Stealership situation to get worse...

[Gussy]

my hilux is ment to take 9L of oil, filter, i get fuel filter each time also. $170. my local private mach mate said the oil would cost near that and he couldnt do it.

Oil infused with gold?

[farmsci]

Used car wholesaling and sales, aftermarket sales, finance and insurance.


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Oh, and rebates and commissions paid to the dealer from the manufacturer.


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[MXKOOP]

My BIL worked at a Toyota dealer for a few years. He's a top mechanic, but the morale in the place was fucked. Workshop was full of young guys on min wage getting treated like shit. No one gave a fuck.

[MRMOPARMAN]

My BIL worked at a Toyota dealer for a few years. He's a top mechanic, but the morale in the place was fucked. Workshop was full of young guys on min wage getting treated like shit. No one gave a fuck.

Yep. After working at a toyota dealer for a year, it was the last straw. Fucked off out of the trade and never looked back. To those saying that the dealers are full of monkeys... after a year I was nearly the longest serving mechanic in the workshop. You cant learn the product in depth in that time.

[Bob Vegana.]

my hilux is ment to take 9L of oil, filter, i get fuel filter each time also. $170. my local private mach mate said the oil would cost near that and he couldnt do it.

I'm in the same boat, trying to compete with capped price servicing. I can get close, but can rarely match or under cut it. Although most people are happy to pay a little extra.

[Bob Vegana.]

Yep. After working at a toyota dealer for a year, it was the last straw. Fucked off out of the trade and never looked back. To those saying that the dealers are full of monkeys... after a year I was nearly the longest serving mechanic in the workshop. You cant learn the product in depth in that time.

Yeah, spot on. Staff retention and loyalty means nothing to them. Just about every dealer has a revolving door on it.

[BreaksMyWallet]

I'm in the same boat, trying to compete with capped price servicing. I can get close, but can rarely match or under cut it. Although most people are happy to pay a little extra.

Surely at the corporate overhead rate the dealers are losing money on the capped price stuff?

I'd hate to see what shortcuts the apprentice takes to get the job done in the 2 minutes he's been allocated per car.

[Bob Vegana.]

Surely at the corporate overhead rate the dealers are losing money on the capped price stuff?

I'd hate to see what shortcuts the apprentice takes to get the job done in the 2 minutes he's been allocated per car.

With a few brands, it's subsidised by the manufacturer.

[T-Matty]

Ive had my car for almost 3 years now, when i get it serviced the guy sticks a card under the radio, from the first 1000k check up to the last 60,000k service its only ever been done by 2 people, one being a mate of a mate that i know has been there for 6+ years.

This is my local Toyota in a smallish town, might be a little different in the big city dealers. My at the time nopics bought a new Rav4 the same week I got my new Hilux from the other toyota dealer in town and they are total cunts!

[smellytofu]

With a few brands, it's subsidised by the manufacturer.

Actually it's priced in the price of the car when the car is sold to the dealership and the servicing dealer claims the money from the manufacturer when the car comes into service. If the owner misses the scheduled servicing (3 month servicing window period), the manufacturer pockets the money.

[Rdyno]

I wish I could be a dealership mechanic (looking into positions) I get lots of shit from dealerships to do (sublet work) like every fucking bearing under the sun that is not bolt on, new 4WD rear axle bearings are fucking cunts......

[TFR002]

I manage a workshop in Melbourne for a major brand, we do between 55-75 cars a day. We have 13 qualified Mechanics and 1 dedicated Tyre fitter/Wheel aligner, no apprentices and no T/A's. Also 2 full time car washers.

We have 4 Mechanics that have been with the business for over 16 years and have a massive amount of knowledge. We spend a massive amount of money on training all of our Mechanics to ensure they are capable of delivering quality work. I like to think that our workshop bucks the trend of your every day Dealership service centre.

[MRMOPARMAN]

I wish I could be a dealership mechanic (looking into positions) I get lots of shit from dealerships to do (sublet work) like every fucking bearing under the sun that is not bolt on, new 4WD rear axle bearings are fucking cunts......

dont do it man. you will regret it. they are fucking cunts of places. every.single.last.one.

[Bob Vegana.]

I manage a workshop in Melbourne for a major brand, we do between 55-75 cars a day. We have 13 qualified Mechanics and 1 dedicated Tyre fitter/Wheel aligner, no apprentices and no T/A's. Also 2 full time car washers.

We have 4 Mechanics that have been with the business for over 16 years and have a massive amount of knowledge. We spend a massive amount of money on training all of our Mechanics to ensure they are capable of delivering quality work. I like to think that our workshop bucks the trend of your every day Dealership service centre.

Good to hear.

One of the dealerships I was at, treated training like punishment.

[MRMOPARMAN]

I'd hate to see what shortcuts the apprentice takes to get the job done in the 2 minutes he's been allocated per car.

at toyota (not sure if others do it now) it was done very methodically and efficiently.

for the service stuff they had special 'express service bays', where 2 *mechanics were equipped with only the basic tools needed, special carts, allocated jobs within the service and a solid prioritised service 'to do' list. for a basic car like a camry/corolla etc they can do a car in under 20mins piss easy, and all done properly.



*the problem is they equipped the express service bays with unqualified 457 monkeys. so they were still able to do it within time, but everything else was compromised