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benjaminh

graphicguy said:

Actually, I was thinking, if it works out, I could contract to drive down, and then drive someone else’s car back, if needed.

I’m serious. I have some friends down in FL that are checking around for possible business leads. I’m going to call my lawyer today to set up the LLC.

Sounds like it's not the direction you want to go, but in Louisville there are some jobs listed for the Huffman dealers....

graphicguy

benjaminh said:

graphicguy said:

Actually, I was thinking, if it works out, I could contract to drive down, and then drive someone else’s car back, if needed.

I’m serious. I have some friends down in FL that are checking around for possible business leads. I’m going to call my lawyer today to set up the LLC.

Sounds like it's not the direction you want to go, but in Louisville there are some jobs listed for the Huffman dealers....

Thanks. That would be a haul for me to drive. And, I'm only looking to work part time. That's why the transport "thing" interests me...I can pick and choose what and where I want to go.

Who knows? That might be a pipe dream, too. But, I'm willing to give it a shot. Just got to get the word out that I'm available to transport owners' cars....easier said than done.

28firefighter

@graphicguy - there is a website folks post on looking for people for this kind of work that I stumbled across when I purchased the ZHP. If I can find it again I'll send it to you.

Michaell

@graphicguy - why do you need a lawyer to set up the LLC? We did ours here in Colorado on-line, and only paid the $25 fee to the state.

I can't imagine Ohio being that far behind the times.

abacomike

We were paid on gross profit "less" pack - which would be all costs associated with the sale, prep, transportation, advertising, floor plan interest, etc. When I was at Infiniti, pack was $799 per vehicle - so unless you sold a car for $799+ over invoice, you were paid on a mini deal - $200 +/- depending on what the general manager and owner set as a mini deal commission.

Lexus was similar in its pay plan.

graphicguy

Michaell said:

@graphicguy - why do you need a lawyer to set up the LLC? We did ours here in Colorado on-line, and only paid the $25 fee to the state.

I can't imagine Ohio being that far behind the times.

Thanks, Michaell. Got a call into “my guy”. He may decide it’s not worth his time. My hope is that he does it pro bono given how much I’ve paid him over the years. If he doesn’t want to do it, I’ll drop you a line. Thanks, again!

explorerx4

Any of you Jersey guys heard about this?
If you don't want to put your car in the garage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1yqdOJXo0U

qbrozen

explorerx4 said:

Any of you Jersey guys heard about this?
If you don't want to put your car in the garage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1yqdOJXo0U

My BIL converted the front half of his 1.5-car into a bar ... geez, gotta be 10-15 yrs ago now. Back of the garage is now just a larg'ish tool shed. The bar seats 4 facing the big-screen TV, brick fireplace sits to the left and dual grill sits to the right. Fairly impressive.

snakeweasel

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

abacomike said:

imidazol97 said:

Does this mean a sales manager sells a car for $20000 used and he gets $5000? 25%?

What is the definition of "gross."

Gross profit is the difference between the selling price and the net invoice of the car. So if I sold an SC430 for MSRP at $65,000 and invoice was $59,000, I made a commission of 25% of $6000 or $1500. That was about average for me on those SC430's when they first came out and they were selling for sticker. If I hit the 30% commission bracket at the end of the month, I earned 30% of the gross profit on every car I sold that month, retroactively.

Actually gross profit is the sales price less the cost of goods sold which includes all costs in acquiring the vehicle and getting in a saleable state. So in your example if the dealership spent $500.00 prepping the car then your gross profit would be $5,500. If there are other costs associated with getting the vehicle ready for sale then your gross profits go down.

Accounting is one of my worst subjects but isn't gross profit what Mike said
"MSRP at $65,000 and invoice was $59,000, I made a commission of 25% of $6000 or $1500".
and net profit would be $6000 less expenses, commissions, operating expenses (salaries, taxes, heat, prepping the car etc.)?

If he sells the car for under invoice does he have to pay back 25%?

No not exactly what Mike said it was. to get gross profit you take what you get for the product and subtract all expenses directly related to getting that product and getting it ready for sale. So deduct what you paid for it (not necessarily the invoice price) any freight, and any preparation. So if you have a mechanic do work on it then a lot boy cleaning it up their salaries for the time they spent on it reduces the gross profit.

snakeweasel

driver100 said:

snakeweasel: Not that difficult to connect the caller ID to a database keyed to the phone number and have all your information come up when they pick up the call.

I thought they hired people who were psychic!

