Most American Air Force bases have a "Auto Hobby Shop". Now even at the low
cost that they charge (A few dollars an hour) The problems with loss of
tools, envirrmental issues, safety and basic auto knowledge, it wasn't a
feasible job. The military provided it due to the low income of the average
enlisted guy. I have spent many hours there, learning how to keep my cars
running. The stuff I do now on a daily basis had to be done by the employees
of the shop, (turning rotors, compressing struts) for insurance reasons.
Then what if the car breaks bad, and cannot be moved. Or the cost to repair
it (in parts) becomes to high.
If I worked in a shop that had several bays for the do-it-yourselfer, and
had to spend time solving there problems, I would loose money. It is
difficult enough to make a shop turn a profit without having people who
would need constant supervision.

I think its good in theory, but it's way to unrealistic in practice.


--
Stephen W. Hansen
ASE Certified Master Automobile Technician
ASE Undercar Specialist



"disallow" <loewen_t at yahoo.ca @> wrote in message
news:6674e421f678bf8a35347fff056bcb17@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com...
> Hi Tegger,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Insurance is definitely a big concern when it comes to an
> idea such as this. Even though we Canadians would like to
> think we are a less 'litigous' society than our friends
> down south, this is becoming less and less true.
>
> To reiterate, this is just for a school project (Red River
> College, Business Admin in Winnipeg), a business proposal
> which could eventually be evolved into a comprehensive
> business plan. For now, I only need to come up with a 5-8
> page proposal where we bring up the obvious issues like
> insurance and whatnot, as well as startup cost figures and
> other pertinent information.
>
> As far as 'financing', the reason we are doing this
> project is so that we can be evaluated by 'industry
> experts' who would then make a decision as to whether the
> business is feasible or not. If we decided to take it
> from school into the real world, that would be up to us.
>
>
> Anyways, talk about long winded. Thats the story, and any
> input would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Terry
>