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Does 757 need a good performance shop??
Huntin Dropa ForLife
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From: Virginia Beach, VA
Re: Does 757 need a good performance shop??
The shop I intend to open within the next month or so will have, two good full time techs, 3 bays, and a sec. I have been debating on buying a dyno, although I have had my eye on the one inside of MAS. I will wait to see these shops that I am looking at this week. So it seems like the 757 might have two new shops on the way.
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Re: Does 757 need a good performance shop??
if you're referring to me opening a shop. it will never happen. i have no schooling in business, no formal training. i dont have 20+ years in the automotive field to just rely on that, i dont have the capitol to be able to sustain myself for the first years. Good luck to you Josh.
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From: Yorktown
Re: Does 757 need a good performance shop??
On the corner of Goodwin neck and Rt.17 in Yorktown, what about the Midas or whatever that closed down, Small office four bays with lifts? Would be worth checking on?
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Re: Does 757 need a good performance shop??
I think the biggest problem with most of the shops in the area is that they do not have a good full time secretary.
If you don't have someone who is clean, well dressed, polite, mildly knowledgeable, and there all day to answer the phones/run the front desk than it comes off as being very unprofessional. I work on cars for a living, and have been doing it for 8 years, and I hate being called away when I am in the middle of a job, and thats when things get over looked/forgotten about. But not answering the phones is far worse because 9 times out of 10 it means lost business.
I think there could be a good market for a local shop on the penn. There are a few of them on the southside already and they do a pretty good job for the most part. I agree with Fran 110% on keeping parts in stock. Basic parts, upgrade parts etc. I'm talking ignitions, BOV's, wastegates, head gaskets, injectors, etc. etc. Not terribly expensive parts but something that someone with a few extra bucks could buy on a whim. Not to mention if your offering dyno/tuning services having things like ignitons and injectors could open the door for immediate upgrades on a car thats just in the shop for tuning etc.
I personally (for the most part) do all my own work. I built my hatch in my single car garage at home, and between my garage and the shop I work at, I have most of the tools/equipment to do whatever I need done. I think another good idea would be to offer like a "Hobby Shop" type of thing where someone could pay to rent a lift/tools to do their own work, but to be able to have access to a lift, press, tire machine, etc. But I don't know how that whole liability thing comes into play on that.
If you don't have someone who is clean, well dressed, polite, mildly knowledgeable, and there all day to answer the phones/run the front desk than it comes off as being very unprofessional. I work on cars for a living, and have been doing it for 8 years, and I hate being called away when I am in the middle of a job, and thats when things get over looked/forgotten about. But not answering the phones is far worse because 9 times out of 10 it means lost business.
I think there could be a good market for a local shop on the penn. There are a few of them on the southside already and they do a pretty good job for the most part. I agree with Fran 110% on keeping parts in stock. Basic parts, upgrade parts etc. I'm talking ignitions, BOV's, wastegates, head gaskets, injectors, etc. etc. Not terribly expensive parts but something that someone with a few extra bucks could buy on a whim. Not to mention if your offering dyno/tuning services having things like ignitons and injectors could open the door for immediate upgrades on a car thats just in the shop for tuning etc.
I personally (for the most part) do all my own work. I built my hatch in my single car garage at home, and between my garage and the shop I work at, I have most of the tools/equipment to do whatever I need done. I think another good idea would be to offer like a "Hobby Shop" type of thing where someone could pay to rent a lift/tools to do their own work, but to be able to have access to a lift, press, tire machine, etc. But I don't know how that whole liability thing comes into play on that.
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From: hampton
Re: Does 757 need a good performance shop??
I think another good idea would be to offer like a "Hobby Shop" type of thing where someone could pay to rent a lift/tools to do their own work, but to be able to have access to a lift, press, tire machine, etc. But I don't know how that whole liability thing comes into play on that.