Assured Performance Network Selects
1-800 Radiator as Preferred Vendor

For Immediate Release:
May 12, 2006

Contact:
Christine Stricker
for Assured Performance Network
(714) 389-5765
christine.stricker@assuredperformance.net

May 8, 2006, Irvine, CA – Assured Performance Network, the largest network and co-op of independently owned auto body repair centers across the nation, announced today that Benicia, Calif.-based 1-800 Radiator has been selected as a Preferred Vendor. The terms and conditions of the co-op buying agreement will assist the Assured Performance Partner shops with superior service, pricing, and availability. The total program is designed to assist the co-op stockholders in their efforts to regain the profit margins they need to remain competitive and profitable in the changing market.

1-800 Radiator has over 67 locations nation-wide, and is adding as many as eight new locations per month to provide localized service, personal relationships and individual responsiveness to nearly all of the co-op partnering shops. The special service offered in the exclusive program provides same day and express service backed by their national warranty. 1-800 Radiator will also participate as a sponsor of select educational and training programs offered by Assured Performance Network.

The Assured Performance Preferred Vendor Rebate Program was launched in the spring of 2004, and includes Enterprise Rent-A-Car, 3M, 1-800 Radiator, OE regional wholesale parts dealers, as well as insurance, and paint companies. Assured Performance Network agreements negotiated for the co-op are most often “above and beyond” existing agreements, and do not require changing vendors. Unlike other networks, rebates through Assured Performance Network are disbursed to the partner shops on a percentage of patronage basis.

“We are pleased to offer an outstanding national vendor to our overall offering that emphasizes local service and competitive pricing,” said Kevin Caldwell, GM/VP of Assured Performance Buying Group.

About Assured Performance Network:
The two main components of the Assured Performance Network co-op are their buying group, and ”Assured Performance Collision Care,” a consumer-focused, shop-driven customer retention program. The co-op also offers marketing, advertising, PR and promotional services, organization software, education, and more. Assured Performance Network is the largest independent collision network in the world. For more information, visit: www.AssuredPerformance.NET, or call Kevin Caldwell at 949-221-0088 X: 231.

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