No, I think ESPN hires all of them.....wait, you're telling me ESPN isn't the psychic network?

venture

oldfarmer50 said:

venture said:

driver100 said:

I just called my MB dealer to take MrsD100s GLK in for an oil change. They are booking for July, but had an opening due to a cancellation on Wednesday which I took.
What always amazes me is they always know which car I am calling about before I even talk. I know they have caller I.D., but it must work instantly to bring up the callers car. As soon as I say I want to book an appointment the lady says, is that for the E400 or the GLK?

Now that is impressive!

When I called Subaru of America last month to ask if they would provide a loyalty incentive, the lady who answered the phone said, "Good morning Mr. Venture". It sort of creeped me out a little, but impressive.

Unless you block your number doesn’t it come up on their screen?

I assume it would. It also brought up a history of what Subaru's I have bought. Who knows what else.

I don't block my number. I'm not afraid. And....horrors...I usually answer cell calls that are not in my contact list.

Michaell

graphicguy said:

Michaell said:

@graphicguy - why do you need a lawyer to set up the LLC? We did ours here in Colorado on-line, and only paid the $25 fee to the state.

I can't imagine Ohio being that far behind the times.

Thanks, Michaell. Got a call into “my guy”. He may decide it’s not worth his time. My hope is that he does it pro bono given how much I’ve paid him over the years. If he doesn’t want to do it, I’ll drop you a line. Thanks, again!

Find your secretary of states website, and see if there isn't an option to create an LLC. We had to request a federal ID number, as well.

explorerx4

Any of you Jersey guys heard about this?
If you don't want to put your car in the garage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1yqdOJXo0U

driver100

explorerx4 said:

Any of you Jersey guys heard about this?
If you don't want to put your car in the garage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1yqdOJXo0U

Explorer.....you must have had a seniors memory lapse, you posted the same post 2 hours ago!

driver100

snakeweasel said:

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

abacomike said:

imidazol97 said:

Does this mean a sales manager sells a car for $20000 used and he gets $5000? 25%?

What is the definition of "gross."

Gross profit is the difference between the selling price and the net invoice of the car. So if I sold an SC430 for MSRP at $65,000 and invoice was $59,000, I made a commission of 25% of $6000 or $1500. That was about average for me on those SC430's when they first came out and they were selling for sticker. If I hit the 30% commission bracket at the end of the month, I earned 30% of the gross profit on every car I sold that month, retroactively.

Actually gross profit is the sales price less the cost of goods sold which includes all costs in acquiring the vehicle and getting in a saleable state. So in your example if the dealership spent $500.00 prepping the car then your gross profit would be $5,500. If there are other costs associated with getting the vehicle ready for sale then your gross profits go down.

Accounting is one of my worst subjects but isn't gross profit what Mike said
"MSRP at $65,000 and invoice was $59,000, I made a commission of 25% of $6000 or $1500".
and net profit would be $6000 less expenses, commissions, operating expenses (salaries, taxes, heat, prepping the car etc.)?

If he sells the car for under invoice does he have to pay back 25%?

No not exactly what Mike said it was. to get gross profit you take what you get for the product and subtract all expenses directly related to getting that product and getting it ready for sale. So deduct what you paid for it (not necessarily the invoice price) any freight, and any preparation. So if you have a mechanic do work on it then a lot boy cleaning it up their salaries for the time they spent on it reduces the gross profit.

OK, I got it twisted around from the book business experience....where MrsD100 looked after the bookkeeping because I would be totally useless at doing it.
The way I understood it was........I would buy a book for $1, and then sell it for $2. As I understood it, my gross profit would be $2-$1 = $1. After deducting the cost of the warehouse, employees, transportation etc., my net profit might be 40 cents a book. Maybe it works different depending on which direction you are going.

explorerx4

@driver100,
It was in my 'drafts' when I came back to this site, so I posted it.

andres3

abacomike said:

We were paid on gross profit "less" pack - which would be all costs associated with the sale, prep, transportation, advertising, floor plan interest, etc. When I was at Infiniti, pack was $799 per vehicle - so unless you sold a car for $799+ over invoice, you were paid on a mini deal - $200 +/- depending on what the general manager and owner set as a mini deal commission.

Lexus was similar in its pay plan.

What about CPO and used vehicles?

oldfarmer50

graphicguy said:

benjaminh said:

graphicguy said:

Actually, I was thinking, if it works out, I could contract to drive down, and then drive someone else’s car back, if needed.

