Hello, new guy here in New Mexico. Volvos and Megasquirt efi

[jim@clockwork]

Our shop name is Clockwork Calibrations . We are a 3000 sqft shop with three helpers and administration people. I try to specialize in megasquirt and standalone programing but i find myself doing alot of daily driver service work... i enjoy it but it pulls me away from my passion, hard to say no to walk in money.

i have been open for six years and love every minute of my job.

I just want to talk with some kinfolk like myself about the day to days, and see if there is some helpful hints to keeping my shop alive and healthy. plus if anyone needs help with megasquirt efi, i would love to assist.

 

 

p.s. my real car of choice is Volvos, they surprise me evryday with what they can put up with...

 

thanks for reading

 

 

[Elon Block]

Welcome aboard!

 

Your specialty sounds interesting. How did you get started in that?

[Jeff]

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[bstewart]

I'm rather impressed that you can make a living doing only megasquirt stuff.

Most performance guys are hardcore DIY types (aka really cheap when it comes to paying for labour).

Is there a large racing market in your area?

[PAPShop]

Welcome! Glad to see another performance shop here.

[jim@clockwork]

thanks for having me,

 

we do our fair share of service work that pays the bills from time to time

 

does anyone do credits with thier customers? im having trouble getting customers who owe to payup,

 

maybe its my haircut , haha

[mspecperformance]

Jim,

 

cool speciality!

 

In regards to "credit" and to make customers pay I think this is something we all have to deal with. When we were doing a lot more enthusiast based work for forum guys and such we would see a lot of rampant drop cars off and not pick back up for long periods of time. 2 things you can do... 1 is offer financing options such as an private label credit card. I have one through Bosch as I am a Bosch car service shop however there are a few out there you can look into. Another thing you can try to do is get very strict with your paperwork and make sure everything is signed. If there is documentation that customers must pick up their vehicles under threat of storage fees and a lien, you will reduce the amount of people who leave their cars with you for untold amounts of time. I wouldn't recommend the latter option but its pretty much the only recourse when it comes to lazy customers.... or get new customers.

[jim@clockwork]

firing old and hiring new customers...keep the good and focus on their needs

 

ive been not accepting any new clients for the summer and dealing with just my good clients for about four weeks and its going great, pressure to keep up is fading and the waiting customers are excited to hear from me.... win win,

 

hope everybody is having a great summer