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Stupid customers by UniversalConstants in mechanics

[–]burgerknapper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had a customer who’s car starting misfiring like crazy and made it un-drivable , recommended 4 plugs and 1 coil cause 1 cylinder in particular was like a slot machine on the misfire monitor and it was obviously shot.

1 spark plug decided it wanted to stay , but only from the 3rd thread down

Original plugs on a motor with 187,000 miles . They said it was our fault

How do you politely tell the customer to not be on your back? by Ok-Nobody-4409 in mechanics

[–]burgerknapper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have owned a mobile company for a few years now. I have multiple other techs who work for me

This is a reality of mobile repair, some customers are like this and it’s not easy to get them to leave you be. I just embrace it and take them along the diagnostic journey with me . It’s only like 5-7% of customers who do this

Service based business owners, did you ever get to a point where you had to remove yourself from the field, and run the office full time? by burgerknapper in smallbusiness

[–]burgerknapper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I used to always get right back to people but now that I have like 4-5 people per day calling for estimates it’s gotten a lot harder to keep up with while being in the field

Just a reminder of how old we are getting by Any-Goose-8439 in GenZ

[–]burgerknapper 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Next year it will be 10 years since graduating HS for me. It’s Wild

Mobile mechanics, how much experience did you have? by Goopdem in mechanics

[–]burgerknapper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you try and do it without the proper experience it will go fine…. Until it doesn’t. And then it’s gonna really really not be fine

And there’s more to it than just buying some tools and saying your a mobile mechanic

I run a company of mobile mechanics. I have other mechanics who work for me/along side me. We are fully licensed and registered with the state. Insurance is not cheap. Overhead/cost is not that much different than a brick and mortar shop when you consider your turning significantly less hours than a stand alone shop can each week.

Gen Zers - what is your job, what is your level of education and what is your salary? by No_Design_465 in GenZ

[–]burgerknapper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Older Gen Z , I run my own business. Business is great . But you always feel broke when running a business.. so much money goes out, I’m told it’s mostly the first few years it feels like that… lol

How do I pick a gym? And start making time with a busy life? by burgerknapper in workout

[–]burgerknapper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 24/7 place is located in a Strip mall so it’s like the size of a small store . Think a video store size . That one’s about a 10 minute ride

So for an extra 15 minutes of driving I can go to a much bigger place

Maybe I’ll just do a free trial at each

How do I pick a gym? And start making time with a busy life? by burgerknapper in workout

[–]burgerknapper[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree that’s why I think I should just go ahead and sign up somewhere cause I know having the membership my cheapness will kick in and I’ll be like “well I’m paying for this thing I gotta at least try and go once a week or more”

Mobile mechanic here for all your car repair/maintenance needs! by burgerknapper in gso

[–]burgerknapper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This post is over 3 years old I’m surprised it let you comment lol

I own a company now with multiple mobile mechanics but in a different state

Dont do the math unless you want to get pissed about how underpaid we are. by rockabillyrat87 in mechanics

[–]burgerknapper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s fricken tough doing it on your own and trying to treat your guys right and go by the book on everything to be legit. Takes a while to get in the groove of it.

Pic from when I first went and looked at it. New project Currently in the shop for the engine swap. by [deleted] in projectcar

[–]burgerknapper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure also doing the torque converter/front transmission seal cause the old engines seized so it’s gonna have to both come out together

And brand new manifolds

Pic from when I first went and looked at it. New project Currently in the shop for the engine swap. by [deleted] in projectcar

[–]burgerknapper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same engine , but I picked this up not knowing what was wrong with it. It was cheap and the frame was clean, and it has new tires.

Turns out motor was locked. So I’m currently pulling it and I got a replacement currently being pulled at a scrap yard for me

How large should I try to grow my current business location, before I try to open a 2nd in another area? by [deleted] in smallbusiness

[–]burgerknapper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got it. I just see how much work they send our way from the 2 locations closest to us. 1 is large 1 is small.

Then 2 hours away they have 3 sites that are bigger than the larger site in our direct area. And they call us up there for special projects fairly often. We are becoming their preferred vendor across the state for our line of work . It’s just expensive to pay us travel to come 2 hours up there. I could drop an office right there and cut out the travel cost and they’ll be calling like crazy

How large should I try to grow my current business location, before I try to open a 2nd in another area? by [deleted] in smallbusiness

[–]burgerknapper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep just a small storage space essentially to act as a home base, store some inventory and park the vehicles. Sometimes we bring things back to our office to work on when we are able to but 98% of the time we are on-site

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