I’m serious. I have some friends down in FL that are checking around for possible business leads. I’m going to call my lawyer today to set up the LLC.

Sounds like it's not the direction you want to go, but in Louisville there are some jobs listed for the Huffman dealers....

Thanks. That would be a haul for me to drive. And, I'm only looking to work part time. That's why the transport "thing" interests me...I can pick and choose what and where I want to go.

Who knows? That might be a pipe dream, too. But, I'm willing to give it a shot. Just got to get the word out that I'm available to transport owners' cars....easier said than done.

I would think there are companies who hire people to transport to....wherever. You might want to work for one of them for awhile before taking on the hassle of running your own shop.

https://cleveland.craigslist.org/trv/d/cleveland-car-and-driver/7126735854.html

https://cleveland.craigslist.org/trv/d/cleveland-driveway-to-driveway-vehicle/7123470489.html

Sandman6472

Look under "transport" under jobs. That's where I found my two first driving gigs back in 2013. Read through them all to find what you're looking for.

snakeweasel

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

abacomike said:

imidazol97 said:

Does this mean a sales manager sells a car for $20000 used and he gets $5000? 25%?

What is the definition of "gross."

Gross profit is the difference between the selling price and the net invoice of the car. So if I sold an SC430 for MSRP at $65,000 and invoice was $59,000, I made a commission of 25% of $6000 or $1500. That was about average for me on those SC430's when they first came out and they were selling for sticker. If I hit the 30% commission bracket at the end of the month, I earned 30% of the gross profit on every car I sold that month, retroactively.

Actually gross profit is the sales price less the cost of goods sold which includes all costs in acquiring the vehicle and getting in a saleable state. So in your example if the dealership spent $500.00 prepping the car then your gross profit would be $5,500. If there are other costs associated with getting the vehicle ready for sale then your gross profits go down.

Accounting is one of my worst subjects but isn't gross profit what Mike said
"MSRP at $65,000 and invoice was $59,000, I made a commission of 25% of $6000 or $1500".
and net profit would be $6000 less expenses, commissions, operating expenses (salaries, taxes, heat, prepping the car etc.)?

If he sells the car for under invoice does he have to pay back 25%?

No not exactly what Mike said it was. to get gross profit you take what you get for the product and subtract all expenses directly related to getting that product and getting it ready for sale. So deduct what you paid for it (not necessarily the invoice price) any freight, and any preparation. So if you have a mechanic do work on it then a lot boy cleaning it up their salaries for the time they spent on it reduces the gross profit.

OK, I got it twisted around from the book business experience....where MrsD100 looked after the bookkeeping because I would be totally useless at doing it.
The way I understood it was........I would buy a book for $1, and then sell it for $2. As I understood it, my gross profit would be $2-$1 = $1. After deducting the cost of the warehouse, employees, transportation etc., my net profit might be 40 cents a book. Maybe it works different depending on which direction you are going.

With the book all you would do is take the book and put it on the shelf for sale. A car does need a few more steps such as a mechanic doing some last minute finishing touches on it and someone cleaning it up. Those things need to be added to the cost of the car to get gross profit.

tjc78

My cousin has a large garage with a loft. Toys below, bourbon and cigars up top.

abacomike

andres3 said:

abacomike said:

We were paid on gross profit "less" pack - which would be all costs associated with the sale, prep, transportation, advertising, floor plan interest, etc. When I was at Infiniti, pack was $799 per vehicle - so unless you sold a car for $799+ over invoice, you were paid on a mini deal - $200 +/- depending on what the general manager and owner set as a mini deal commission.

Lexus was similar in its pay plan.

What about CPO and used vehicles?

All sold vehicles had a "pack". CPO vehicles had a large pack - it cost us about $2000 to certify a car with Infiniti or Lexus plus any costs realized for bringing the car up to standards required by the manufacturer. Used cars had a much more reasonable pack - I think it was $1100 due to detailing and alignments. Each used vehicle had different add-on costs such as tires, painting, dent and scratch removal, etc.

roadburner

Today’s commute to the office in the G20 330i xDrive. Twelve miles of rural two lane roads and eight traffic lights.

fintail

Clean that screen!

roadburner

I think it’s whatever disinfectant spray the dealer uses for the COVID-19 hysteria on their loaners.

sda

roadburner said:

Today’s commute to the office in the G20 330i xDrive. Twelve miles of rural two lane roads and eight traffic lights.

