucks. They provide a special focus on diagnostic and difficult to solve problems. Donny provides technical support to 3 ASE Master/L1 Technicians and one intern. Seyfer Automotive also provides performance and restoration services for 50s – Early 70s American made vehicles.

Donny is an ASE Master /L1 advanced diagnostic technician and C1 Service Consultant. Since 1994 he has been a participant writing test questions and working on passing score studies He has designed and built many performance vehicles for himself and customers and actively manages Seyfer’s performance and restoration service offerings.

• Designing packages
• Automotive Author
• Columnist Aftermarket News
• Columnist Motor Age Scoop, “Tech E” A column for technicians on utilizing and integrating technologies such as computers and scan tools.
• Series editor for Delmar Learning ASE Test Preparation guides for automotive and collision
• series for which he authored A2 Automatic Transmission, C1 Service Consultant, A7 Heating and Air Conditioning and B5 Body Mechanical ASE Prep. guides.
• Motor Age ASE C1 Service Consultant Test Preparation Guide.
• Contributor Automotive Service Association Auto Inc. Magazine
• Co-authored an article for the New York Times on vehicle information.

Industry

• Current Chairman Automotive Service Association - ASA of Colorado
• Served ASA by traveling the country to teach service information utilization and other topics.
• Served as ASA CO education director, Mechanical Division President and special events coordinator
• 2007 ASA Communicator of the Year
• National Automotive Service Task Force Board Government Affairs
• Served 3 years as independent technical member of the Ford Dispute Settlement Board
• NAPA AutoCare Center and founding member of the Colorado Select NAPA AutoCare Centers.
• 2000 NAPA ASE Regional Technician of the year
• 2001 NAPA ASE Regional Technician of the year
• Judge for the Colorado finals Votech Skills USA competition 1987-2003
• Test question contributor for 4 of the ASE technician certification tests
• 2004 Curriculum development panel for the National Automotive Technicians Educational Foundation NATEF

Community

• Consults with the Colorado Attorney General on automotive cases.
• Host “Drive Radio” a consumer call in show on Denver’s KHOW AM630 since 1997
• Host GearHeads Performance Radio KKZN AM 760
• Consults with Insurance companies and private individuals as an expert witness in litigation. Expert witness in cases in Adams and Jefferson County.
• Testified for Congress in 2004 concerning Right to Repair bill.
• Testified for Massachusetts Assembly 2007 concerning information availability to the aftermarket
• Testified and demonstrated automotive information availability and technology to New Jersey legislature 2007
• Den Leader Webelos Pack 274 Cub Scouts Lincoln Academy Arvada, CO

Education

• E85 Flex Fuel Strategies and Combustion Chemistry
• Make More Money Without Getting Dirty - Vehicle reprogramming strategies
• Service Information Classes - Making electronic service information work for you
• Computers for Technicians - The technicians survival guide to using computers in the shop