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Strut Sales

Brake & Front End

Many service advisors treat a customers vehicle as their own in terms of a budget. Even if the driver is paying only the $500 or $1,000 deductible, it always costs more in the form of higher car insurance payments. This is cheap insurance against damaging the new unit if it bottoms out. Dont forget the springs.

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The Mechanic Labor Time Guide: Everything You Need to Know

Solera

Access to a labor time guide that quantifies how long an EV repair takes could prove invaluable for technicians, service advisors, and customers alike. A mechanic labor time guide sets the tone for your service advisors, technicians, and customers as a basis for pricing. Why Use a Mechanic Labor Time Guide?

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Ditch the Shuttle Van: How On-Demand Rides Are Changing Fixed Ops for Good

Solera

Between managing drivers, maintaining vehicles, and juggling customer schedules, your team spends valuable energy on transportation logistics instead of focusing on what matters most selling and servicing vehicles. How It Works Your service advisors can easily book rides for customers through a simple interface.

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Service Suite Shuttle OnDemand

Solera

Between managing drivers, maintaining vehicles, and juggling customer schedules, your team spends valuable energy on transportation logistics instead of focusing on what matters most selling and servicing vehicles. How It Works Your service advisors can easily book rides for customers through a simple interface.

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Devastation and Resilience: How One Shop Owner and His Team Are Rebuilding After a Tragedy

DRIVE

I was surprised by the generosity of my landlord, who could have simply told me to rely on my insurance. My techs are eager to prove themselves in the larger space, and my service advisors have been outstanding in handling difficult conversations with several customers whose vehicles were lost in the fire.

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Leading Through Service: Nick Fox of Gills Point S Shares His Tire Industry Story

Tire Review Magazine

It was a natural transition to the sales counter and a service advisor position. Being in a family independent shop, you are responsible for every aspect of the business from marketing to HR to operations, sales, even hiring, firing, negotiating insurance policies just everything you can think of.

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Not Sure Where to Start with Digital Vehicle Inspection Software?

Autoflow

This blog is made for automotive professionals — mechanics, shop owners, and service advisors — navigating the transition from traditional paper inspections to utilizing cutting-edge digital vehicle inspection software. In the fast-paced automotive industry, things are always changing. Make sure your team is using it.

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