What number is the last trip mpg, 99.9? 45.2 for a longer period? What drive train does it have?

roadburner

45.2 for the trip. 99.9 indicates that the engine is either coasting or is not running.
It has the B46 2 liter single turbo inline four mated to the ZF 8HP transmission. Unfortunately it is also fitted with the xDrive AWD system.

sda

I should have known that, instant reading. The Accord does the same. Doh

driver100

snakeweasel said:

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

driver100 said:

snakeweasel said:

abacomike said:

imidazol97 said:

Does this mean a sales manager sells a car for $20000 used and he gets $5000? 25%?

What is the definition of "gross."

Gross profit is the difference between the selling price and the net invoice of the car. So if I sold an SC430 for MSRP at $65,000 and invoice was $59,000, I made a commission of 25% of $6000 or $1500. That was about average for me on those SC430's when they first came out and they were selling for sticker. If I hit the 30% commission bracket at the end of the month, I earned 30% of the gross profit on every car I sold that month, retroactively.

Actually gross profit is the sales price less the cost of goods sold which includes all costs in acquiring the vehicle and getting in a saleable state. So in your example if the dealership spent $500.00 prepping the car then your gross profit would be $5,500. If there are other costs associated with getting the vehicle ready for sale then your gross profits go down.

Accounting is one of my worst subjects but isn't gross profit what Mike said
"MSRP at $65,000 and invoice was $59,000, I made a commission of 25% of $6000 or $1500".
and net profit would be $6000 less expenses, commissions, operating expenses (salaries, taxes, heat, prepping the car etc.)?

If he sells the car for under invoice does he have to pay back 25%?

No not exactly what Mike said it was. to get gross profit you take what you get for the product and subtract all expenses directly related to getting that product and getting it ready for sale. So deduct what you paid for it (not necessarily the invoice price) any freight, and any preparation. So if you have a mechanic do work on it then a lot boy cleaning it up their salaries for the time they spent on it reduces the gross profit.

OK, I got it twisted around from the book business experience....where MrsD100 looked after the bookkeeping because I would be totally useless at doing it.
The way I understood it was........I would buy a book for $1, and then sell it for $2. As I understood it, my gross profit would be $2-$1 = $1. After deducting the cost of the warehouse, employees, transportation etc., my net profit might be 40 cents a book. Maybe it works different depending on which direction you are going.

With the book all you would do is take the book and put it on the shelf for sale. A car does need a few more steps such as a mechanic doing some last minute finishing touches on it and someone cleaning it up. Those things need to be added to the cost of the car to get gross profit.

Nicely explained, even I get it!

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

benjaminh said:

graphicguy said:

Actually, I was thinking, if it works out, I could contract to drive down, and then drive someone else’s car back, if needed.

I’m serious. I have some friends down in FL that are checking around for possible business leads. I’m going to call my lawyer today to set up the LLC.

Sounds like it's not the direction you want to go, but in Louisville there are some jobs listed for the Huffman dealers....

Thanks. That would be a haul for me to drive. And, I'm only looking to work part time. That's why the transport "thing" interests me...I can pick and choose what and where I want to go.

Who knows? That might be a pipe dream, too. But, I'm willing to give it a shot. Just got to get the word out that I'm available to transport owners' cars....easier said than done.

I would think there are companies who hire people to transport to....wherever. You might want to work for one of them for awhile before taking on the hassle of running your own shop.

Companies are set up to do that...lots of logistics to work out. For a job like that, you would have to work for someone else before trying it on your own. Probably need the right insurance, need to be bonded, all kinds of incidentals..........

driver100

tjc78 said:

My cousin has a large garage with a loft. Toys below, bourbon and cigars up top.

Hope he doesn't have to plug his car in

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

benjaminh said:

graphicguy said:

Actually, I was thinking, if it works out, I could contract to drive down, and then drive someone else’s car back, if needed.

I’m serious. I have some friends down in FL that are checking around for possible business leads. I’m going to call my lawyer today to set up the LLC.

Sounds like it's not the direction you want to go, but in Louisville there are some jobs listed for the Huffman dealers....

Thanks. That would be a haul for me to drive. And, I'm only looking to work part time. That's why the transport "thing" interests me...I can pick and choose what and where I want to go.

Who knows? That might be a pipe dream, too. But, I'm willing to give it a shot. Just got to get the word out that I'm available to transport owners' cars....easier said than done.

I would think there are companies who hire people to transport to....wherever. You might want to work for one of them for awhile before taking on the hassle of running your own shop.

Companies are set up to do that...lots of logistics to work out. For a job like that, you would have to work for someone else before trying it on your own. Probably need the right insurance, need to be bonded, all kinds of incidentals..........

