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  1. Defining Your Ideal Customer

    By Joe Marconi,   
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views

  2. It's Doing The Same Thing --- Is it really????

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views

  3. The Power of Rose-Colored Glasses

    By Joe Marconi,   
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views

  4. The Dark Side of Cash

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views

  5. Rocky Mountain Oysters - Do you have the balls??

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views

  6. Three Gallons of Trouble - gas gauge and attitudes

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views

  7. Networking - Business to business referrals

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  8. Picture This - Lessons learned, teaching can turn into a lesson as well

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views

  9. Picture This - - Hard to believe I wrote this 20 years ago.

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.2k views

  10. A Gift Steve Jobs Left for Shop Owners

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views

  11. Sempri Fi - My traditional Memorial day weekend story.... leave a comment

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views

  12. Real or Reality - Some of these reality TV automotive shows just don't cut it in the real reality of car repair

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views

  13. Clamps and Batteries - The repairs vary as much as the styles of batteries do.

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views

  14. The Ghost Mechanic - those mechanics that seem to leave evidence of their bad work that you find... or was it a mechanic after all?

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views

  15. Let's Make A Deal! For some, car repair is all about cutting a deal...NOT...quality of the workmanship

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views

  16. What Every Shop Owner Needs to Know About Accountants

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views

  17. Joe Friday Diagnostics - AGE check--remember Dragnet with Sgt. Joe Friday? Here's my version of the Sarge diagnosing a car

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views

  18. Ouija Board Diagnostics - You're doing it wrong if your Ouija board is your go to diagnostic tool

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views

  19. Timing is Everything When Handling Damage

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views

  20. Flash to Pass (as edited for the NACAT website)

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views

  21. Job Description of a World Class Manager

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  22. Down The Hatch - Gas tanks are for gas right? Somebody forgot to tell these folks.

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views

  23. Electronically Handicapped - - The general public (and myself) are getting way to reliant on electronics

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views

  24. How Much Is Your Shop Worth?

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views

  25. Battin a Thousand - - Mechanics have to step up to bat and hit it out of the park every time

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  26. Hood Props and Latches - - Alright... who took it! !

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views

  27. The One Word Your Customers Want to Hear

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views

  28. Some Days You're The Oil, Some Days You're The Filter - - - just another day at the old repair shop

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views

  29. You Can't Take Percentages to the Bank

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  30. Turning Techs Into Advisors - Guidelines for Success

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  31. Where's My 10mm Socket!?? --- The professional escapee of the tool box

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views

  32. The Best-Kept Secrets to Servicing Fleet Accounts

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views

  33. If You Think Your Shop is a Business, This Article May Surprise You

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views

  34. Diversity Of The Mechanic - - Mechanics knowledge background has evolved just like the cars ... Now if the rest of the population would. . .

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  35. Twas the Night Before Christmas - an apprentice mechanic and Santa

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  36. The Cost of Customer Complaints - By Bob Cooper

    By Elite Worldwide Inc.,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views

  37. Ode To Santa - Even Santa is having a rough time...

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  38. 12 Days of Christmas --- MECHANIC STYLE

    By Gonzo,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  39. The Magic Elf - Christmas time, time for the little magic elf to pop out of his box

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  40. Where's That Machine? --- You know, the one that tells you what's wrong with the car.

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  41. Car and Driver - - - The evolution of the car vs. the driver's involvement

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views

  42. Old Sarge --- My traditional Veterans Day story.... Semper Fi

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views

  43. One Penny At A Time - - Grumpy customer, and sacks of pennies

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views

  44. Some Guy - - - You know who he is, but I'll bet you've never met him.

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  45. I Just Don't Get It - - They'll leave their car...forever...like I want your car at my shop!? Forever!!

    By Gonzo,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views

  46. OHS - Open Heart Surgery - My Story ----- A look at my summer of 2017

    By Gonzo,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.6k views

  47. Nothing Beats A Full House - - - Play your cards right and you come out a winner

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  48. First The Basics - Diagnostics starts with powers and grounds NOT with parts and labor

    By Gonzo,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.4k views

  49. Water Cooler Diagnostics - Real office mechanics hang around the water cooler

    By Gonzo,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  50. Flash or Pass --- Modern mechanics have more tasks to do than previous generations of mechanics ever had to do.

    By Gonzo,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views


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