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Plain, factual guides to the questions worth answering before you contact a provider. Written by the 614mobileauto editorial team and updated as things change.

Explainer · Updated 2026-08-05

Where can a mobile mechanic legally work in Columbus?

Two Columbus ordinances govern where paid vehicle work can happen, one about roadways and one about residential lots, and the driveway question the second one raises is genuinely unsettled.How-to · Updated 2026-08-05

How to check a tow operator before you call

Ohio regulates towing companies as for-hire motor carriers, which gives you a certificate number to look for on the truck and on the paperwork before you agree to anything.Explainer · Updated 2026-08-05

What Ohio's motor vehicle repair registration actually covers

Ohio's registration mandate names collision repair operators and window tint operators, mobile ones included, while the Board's own rule reaches wider — and Ohio issues no licence for auto mechanics or detailers.Explainer · Updated 2026-08-05

Your rights on estimates and repair charges in Ohio

The fifty dollar estimate trigger, the ten per cent rule, teardown and towing disclosures, and the one question about mobile visits that Ohio's rule does not answer.Explainer · Updated 2026-08-05

Paintless dent repair in Columbus: what it fixes, and who has to register

What paintless dent repair can and cannot do to a panel, and why Ohio puts a PDR business inside the Board of Motor Vehicle Repair's registration program.Explainer · Updated 2026-08-05

Mobile window tint in Columbus: registration, and when the bay is the better job

Window tint is one of the two trades ORC 4775.02(A) names in terms, and one Columbus installer publishes an unusually honest account of why it will not tint in your driveway at all.How-to · Updated 2026-08-05

Mobile tire service in Columbus: what to expect when the truck comes to you

How an on-site tire visit works, which disclosures Ohio requires before anyone is dispatched, and where a mobile tire job can and cannot happen in Columbus.