I picture GG doing something like this:

Michaell

Bonus Tuesday trivia:

What are the three rules from the movie?

snakeweasel

Michaell said:

Bonus Tuesday trivia:

What are the three rules from the movie?

Well what movie?

off the too of my head there is:

1. dont underestimate your opponent
2. take it outside
3. be nice

or

1. dont get them wet
2. dont expose them to bright lights
3. dont feed them after midnight

or

1. you can never have sex
2. you can never drink or do drugs
3. never say "I'll be right back"

Michaell

snakeweasel said:

Michaell said:

Bonus Tuesday trivia:

What are the three rules from the movie?

Well what movie?

off the too of my head there is:

1. dont underestimate your opponent
2. take it outside
3. be nice

or

1. dont get them wet
2. dont expose them to bright lights
3. dont feed them after midnight

or

1. you can never have sex
2. you can never drink or do drugs
3. never say "I'll be right back"

Do you not read the posts in order? The movie referenced in the post right above mine

qbrozen

Michaell said:

Bonus Tuesday trivia:

What are the three rules from the movie?

oh boy, let's see if I can come up with it.

1. No names
2. something about no changes to the job after a deal is struck
3. aaaahhhh... crud.... never look in the package??

qbrozen

snakeweasel said:

Michaell said:

Bonus Tuesday trivia:

What are the three rules from the movie?

Well what movie?

off the too of my head there is:

1. dont underestimate your opponent
2. take it outside
3. be nice

or

1. dont get them wet
2. dont expose them to bright lights
3. dont feed them after midnight

or

1. you can never have sex
2. you can never drink or do drugs
3. never say "I'll be right back"

those are freakin funny, though.

1. Roadhouse
2. Gremlins
3. Scream

oldfarmer50

A better trivia question would be to identify the car model.

Or why did they switch to Audis in the sequels?

fintail

Hopefully the chemical won't harm the screen.

Knowing some people out there, I'd want the car to be cleaned even without the pandemic - every time I rent a car, I tread lightly on the switchgear until I can clean it.

roadburner said:

I think it’s whatever disinfectant spray the dealer uses for the COVID-19 hysteria on their loaners.

28firefighter

fintail said:

Hopefully the chemical won't harm the screen.

Knowing some people out there, I'd want the car to be cleaned even without the pandemic - every time I rent a car, I tread lightly on the switchgear until I can clean it.

roadburner said:

I think it’s whatever disinfectant spray the dealer uses for the COVID-19 hysteria on their loaners.

When I was traveling for work, I’d carry wet wipes with me for just this purpose. People are generally gross.

oldfarmer50

fintail said:

Hopefully the chemical won't harm the screen.

Knowing some people out there, I'd want the car to be cleaned even without the pandemic - every time I rent a car, I tread lightly on the switchgear until I can clean it.

roadburner said:

I think it’s whatever disinfectant spray the dealer uses for the COVID-19 hysteria on their loaners.

I have stories that would curl your hair.

snakeweasel

Michaell said:

snakeweasel said:

Michaell said:

Bonus Tuesday trivia:

What are the three rules from the movie?

Well what movie?

off the too of my head there is:

1. dont underestimate your opponent
2. take it outside
3. be nice

or

1. dont get them wet
2. dont expose them to bright lights
3. dont feed them after midnight

or

1. you can never have sex
2. you can never drink or do drugs
3. never say "I'll be right back"

Do you not read the posts in order? The movie referenced in the post right above mine

Yes I do, however the post right above it was read by me in my previous visit here and when I refreshed the only new post was yours so it was the only one I saw when I popped back in. Plus you asked "from the movie" when you should have asked "from that movie".

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

A better trivia question would be to identify the car model.

Or why did they switch to Audis in the sequels?

Easy, Audi gave them a better deal for product placement. In reality for something like that you wouldn't use either make, you would want something that blends in with traffic.

