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A lot of money is wasted on automobile service. Customer’s are “sold” service their car may not really need. Many facilities employ “salesmen” as their service writers. They are trained in salesmanship and are paid according to how much they can sell. This is unfortunate because it gives the entire industry a bad name. Ask the shop if the service writers are paid commissions.

Compare the prices of the shops around you. Not all auto shops repair shops are created equal. Finding an honest mechanic who is just trying to make an honest living without stealing all of your money in the process is not as hard to find as you might think. There are definitely the more shady mechanics out there, but they are usually pretty easy to spot. Make sure that when you get an estimate on the repair to compare what they say is wrong with your car also. Sometimes they will find different things wrong in different shops, and try to discern what is probably them trying to trick you and who is being honest. Also when you tell a shop that you are going to shop around, sometimes they will instantly lower their price just to try to get your business immediately.

Get more than a single estimate. Take down notes of what kind of repairs you need according to the first shop you go to. Also, consider the cost of those repairs. Then try calling three or four more other shops and ask them how much they would charge for the same work that the first shop tells you about. You may talk with a variety of businesses such as chain outlets, dealerships and independent car shops.

Let us start with ease of obtaining. Obviously newer car parts will be easier to get than older ones. A friend of mine still has a 1975 Pontiac Lemans. To obtain parts for this car he has to literally go to junk yards and even online. No new car dealers keep parts beyond 10 years or so and even 2006 land rover lr3 stores limit their inventory to cars under 20 years. A 30 year old vehicle is almost impossible to find parts for. Plus, if you can find the part, depending on where you get it, the cost could be anywhere from 20 to 100% over the original part cost. To say that late model car owners are taken advantage of would be a gross understatement.

You will just need to secure a business permit to operate since you will be setting up a shop at home and in a residential area. You can always ask your local authorities for any additional information that you are not sure about how to run a business from home like this.

Go online to an inexpensive or wholesale car parts site by typing “cheap car parts” or “wholesale car parts” into the search line of your browser. Many of these places have a minimum order of only a couple hundred dollars (or sometimes even less!) So you shouldn’t have any problem filling the order. Sometimes, these minimum order quantities mean you also get free shipping and warranties on the parts!

Know the car component that you need. Nothing could be worse than purchasing a car part only to find out that it doesn’t fit. As much as possible, when you go to the store, bring the part that needs replacement to make sure that you get exactly what you need.

There are a number of websites today that feature a list of auto salvage suppliers who can hook you up with the used car parts you need. The process is simple and you can find what you are looking for from the comfort of your own home. Searching for options online can save you the trouble of running from one salvage yard to another or making unnecessary calls to salvage yards you know nothing about.