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Old 10-04-2006   #22
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Re: Ideal car shop

Iīve always thought itīd be interesting if there was an ĻAuto Hobby ShopĻ similar to what they had on all the military bases I lived on. Basically a big garage, with lifts, tools, parts washers, machines for turning brake rotors, etc. But you bring your car there, and do the work yourself. You just pay for stall time, and to use anything that wears (ie using the rotor turning machien). They also have most fluids in stock, lots of misc parts youīd need, and had a pretty close relationship with Napa so if they didnīt have what you needed, they could get it in within a few minutes from Napa. They didnīt have dynoīs or anything cool like that. Just a place for people who want to do things them selves rather then pay a shop to do it to save money, yet donīt have the tools and gadgets needed to do it at home. I just donīt see it being very profitable. I donīt think the ones on base were too profitable, but they werenīt there to make money, they were there just to break even and give the troops a place to work on their cars on base.
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