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Many truck and fleet owners ignore or postpone simple maintenance procedures because taking your trucks to a service center eats up man-hours. Someone has to drop it off, someone has to pick that person up, and they both have to take more time to go back to retrieve the vehicle. You lose even more time and man-hours when you postpone or ignore scheduled maintenance schedules and end up with a brea

kdown on the side of the road for a problem that could have been prevented. Here’s how Garrett Auto & Truck can take the hassle out of scheduled maintenance:

• We maintain your service records and D.O.T. recordkeeping requirements in our state-of-the-art database.
• When it’s time for service, we’ll notify you.
• A member of our staff will pick up your vehicle on a day convenient for your – usually Saturday.
• We’ll inform you of any safety or reliability concerns, so that you’ll know exactly how long the vehicle will be out of service.
• When maintenance or repairs are complete, we’ll deliver your truck right to your door.
• Oil & filter changes
• Chassis lubrication
• Transmission service
• Brake adjustments
• Alignment
Cooling System Maintenance
• Fuel Injection Service – gas & diesel
• Belt & hose replacement
• Clutch adjustments
• and much more

05/29/2026

A new episode of Repair Shop Reckoning is out.

This week, Kevin breaks down one of the biggest reasons repair shops stay stressed, cash strapped, and constantly fighting fires…

They’re doing the work but they’re not controlling the money.

What starts as a conversation about cash flow and accounting quickly turns into a hard truth about discipline, billing, collections, overhead, and why so many shop owners stay busy while still struggling financially.

Because if you’re:

not writing invoices fast enough
not collecting your money
not watching overhead
not reviewing your numbers
and not protecting cash flow…

you’re not running a business.

You’re running a charity.

This episode gets into:

Cash vs accrual accounting in plain English
Why “busy” does not automatically mean profitable
How overhead quietly destroys healthy shops
Why labor rate should come from YOUR numbers not competitors
The danger of bad receivables and fleet accounts
And why discipline matters more than most owners realize

At the end of the day, the numbers do not lie.

If you don’t control the money, eventually the money will control you.

New episode is live now.

05/22/2026

A new episode of Repair Shop Reckoning is out at 7 am tomorrow morning.

This one is different.

Before the shop ownership…
Before the buildings…
Before the success…
Kevin was a broke mechanic blaming everybody else for problems he created himself.

Tool debt.
Bad money habits.
Living paycheck to paycheck.
Thinking the boss was the problem.
Thinking more money would fix everything.

Until one day he realized the truth:

The first thing he needed to repair was himself.

This episode is a raw conversation about responsibility, discipline, financial chaos, ownership, and the mindset shift that changed Kevin’s life forever.

We get into:

How broke thinking follows people into business ownership
Why so many talented techs stay stuck
The difference between demanding value and becoming valuable
How financial discipline creates freedom
And the real path from mechanic to business owner

At the end of the day, before you can build a business, lead people, or create freedom… you have to own yourself first.

🎧 New episode is live now.

05/15/2026

Check out the New Episode of Repair Shop Reckoning is out tomorrow morning at 7 am...

This week, Kevin sits down with Anthony Rendino from A/R Customs and Collision for a real conversation about what’s happening inside the collision industry right now… and why so many shops are staying busy while still struggling to make money.

Insurance companies cutting rates.
Short pays.
Paint material costs exploding.
ADAS liability.
DRP pressure.
And shop owners trying to hold the line while everyone else tells them what their work should cost.

This episode gets into the reality of what it takes to run a profitable collision shop today and why knowing your numbers is no longer optional.

We talk about:

Why shops must know their real break-even number
How insurance companies quietly control unprepared shops
Why documentation and OEM procedures matter more than ever
The hidden costs most shops are not charging for
And why “busy” does not automatically mean profitable

At the end of the day, if you do not know your numbers, your value, and your costs… somebody else will decide them for you.

05/08/2026

Kick Off Your Friday Morning With A New Episode Of Repair Shop Reckoning...

In this episode of Repair Shop Reckoning, Kevin breaks down one of the biggest reasons shops create their own chaos… poor communication and broken expectations.

Most customers can handle bad news.
What they can’t handle is silence, vague answers, missed promises, and feeling like nobody knows what’s going on.

