General Automotive Discussion

407 topics in this forum

1. Politics religion guns and profits

   By alfredauto, December 11, 2016
   • 0 replies
   • 1k views
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   • alfredauto
   • December 11, 2016

2. How did you become a repair shop owner?

   By Felix, November 27, 2016   

   • education
   • business
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • education
     • business
     • owner
     • repair shop owner
     • become self employed
   • 31 replies
   • 5.3k views
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   • Trealubit
   • December 11, 2016

3. AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL WORK

   By xrac, November 16, 2016   

   • Automotive Electrical Work
   • 2 replies
   • 1.5k views
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   • JamisonAutoGroup
   • November 28, 2016

4. Happy Thanksgiving!

   By HarrytheCarGeek, November 23, 2016
   • 2 replies
   • 1.3k views
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   • Alex
   • November 24, 2016

5. Storage fees

   By cdhowell, October 6, 2016
   • 6 replies
   • 2.2k views
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   • spencersauto
   • November 17, 2016

6. what do employers look for when hiring ?

   By skm, November 5, 2016
   • 3 replies
   • 1.5k views
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   • mspecperformance
   • November 5, 2016

7. Ransomware

   By tyrguy, November 4, 2016
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   • tyrguy
   • November 4, 2016

8. New report by Lang: "Domestic Cars Hit Record Age"

   By Elon Block, November 2, 2016
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   • Elon Block
   • November 2, 2016

9. Are we our worse enemies?

   By HarrytheCarGeek, October 26, 2016
   • 3 replies
   • 1.6k views
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   • HarrytheCarGeek
   • October 27, 2016

10. Challenges and Opportunities

    By Elon Block, September 27, 2016   

    • Sales opportunities
    • Auto repair shop challenges
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Sales opportunities
      • Auto repair shop challenges
      • Tire stores
      • Specialization
      • Competition
      • Auto repair shop growth
    • 5 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • Gary A
    • October 18, 2016

11. Innovative Ideas

    By ratchetandwrench, September 29, 2016
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
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    • Alex
    • October 2, 2016

12. Waiting Room Waiters?

    By FROGFINDER, September 10, 2016
    • 10 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • ATLAuto
    • September 30, 2016

13. Just another day in paradise.

    By tyrguy, September 20, 2016
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
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    • HarrytheCarGeek
    • September 20, 2016

14. Driver less cars

    By tyrguy, September 15, 2016
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • mmotley
    • September 16, 2016

15. My 911 related story

    By FROGFINDER, September 12, 2016
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • FROGFINDER
    • September 12, 2016

16. My Carfax service shop & appointmentplus

    By CAZM, May 20, 2016
    • 9 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • Gary A
    • May 24, 2016

17. Snap on credit llc unethical business practices

    By Mike Walter, March 30, 2016
    • 9 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • Mike Walter
    • April 19, 2016

18. Motorvac FX3030 AC machine

    By smak4978, April 7, 2016
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • smak4978
    • April 7, 2016

19. Anyone sell extended warranties on repairs?

    By phynny, March 5, 2016
    • 8 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • Bock auto
    • April 7, 2016

20. Asking the taboo question, talking about the tough subjects.

    By HarrytheCarGeek, November 23, 2015
    • 28 replies
    • 5k views
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    • Hands On
    • April 5, 2016

21. Prof. Cipolla’s theory on stupidity

    By HarrytheCarGeek, March 17, 2016
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    • HarrytheCarGeek
    • March 17, 2016

22. Anyone here heard of Confident Financial Solutions (CFS)?

    By HarrytheCarGeek, March 8, 2016   

    • finance
    • credit
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
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    • lmcca
    • March 9, 2016

23. Automotive "Memes" Bring On The Funnies

    By Chuy Reyna, January 26, 2016
    • 7 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • DanW.
    • March 3, 2016

24. Service writer mindset, savvy customers pushing psychological buttons.

    By HarrytheCarGeek, February 10, 2016   

    • tough customers
    • value shoppers
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • tough customers
      • value shoppers
      • cheapskates
    • 9 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • LynxStarAuto
    • February 20, 2016

25. Increase Your Car Count

    By totalautocare, November 26, 2015
    • 10 replies
    • 3k views
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    • GTS_Services
    • January 26, 2016

26. Tire Pressure

    By xrac, January 14, 2016
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
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    • ATLAuto
    • January 16, 2016

27. Think you are having a bad day?

    By skm, January 13, 2016
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • skm
    • January 15, 2016

28. Communicating with customers ( Glovebox )

    By lakesidetire, January 12, 2016   

    • Communication
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views
    • 
    • Vdubfixer
    • January 12, 2016

29. Farming out jobs

    By lakesidetire, January 7, 2016   

    • Work
    • Jobs
    • 13 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • ncautoshop
    • January 9, 2016

30. Ratchet and Wrench Conference

    By CarER, December 22, 2015
    • 9 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • Elon Block
    • January 6, 2016

31. Books

    By lakesidetire, December 5, 2015
    • 12 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • Jeff
    • December 29, 2015

32. How do you approach selling services?

    By Sean, February 17, 2014
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • lakesidetire
    • December 14, 2015

33. One man Shops

    By Jeff, December 9, 2015
    • 16 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • Vdubfixer
    • December 12, 2015

34. Employment Job Descriptions

    By parkfallsautomotive, June 19, 2015
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • xrac
    • December 10, 2015

35. How to sale 30k , 60k , 90k services

    By lakesidetire, December 5, 2015
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • lakesidetire
    • December 10, 2015

36. Waiting area (keeping the customer happy)

    By lakesidetire, November 30, 2015
    • 10 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • John Pearson
    • December 6, 2015

37. Is 2 A level techs to many

    By CAZM, November 19, 2015
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • CAZM
    • December 2, 2015

38. Increase Your ARO

    By totalautocare, November 26, 2015
    • 7 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • stowintegrity
    • December 1, 2015

39. engineering pet peeves

    By alfredauto, November 15, 2015
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
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    • CMillet86
    • November 15, 2015

40. Interesting video

    By ncautoshop, July 29, 2015
    • 12 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • LynxStarAuto
    • November 8, 2015

41. What do you keep a pulse on?

    By totalautocare, October 13, 2015
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
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    • mspecperformance
    • October 14, 2015

42. Any one using.......EZ Pay customer financing?

    By cdhowell, October 2, 2015
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • John Pearson
    • October 3, 2015

43. The Shop Radio: A right or privilege?

    By Joe Marconi, July 28, 2013
    • 23 replies
    • 4.8k views
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    • vbtoytech
    • September 18, 2015

44. I Found This to Be Quite Interesting

    By CarER, September 2, 2015
    • 8 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • mspecperformance
    • September 4, 2015

45. Project help

    By ohlmannr, August 20, 2015
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • ohlmannr
    • August 20, 2015

46. Is it possible to reprogram or "flash".....

    By GENUINE, February 28, 2014
    • 14 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • PACMAN
    • August 18, 2015

47. ASE certified/pay/benefits

    By skm, August 15, 2015
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • alfredauto
    • August 18, 2015

48. Dealerships Being sneaky.

    By John Pearson, May 11, 2015
    • 7 replies
    • 2.4k views
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    • mmotley
    • August 12, 2015

49. We shouldn't make money off of claims? Why not? I say we should.

    By phynny, July 29, 2015
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
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    • phynny
    • July 30, 2015

50. Price just isn't everything

    By stowintegrity, July 4, 2015   

    • customer service
    • 5 replies
    • 2.6k views
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    • alfredauto
    • July 27, 2015