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JayQQ97
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2 weeks now n'da shop...
Sorry for the delay to get back to you. We started working on the truck lightly with a few minor things. We are planning on starting working on it fully starting with the clutch and associated jobs and then finally the suspension on Monday\Tuesday. We had a delay from the car that was before your car on the roster but that’s resolved and your truck is next. We got held up a bit with the speedometer cable order as well, but that is now here and we’re ready to go.
I’ll keep you updated as we start on the truck and as we get it done including pictures and a video of the truck if time allows. We’ll try to get it done before Christmas but it may get pushed past into the first week of January for completion as we don’t want to rush things just to get done. We want to have ample time to test everything before getting the truck back to you.
In the meantime don’t worry about the truck, It is safe, sound and stored in doors.
Thank you and have a good weekend.
-TCCN Automotive
> On Dec 14, 2023, at 12:35 PM
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
@4605eric Thank you for your comment. I try to read as much comments as time allows and see what viewers collectively want to see. This particular style video is one of the most requested ones by many. I know it potentially doesn't have the same educational value as other videos on the channel that's why it is being released on an off day from the other videos of the channel. Not replacing a standard Wednesday\Saturday Video. And as for I need to work on cars instead of making this video. I work 12-16 hours a day consistently. I can film one of these videos every day, because what you saw in this video is how the shop looks at the end of every day. And shop delays are the way the automotive repair industry works. It's not by choice, It's how things go with part delays, Complications that push other cars off the planned completion time. If you've worked in an automotive shop you would know exactly how things go. Here's one actual example of many. You anticipate this job will take 3 hours, give yourself a little bit of room for small delays ( like phone calls to other customers, helping a fellow tech and doing an extra quality check), you promise the customer the car back in 4 hours then a speciality bolt breaks from rust, 1 hour additional to drill it then 2-3 days to get a similar bolt ordered, you try to find another bolt elsewhere, well it's a special bolt that no one carries, What do you DO? Zip tie the car back together and pretend like nothing happens? NO!. So now your 4 hours promise time turns into 3 days, car is parked in the back of the shop because it's a non runner anymore until you finish it and now 3 days from now you have to stop the flow of the shop and push all the cars schedule\delivery time back to finish the car that is way past due because of the complication and the specialty bolt that no one has showed up. This is called the automotive shop pile up ( The reason every auto shop owner run on 150% stress all the time myself included), It happens to every single automotive shop out there and while we do everything in our power to avoid the pile up, but the main objective is to fix the car and fix it right and THAT is not being lazy or prioritizing a video over fixing people's cars. Your view on me purposefully delaying cars because I don't feel like working, wanting to film a video or needing to stay beyond 16 hours of work a day just to make sure cars are completed only to have the car sit here for another 2 weeks until it's picked up (Because that's what we agreed on with the owner) is quite frankly hurtful and offending. We actually take pride in getting cars done in a timely fashion. All the cars you see in this video are either projects that are dropped off for an extended period of time, or delayed for reasons beyond our control. And actually many of the cars you saw are completed cars waiting to be picked up and unless you work with us in the shop, You don't know the number of cars that came in, got taken care of and left the same day( Average of 5-10). All the owners of any car in the shop is notified and updated regularly on the progress of their car not in the form of a video, in a form of a direct communication. And on shooting and editing a video takes a long time, It actually doesn't and that is the easy part. The CONTENT is the hard part and the most important part. Making sure it's presented in a consistent manner and most importantly it carries the educational value that is consistent with what I've done since day one. Merry Christmas, Happy new year and may the Lord bless you and keep you.
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
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JayQQ97
MW surVivor ... clutched. 360k on the 0D0
@4605eric Thank you for your comment. I try to read as much comments as time allows and see what viewers collectively want to see. This particular style video is one of the most requested ones by many. I know it potentially doesn't have the same educational value as other videos on the channel that's why it is being released on an off day from the other videos of the channel. Not replacing a standard Wednesday\Saturday Video. And as for I need to work on cars instead of making this video. I work 12-16 hours a day consistently. I can film one of these videos every day, because what you saw in this video is how the shop looks at the end of every day. And shop delays are the way the automotive repair industry works. It's not by choice, It's how things go with part delays, Complications that push other cars off the planned completion time. If you've worked in an automotive shop you would know exactly how things go. Here's one actual example of many. You anticipate this job will take 3 hours, give yourself a little bit of room for small delays ( like phone calls to other customers, helping a fellow tech and doing an extra quality check), you promise the customer the car back in 4 hours then a speciality bolt breaks from rust, 1 hour additional to drill it then 2-3 days to get a similar bolt ordered, you try to find another bolt elsewhere, well it's a special bolt that no one carries, What do you DO? Zip tie the car back together and pretend like nothing happens? NO!. So now your 4 hours promise time turns into 3 days, car is parked in the back of the shop because it's a non runner anymore until you finish it and now 3 days from now you have to stop the flow of the shop and push all the cars schedule\delivery time back to finish the car that is way past due because of the complication and the specialty bolt that no one has showed up. This is called the automotive shop pile up ( The reason every auto shop owner run on 150% stress all the time myself included), It happens to every single automotive shop out there and while we do everything in our power to avoid the pile up, but the main objective is to fix the car and fix it right and THAT is not being lazy or prioritizing a video over fixing people's cars. Your view on me purposefully delaying cars because I don't feel like working, wanting to film a video or needing to stay beyond 16 hours of work a day just to make sure cars are completed only to have the car sit here for another 2 weeks until it's picked up (Because that's what we agreed on with the owner) is quite frankly hurtful and offending. We actually take pride in getting cars done in a timely fashion. All the cars you see in this video are either projects that are dropped off for an extended period of time, or delayed for reasons beyond our control. And actually many of the cars you saw are completed cars waiting to be picked up and unless you work with us in the shop, You don't know the number of cars that came in, got taken care of and left the same day( Average of 5-10). All the owners of any car in the shop is notified and updated regularly on the progress of their car not in the form of a video, in a form of a direct communication. And on shooting and editing a video takes a long time, It actually doesn't and that is the easy part. The CONTENT is the hard part and the most important part. Making sure it's presented in a consistent manner and most importantly it carries the educational value that is consistent with what I've done since day one. Merry Christmas, Happy new year and may the Lord bless you and keep you.
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