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Originally Posted by Burnin' oil
A good friend of mine was in the business for 20+ years. He filed for BK a month ago. He sold all his tools - everything - and never wants to touch a car again. Too much crap to deal with, particularly with customers who think his oil change caused the transmission to go out or his brake job caused the ECU to take a crap.
I think it would be cool to have a clean, top-level shop, but dealing with customers and the State/local regulators is a deal breaker.
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I know of two very successful shops. Both are owned by billionaires who don't care about making a profit and just like to have a super man cave/toy store to play in on weekends. In fact, I've heard our local BMW bike dealer, which services all local police bikes and is in a pretty well-off area, loses $10k PER DAY. But the owner is the founder of GoDaddy.com and can cover that.