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Automotive Repair Shop Management Forum

Professional automotive forum for discussion of repair shop management, covered from all angles, including: managerial discussions, employee relations, training, shop advertising and marketing ideas, streamlining of the shop environment, legal issues related to owning and managing a repair shop, and more. Although this forum is heaviest with participation of shop owners and managers, you also gain insight from members with other backgrounds (technicians, government employees, marketing representatives, educators, and more). This forum is for experienced automotive repair professionals only, membership required.

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Recent Automotive Discussions in the Automotive Repair Shop Management Forum

tech with irreversible ileostomy bag
12/24/2025 in the Shop Management Forum
Has anyone of you hired a tech with an irreversible ileostomy bag? How has it worked out? Were there any limitations?
What brand TPMS sensors are you using
12/23/2025 in the Shop Management Forum
Seems the world's changing faster than I can keep up. What TPMS sensors are you having the best luck with. We typically buy a bulk quantities if that matters.
Steering column parts
12/05/2025 in the Shop Management Forum
Hello folks, I have had the pleasure of a 1987 E350 used for selling funnel cakes. It makes me appreciate how in some ways auto service is way simpler. This is a 460 dual air pump set up with the multitude of vacuum hoses and v belts. Anyways remember the...
Monthly CPA Fee
11/27/2025 in the Shop Management Forum
We are a small father and son business and are paying $400 per month plus about $1800 to file our state and federal income tax. I was thinking that we are overpaying and just was curious as to what others here are paying. I'm thinking that our bus...
Looking at retiring
11/20/2025 in the Shop Management Forum
Hi Y'all I have done this to long and looking at retiring in 2026. Those of you that have retired I have some questions. 1) Did you keep any of the shop equipment? 2) If not how did you sell the equipment off? 3) If you kept the equipment, did you find th...

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