I own a garage doing 1.1M in revenue

hey everyone I'm back, sorry I disappeared earlier

I'm here to answer any questions + rant about jews and corrupt government

we service easily 50 cars a week. I usually have 5 or 6 employees on staff, 3 mechanical lifts.

My advice is not to go into this fucking business. All of my profit walks out the door to our landlord, our parts supplier, to the IRS, and most importantly to the horribly corrupt NY state

I genuinely feel bad for my customers because we can't survive without charging double or even triple of what I could charge in a cheaper area like Texas

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>My advice is not to go into this fucking business in NY

fixed that for ya

what part of NY? If you're near me I'll come throw you some biz. Need an oil change soon

How is NY corrupt with respect to your biz?

>corrupt NY state

New York State's government seems worse than any other. The way they've handled cryptocurrency and gambling regulation just shows how fucking corrupt this State is.

>opening a business in NY

Liquidate and move

I wouldn't want to dox myself but we're in Nassau county, we charge $29.99 for a normal oil change and $10 extra per quart of synthetic

our oil change is designed to get the right people through the door so we can be nice to them and gain some trust, so that when you need a larger repair, we are he for you anytime you need it :)

thank you so much man

let me guess theres a unicorn in engine i need to get fixed, fuck mechanics you guys live off of ripping ordinary people off fucking scumbag

yep, here's the answer guys... we're getting boned so bad and our customers too. they pay like 15000 a year in property tax

25k in property tax, 80k in sales tax, environmental regulations, licensing, income tax for all of our employees, red light cameras, horrible zoning laws prevent us from finding a cheaper place, cops are dicks

we dont dick people like that, come to us when your oil or coolant have thrown up all over the ground and we'll be happy to fix for a non rape price

I hear you bro. I'm in suffolk. Best of luck hope you make it

>i own a garage doing 1.1M in revenue
>All of my profit walks out the door to our landlord, our parts supplier, to the IRS, and most importantly to the horribly corrupt NY state
shit I almost sperg out because I first read profit instead of revenue

i live in suffolk :) we'll be alright, the worst that happens is we lose the biz, but i dont have any personal assets leveraged into it

Hey I got an engine hesitation problem. I replaced my sparkplugs, sparkplug wiring, and distributor cap/rotor. It didn't fix the problem but it needed to be replaced anyway because it's a 30 year old car. After sniffing around the internet I think I definitely narrowed it down to a sensor issue. During a test drive I had the pedal touching floor and I was barely creeping but after I stopped and restarted everything went back to normal.

TPS sensor maybe? I dunno man I'm just a dumbass kid who decided to buy a MR2 AW11 as his first car and now I'm over my head, any advice would be appreciated.

yeah its fucking crazy isnt it? 33% parts, 33% rent, 33% labor. sometimes it is my mechanic's labor, and sometimes mine

I am lucky to make 45k honestly at the end of the year. my mechanic makes 60k and my other guys who do sales and janitor/oil make about 30-40k

hmm, at first i was going to say either an air or fuel issue. ive seen cars bogged down from a lack of usable air coming into the engine through the filter-- cheap easy fix. fuel issue could be the injectors.

the only time i would change a sensor is if the engine was throwing a code, like upstream/downstream oxygen sensor, bank 1 sensor 1 etc. another thing i see often is misfire codes, which would mean replacing the corresponding ignition coils

good luck! just swap out the engine and strip all electrical wiring and switches :)))

today we did $7500 in sales

$1000 goes to landlord and regulatory expenses
$2000 goes to parts and oil and snapon
$2000 goes to payroll
$1000 goes to sales taxes
$1000 that should be my profit as an owner goes to debt servicing to pay off working capital loans that are needed to pay the bills during the winter when less people are repairing their cars

I always thought about opening up a garage but always consider against it because of how depressed everyone looks when i need to go to a mechanic
This explains why
Shame desu

How is the oil change business? Why don't you branch out into mobile oil changes and send one of your mechanics out on routes?

>landlord
you cant buy the property? make him an offer?

>labor
why are you wasting so much on labor. wouldnt it be cheaper to just higher some 17yo apprentice, pay min wage, and teach him how to do it, then recycle to new staff once he gets older? ofc you need some experience staff as well i guess who need higher pay. but idk how this business works so..

>$2000 in payroll
what in the fuck

why are you paying your staff so much? how many staff do you have?