Subject	Yes, consumers shouldn't expect a $50k job for $2k, but...
Posted by	EUGENE on September 02, 2012 at 4:56 AM
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In Reply To	Truth posted by Adam (NoVA) on August 31, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Message	if a shop owner agrees to perform a particular job for a particular price and does not deliver, then they run a shitty shop and need to be on a blacklist. One thing I've noticed with some lesser quality shops is not so much that they lack mechanical/troubleshooting skills, but that they need better communication skills. If you run a shop and some 18 yo kid comes in telling you that he wants to make 1000hp, don't just take his money and say "no problem." Ask him a ton of questions until you're confident that both of you will be happy after the job is complete. If, for example, the customer is too ignorant to understand why a particular part might not be the best match for another part or situation, dumb it down and explain it to him. If you can't make him understand (whether it be that you suck at explaining things or that the customer is just too dumb to understand), don't take his money or agree to work on his car.
Follow Ups	Truth - Adam (NoVA) 12:37:15 08/31/12 Re: Truth - Krazyd27(Houston) 13:15:14 08/31/12 incredible! - TTZEDHEAD 13:32:06 08/31/12 Agreed. Move to tech and VTF. (n/m) - ForceFedTT (SoCal) 15:32:43 09/01/12 Wow... - fuzzymonkey 13:56:04 08/31/12 You let them sell you a dream & you drive home a nightmare. (n/m) - Gordo 93TT Daytona 13:58:20 08/31/12 This must have been Ultimate z's motto - white22sky 16:06:52 08/31/12 I wish that video mag had text transcripts. (n/m) - johnnysombrero 14:10:57 08/31/12 That was a real treat to watch - Barry(TN) 14:26:53 08/31/12 Been there and done that. - TReedsZ 14:26:43 08/31/12 Agreed. - Boris 15:49:53 08/31/12 Vinny is a VQ guy - Shiers69 16:01:38 08/31/12 was thinking the same thing (n/m) - TTZEDHEAD 16:20:38 08/31/12 He actually had built VG motors also! - slick007l 20:30:14 08/31/12 Agreed. (n/m) - Mike TDK (NoVA) 16:38:04 08/31/12 LOL - thats classic Vinny Ten for you. You should hear him - ztunerz 16:47:01 08/31/12 Ohh yeah and i do get customers that have wasted all their - ztunerz 16:48:59 08/31/12 your inbox is full (n/m) - aliaZ 08:49:34 09/01/12 fixed ty (n/m) - ztunerz 15:09:01 09/01/12 The one comment that really struck home - vorpalZ 16:51:57 08/31/12 At the end of the day ... eh, let's go get a beer. - Ted (92TT) 17:15:14 08/31/12 i would love to watch it. All of u have vimeo plus? (n/m) - 90TT Zfan (E.Tenn) 17:35:33 08/31/12 why do you need vimeo plus? (n/m) - moxie (SF) 18:16:33 08/31/12 Re: i would love to watch it. All of u have vimeo plus? - Zsgetyoulaid 20:07:29 08/31/12 I used google chrome, worked fine (n/m) - MrOzzie5183 00:32:03 09/01/12 in short: don't try and tune cars if you're dumb (n/m) - WhiTTe Z 18:15:57 08/31/12 It goes beyond tuning. I saw a car blow up a few weeks ago - JonnyZ(SoCal) 18:41:57 08/31/12 by tuning i meant modifying as a whole (n/m) - WhiTTe Z 20:27:17 08/31/12 I dont want to sound dumb, - f1ym4n 20:14:13 08/31/12 dumb would be repeating - sounds like you learned - Adam (NoVA) 20:45:51 08/31/12 What I love is when someone comes to you and wants to - aliaZ 08:39:40 09/01/12 We have three labor rates at my shop: - zgene4 11:36:26 09/01/12 Haha! (n/m) - Jayru 11:41:26 09/01/12 somehow i seem to work a lot faster by myself (n/m) - ztunerz 15:09:46 09/01/12 yep - aliaZ 15:42:24 09/01/12 And pay much more attention to what your doing.... - Joe@ZSpeedperformance 20:51:48 09/01/12 Re: Truth - Tacotacoa 11:48:55 09/01/12 hes alittle harsh on the younger croud... - nissan300zxwork 18:48:25 09/01/12 *crowd, and i have to disagree with you - vulcanrush 21:19:40 09/01/12 Yes, consumers shouldn't expect a $50k job for $2k, but... - EUGENE 04:56:49 09/02/12
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