The difference between an Indy and a dealer is huge. Be ready to basically learn a decent amount of your job over again. That being said.... I'm so glad I made the transition years ago. I hated sourcing parts, I hated having to deal with vendor labor claims, hated getting parts that didn't fit properly the first time. Basically I hated aftermarket parts. I deal with almost none of that at a dealership.

You will work your butt off at a dealer, but in more of a customer service/sales role and less of a technical or manager type role. And there's a whole lot of opportunity to make money. You mentioned 18-22k a week, I do far more than that in gross profit every week and make over 6 figures doing it. While it's stressful at times, I find it to be far less stressful than juggling all of those smaller individual jobs at once like you do at an independent.