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STEVE-O

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  1. No one came at your personally , I strictly pointed out business to you based off of your idea and what you said you enjoy. You asked a question and I simply was sharing results of a calculated model to show how your idea of running a side job and turning it into a full shop st some point will simply fail based off your aspect of only enjoying the diag portion of the field that you enjoy. Unless I missed what your goal was here in these posts Many people try to run a shop and it might seem successful but in a few years it’s gone to dust. Now if you want to do side work out of your Home garage where you can pick and choose what you want to do based off of what you enjoy then absolutely do that as long as it doesn’t conflict with whatever terms your day job has in place with your employer It might not be the dream job or the dream portion of your field you want to do working at say Carmax or airport or whatever but the opportunity With these jobs far outway what a normal dealership can offer as far as a technician position goes. Also as stated working out of your garage will assume a lot of risk and liability given the size that you ware wanting to grow into becomes the issue. The last thing you want is to get big enough to be Turing work left and right so your taking on a lot of “retail jobs” not friends family etc and something happens where now your in a civil suit vs a company. That can go south for you very quickly and not saying it’s going to happen but as a business you want to be prepared for the worst. How many times even st a dealership does someone complain “Hey my car was not overheating until you changed the oil on it ... “ someone can easily take you to court over something stupid like that and send all your efforts down the drain. Sorry for the long rant but if your going to do it it’s a huge risk but I would say sell or do whatever you need to get the capital together and get your LLC and open a small shop right off the bat and then expand from there as your business needs grow
  2. Wait wait so you are trying to do side work to make more money ? You understand that flat rate you just turn hours to make money which doing what you enjoy “diag” doesn’t turn. So what exactly is your end goal here because running a shop that does diag work out of your garage will not keep the lights on. Your going to make your money turning the hours like every other shop out there or separating yourself from the herd like performance based shops do there is just no other way around it. And at one point you talked about ( not in this thread) not turning wrenches at all anymore and beating up your body, where doing extra side work is adding to that. Side note also you mentioned of X can do it so can I, you should dig into a lot of these other shops that stay up and running for years on end. There is a reason Firestone, tuffy, Monroe stay in business year after year after year and “BILLS auto repair” is a vacant lot
  3. I never understand here, I told him about Carmax to become hourly m-f as far as a tech job you can’t touch it , Rocky has offered the airport multiple times as well. Opportunities are there just have to be willing to take them Scott you clearly know what your doing but it’s like once every six months it’s a complaining thread about life work and money and the idiots you have to work with man. It’s a clear example of work smarter not harder. Since me leaving Carmax back in July voluntarily I known 2-3 others are gone as well you could probably walk right in and get a job at the top or one step under and be in a cake technician spot
  4. I don’t race and I know a handful here do so would really like this to go to someone who will use it for that instead of sitting around my garage, also will be looking to get a bigger house within the next year so the “extra” toys have got to find new homes https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/rare-2013-mev-exomotive-exocet/6372090083.html $14,500 Price is obo and note it is priced under any other one that I have ever seen for sale that runs and drives Willing to take full or partial trades or can add cash on my end for the right vehicle , would need to be something that is up to the duty of being a daily
  5. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Harmony-Juvenile-Youth-Booster-Car-Seat-Hot-Rod/16939672 In good shape kid obviously just outgrew it and hate to just throw it away Free to a good home just come pick it up
  6. https://m.toysrus.com/product?productId=35221806 Looks like they have it marked down now from $200 to $150 Kid used it a total of twice and didn’t care for it so it has just sat taking up room $75 obo can txt pics
  7. Bolted to engine never used sat for years like this in great shape Yank price $120 new Asking $75 obo can txt pics
  8. So are you trying to just do side work to make extra income and still have your day job? Or are you going to quit your day job and pursue a shop out of your Home garage?
  9. what?? https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/d/rare-tri-magnum-3-wheel-car/6366363879.html
  10. WOuld love to see the vector in a bold choice but dark scarlet to rep that osu combo lol
  11. We need photoshops and a poll, but def needs to not be body color and a all terrain aggressively looking tire
  12. Ricart just had them slashed iirc 14 last weekend but dont quote me on that as I am not in sales
  13. 2017 F150 can still get a new one now right at 31-32k iirc because the 2018 are out
  14. It was a good idea but after research it seems like a program that is not exactly up and up on the legality portions and if you look at market it rollercoasters at a given moment. There is even a documentary on Netflix about it now that gives some decent info obviously not all but it’s still a good watch. Like anything else there are some good pros but for me the cons always have outweighed the appeal to invest in bitcoin
  15. Rather sell both just because I will never use them, however $20 and they are yours I will be listing a lot more up as I get it all straight so far have a large bin already full of the extras laying around here
  16. I’m sure they can be modified to fit a smaller individual pretty easily just a little trim on the ends
  17. Needed 1 when I owned my 996 but had to buy a set of 4 for a stupid amount of money Selling the left over 3 I have , can txt pics if needed $50
  18. Black in color have a pair (2) expired in 2007 but in great shape Believe part number is 9210D $30 for both Can txt pics if needed
  19. Clearing out the garage sale can txt pics to any interested parties Brand new set of pads and rotors part numbers Br34207 (X2) amazon $33.72 each WagZx794 (pads) $20.93 $50 for it all Will fit other applications please check yours to be sure
  20. If your looking into 50s homes do a full hard check aliuminum wiring is very bad news and sometimes it can appear it has been updated by looking at a outlet but all the other wiring in walls and through flooring might not have been removed and updated. People like to join old with new to make it seem it’s all gravy but really it’s a fire waiting to happen.. or mating new copper piping to old broken down pipes as well
  21. This 100x unless it’s gutted and all redone it’s going to only be a nightmare between wiring, plumbing, new codes and everything else bound to slowly go wrong and the foundation is only going to become more of a issue between floors not being level and walls bowing
  22. Been listed for a while ... 99% sure that is on3s shop truck
  23. Can’t tell if either 1: that is being sarcastic or 2: tempting fate like there is not one that is capable at this exact given moment lol
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