**Seeking Your Thoughts on Home-Based Vehicle Repair Shops**

[BaBaBouy]

I’ll pay $100 for a $50 job done right and on time, paying $25 for a $50 job done wrong and done late costs $500.

 

[Toy Collector]

I used a home garage shop in the past for my sandrail and it cost me money. GD member to boot. No integrity and no culpability. Guess I expected the same professionalism as I provide in my line of work but no. Instead I got a bull shit answer to what went wrong and a bull shit offer to make it right.

You get what you pay for and if you need a leg to stand on when shit goes bad, forget it from a home garage or mobile person. You won't be made whole. Won't happen and just chock that up to you got effed. You wanna fight it. Go for it. I would rather eat it and if asked about that garage, provide my experience.

Your mileage may vary. Just my real experience.

Same thing happened to me, with a reputable shop in Vista.

It goes both ways in this world.

This is what my HOME Mechanic pulled off of my truck when replacing my Fuel tank in February. The "Professional" mechanic at Autotyme epoxied the fuel line that he jammed a metal rod down into the tank, through (my initial source of Evap leaks):



When we finally had the truck fixed, I sent the OWNER of the shop this pic. After FIFTEEN YEARS of doing business with him, paying CASH every time and being told I was "The best customer he's ever had", he told me to go fuck myself and that pic was "Bullshit" and "Nothing like that was on YOUR truck, from MY shop!". Ahem... it actually WAS.

I had a plan to completely destroy his business but slept on it for a few nights and realized he's an Alcoholic that will destroy what he has left on his own... and I refer everyone that I used to send to him, to my new guy.

Your typical customer would have no issues taking business to him if doing a quick search for Toyota Mechanics in Vista...

 

[Loganhawkins418]

If shops paid their mechanics better they wouldn’t feel the need to do this. Coming from a well paid automotive technician that also does side work in my shop at home (I try to stick with off road toys for the home shop though)

Also thinking that a job won’t be done right because it is done at someone’s house is about as backwards as thinking it will be done right because it’s at a shop. Lots of hacks come and go through most shops! I’ve seen some crazy shit that people think is right, or maybe they just don’t care or are dumb

 

[J Alper]

This is so funny @Marlboroman trying to complain about shops, but his shop is in Yuma,
Compare your prices and work to say a place like Redline that is in Yoba Linda, or Like Las Vegas, where most employees need $50 a hour and a 2500 square foot home is $800,000
You want to talk about fair practices, you have on Facebook that you are working on boats, and you are RZRWerks, basically you are taking someone else's market share,

Dont mean to sound like a Dick but if you are loosing work to a home shop, Then what are you doing wrong, is it quality related, quality will always beat price every day, For example building a sand car, Extreme performance has 3 phase cnc Lasers, two cnc lathes, two cnc mills, cnc bending machines,
Alan would never complain about a home shop due to his quality is so much higher,

Jaired Hair has 28 Fadals, and 30 employes, can not do that at a home base business, So before complaining about home shops i would look in the mirror a little.

By the way Rob Mccracken has a home shop i have delivered parts to, and it is huge with CNC machines Lasers,
You complained about Rent, but you can write off rent and the building on your taxes, a home shop has half the write off's

Alan that owns Extreme is moving his shop to his house, in the next couple of years, so is he a horrible person for doing this.

Reading this, I dont think you look at the full picture, have a business in Yuma is like working at a home shop,
Try moving to LA, Las Vegas or Phoenix, I bet you would be the first to open up a shop on the side of your house,

I am not trying to be mean, but if someone is taking your market share and it is primary home shops, then you need to focus on yourself and stop pointing fingers toward other people,

I use to be focused on everyone else, and i was the only one suffering, Starting this year i dont really care about what other competitors think, i am just focusing on quality, and do not get caught up in other Builders BS. you will be happier in the end.

 

[Jammer75]

I hate anyone working on my stuff. About the only thing ive had worked on by someone else if the buggy transmission cause i just cant do it.

In my new home/area im thinking about doing easy jobs (very selective) shock rebuilds brakes water pumps alternators m/c tires and depending in the problem.

I AM YOUTUBE CERTIFIED.

 

[Cookie]

I only use Home based business if I personally know them or they come with great recommendations for people I trust. I would never send a car/buggy to a home-based business if it didn't come with impeccable references, sorry for me it is all about recourse and trust, no issue paying a little more.

I am also getting to the point that I won't hire any friends to do anything around my house, ends up taking three times longer and usually don't save a dime.

 

[Toy Collector]

I hate anyone working on my stuff. About the only thing ive had worked on by someone else if the buggy transmission cause i just cant do it.

In my new home/area im thinking about doing easy jobs (very selective) shock rebuilds brakes water pumps alternators m/c tires and depending in the problem.

I AM YOUTUBE CERTIFIED.

Up until April 27th, 2023... I worked on all of my own stuff religiously... unless it required Toyotas Tech Stream or equivalent. Once my Daughter was born, it became time to let someone else use that time up and not me. I'll pay hundreds of dollars for an hour with my kid if that's what it takes. I'm 46... I don't get that time back. Things that she can NOW be around for, I take on but I still use my bank account to get time with my kid if the option is there.

 

[Jammer75]

Up until April 27th, 2023... I worked on all of my own stuff religiously... unless it required Toyotas Tech Stream or equivalent. Once my Daughter was born, it became time to let someone else use that time up and not me. I'll pay hundreds of dollars for an hour with my kid if that's what it takes. I'm 46... I don't get that time back. Things that she can NOW be around for, I take on but I still use my bank account to get time with my kid if the option is there.

Agreed. Sometimes I have to decide if it’s worth me doing it as I get paid more per hour than I’m usually paying someone else.

 

[Toy Collector]

Looks like I'm replacing the radiator on my Mom's Tundra, tomorrow. Hoping to have it done before the Princess wakes up.

Damn this thread!