Dustin Schuler

Dustin is the Marketing Director for Bud Clary Auto Group, a third-generation, family-owned dealer group with 14 franchise stores across five Washington cities. In 10 years with Bud Clary, he has worked across Ford, Chevrolet, Subaru, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram, from marketing through sales and service operations.

He's been a car enthusiast since he was a little boy, and he learned to drive stick in a Mercedes-Benz 240D. He finished high school with a certificate of work readiness and certifications through AYES and NATEF, where he earned college credits and worked toward an ASE certification.

He still works on anything with a motor. Today he drives a Chevy Silverado 1500 on a mid-travel suspension setup, a Nissan 370Z he drifts, and his favorite, an all-wheel-drive Audi A6 TDI running a large single turbo. The TDI is closing in on 200,000 miles, he's upgraded and replaced its turbo three times, and he's done all of the work himself. The only time another mechanic has touched one of his cars was to program a key fob.

He writes these pages to tell shoppers what he'd tell a friend.

At Bud Clary Chevrolet in Longview, Dustin writes for the drivers this store sees every day: truck owners who tow through Cowlitz County hills and winters, Kelso and Longview neighbors who treat the two towns as one, and Oregon buyers who come across the Lewis and Clark Bridge because they don't pay Washington sales tax here.