Sandman6472

I've ordered some cleaning wipes I can use for when I do get called back to work. Especially now, need to clean the steering wheel/switch gear just to be sure nothing can get transmitted. Have heard that in addition to the rather large Purell canister we got before we left, they're providing wipes and masks, possibly gloves, as we move into a "new normal" at work. Glad to hear this as one never knows about what the previous driver had, or has. For all those vehicles I'm assuming are still sitting in a few staging areas, they shouldn't be very "germy " since they've been sitting so long. The only concern will be starting a lot of them after sitting so long. Am sure at least half will need a jump to get them going and also hoping the keys were stored in such a way where it'll be easy to back them out. In hind sight, we should've backed 'em all in just in case of starting issues and the like but no one thought that far in advance. I know at Hertz, they would use one big key ring for each row of vehicles which made extracting them super easy. Have no clue how Enterprise did it back in March but hopefully, it'll go pretty easy when we do go get them out.
Heard that only 3 guys plus a driver worked yesterday from our office up by PBI. And they're only working 3 days/week which I get as I know they want to bring the southern office, my office, back online shortly. Many of us drivers live by the southern office or even south of it, so going up to PBI isn't being offered to us. And since I need to go out of town for four days at the end of the month, not volunteering which I would've done last week. But would rather not start and then have to stop for those few days as management might have an issue with it. Knowing that I had the same commitment a few weeks after I started in December and they were cool with it, makes me think that the same would happen again. But, would rather not put them in that position to begin with, so starting back on the Tuesday, the 30th makes sense to me. But if wanted/needed before, I'll definitely be there. Hoping to go back to my same four day schedule if possible also to be honest but again, totally up to them. But I know that many just won't work on Sundays while I have no issue there.
But as of now, am 7/8ths ready to go back to work, starting on the 30th would be the best scenario possible at this juncture.

driver100

snakeweasel said:

Michaell said:

snakeweasel said:

Michaell said:

Bonus Tuesday trivia:

What are the three rules from the movie?

Well what movie?

off the too of my head there is:

1. dont underestimate your opponent
2. take it outside
3. be nice

or

1. dont get them wet
2. dont expose them to bright lights
3. dont feed them after midnight

or

1. you can never have sex
2. you can never drink or do drugs
3. never say "I'll be right back"

Do you not read the posts in order? The movie referenced in the post right above mine

Yes I do, however the post right above it was read by me in my previous visit here and when I refreshed the only new post was yours so it was the only one I saw when I popped back in. Plus you asked "from the movie" when you should have asked "from that movie".

Yeh, but we wouldn't have got those great answers!

qbrozen

So how did I do??

graphicguy

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

benjaminh said:

graphicguy said:

Actually, I was thinking, if it works out, I could contract to drive down, and then drive someone else’s car back, if needed.

I’m serious. I have some friends down in FL that are checking around for possible business leads. I’m going to call my lawyer today to set up the LLC.

Sounds like it's not the direction you want to go, but in Louisville there are some jobs listed for the Huffman dealers....

Thanks. That would be a haul for me to drive. And, I'm only looking to work part time. That's why the transport "thing" interests me...I can pick and choose what and where I want to go.

Who knows? That might be a pipe dream, too. But, I'm willing to give it a shot. Just got to get the word out that I'm available to transport owners' cars....easier said than done.

I would think there are companies who hire people to transport to....wherever. You might want to work for one of them for awhile before taking on the hassle of running your own shop.

Companies are set up to do that...lots of logistics to work out. For a job like that, you would have to work for someone else before trying it on your own. Probably need the right insurance, need to be bonded, all kinds of incidentals..........

I picture GG doing something like this:

Don’t I wish!!!!!!

driver100

Something to think about, that I didn't think about before.
We took Mrs D100's GLK in for just an oil change. It has only gone 4000 miles this year. I am not sure the oil even needs changing but better do it to be safe.
Earlier, I was considering using a very good indie garage once the car was past the warranty period. But, my MB dealer has always been honest and fair, sometimes saving me money. I booked an oil change and asked them to check the tire pressure....and they said there was a minor recall, had to do with the steering, that they could do no charge. I didn't think about recalls before...that could be a good reason to go to your dealer for service, rather than an indie.

OTOH......if I took the BMW in for service, they would always "recommend" a bunch of extras that should be done....in that case I preferred the indie.

tjc78

qbrozen said:

snakeweasel said:

Michaell said:

Bonus Tuesday trivia:

What are the three rules from the movie?

Well what movie?

off the too of my head there is:

1. dont underestimate your opponent
2. take it outside
3. be nice

or

1. dont get them wet
2. dont expose them to bright lights
3. dont feed them after midnight

or

1. you can never have sex
2. you can never drink or do drugs
3. never say "I'll be right back"

those are freakin funny, though.

1. Roadhouse
2. Gremlins
3. Scream

Roadhouse... couldn’t get that one! The other two were much easier.

Michaell

@qbrozen - I think you're right.

Yes, I enjoyed the other "rules", as well.