Using his own recent experience dealing with a dealership after the engine failure in his 2025 Sierra, Kevin walks through how quickly frustration builds when communication falls apart—even when the actual repair process is moving forward.

This episode is all about expectation control.

You’ll hear why:

-Giving exact completion times too early creates problems
-Ballpark pricing over the phone usually backfires
-Diagnostic time and repair time are not the same thing
-Customers care more about updates than perfection
-And why service advisors are either controlling the experience… or creating chaos

Kevin also gets into the importance of documentation, technician-to-advisor communication, fleet approval delays, parts shortages, and why “no surprises” should be the standard in every shop.

At the end of the day, this episode comes down to one thing:

Communication is the control system.

When customers, advisors, technicians, and owners are all working from the same information, problems get smaller, trust gets stronger, and chaos starts disappearing.

05/01/2026

Kick Off Your Friday Morning With A New Episode of Repair Shop Reckoning...

In this episode Kevin takes the conversation beyond numbers and into what every shop owner is really chasing… freedom.

Freedom from chaos.
Freedom from bad customers.
Freedom from living week to week.
Freedom from having to say yes to things you know are wrong.

Kevin breaks down why knowing your numbers is about far more than spreadsheets and reports. It’s about building a profitable shop that gives you leverage, confidence, and control.

Because when your business is broke, desperate, or disorganized, everybody owns a piece of you.

Customers push you around.
You discount jobs you shouldn’t.
You take bad work.
You bend your standards.
You stay stuck in survival mode.

But when your shop is run right, everything changes.

Kevin gets into how systems, pricing, process, and leadership create real freedom—not just more money. He also shares real stories from inside the shop that show how confidence wins sales, how standards protect profit, and why desperation is one of the most expensive ways to run a business.

You’ll hear why:

-Knowing your numbers gives you leverage
-Scarcity causes bad decisions
-Process protects profit
-Confidence closes jobs
-Freedom comes from control, not chaos

At the end of the day, this episode is about one thing:

Building a business strong enough that nobody gets to own you.

04/24/2026

A new episode of Repair Shop Reckoning is out.

Most shop owners think they understand their numbers… but very few actually know what they own.

This week, Kevin breaks down the part of the business that gets ignored… the balance sheet.

Because you can be busy, profitable, and still not actually getting ahead.

We get into how cash, inventory, debt, and equipment really work together—and where shops quietly get themselves into trouble without even realizing it.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re working your ass off but not gaining ground, this episode will open your eyes.

This isn’t about accounting.

It’s about control.

04/17/2026

Kick off Friday morning with the latest episode of Repair Shop Reckoning...

Where the hell is all the money going?

You’re busy. Cars are coming in. Work is getting done.
But somehow… it still feels tight.

That’s exactly what we’re getting into in this week’s episode of Repair Shop Reckoning.

Most shop owners treat their P&L like the finish line. Like it’s the moment of truth.
It’s not. It’s the scoreboard after the game is already over.

By the time you’re looking at it, the money’s already been made… or already been lost.

This episode is about what happens before that.

Kevin breaks down the difference between knowing your numbers and actually controlling them. Because profit doesn’t disappear all at once… it gets bled out slowly.

-Parts creep up.
-Labor gets inefficient.
-Overtime stacks.
-Advisors miss markups.
-Discounts get handed out.
-Expenses quietly climb in the background.

None of it feels like a big deal in the moment.
But stack enough of those together… and it will wreck your bottom line.

This is where most shops lose control.

And it doesn’t happen in the back office… it happens at the front counter.

If your advisors aren’t pricing correctly, using the system properly, and understanding what the numbers need to be, your budget doesn’t stand a chance. The software won’t save you. The systems only work if your people are trained to use them.

This episode will hit if you’ve ever felt busy but not profitable… if you’ve ever looked at your numbers and thought “we should be making more than this.”

Because at the end of the day, this isn’t about spreadsheets.

It’s about control.

A profitable shop isn’t built by accident. It’s built by watching the numbers in real time and making decisions before they make them for you.

The new episode drops tomorrow at 7am.

And real quick… we officially crossed 1,000 subscribers on YouTube.

That didn’t happen by accident either. That’s because of you guys watching, sharing, and pushing this message out.

We appreciate the hell out of it.

04/10/2026

Most shop owners think they have a profit problem.

They don’t.

They have a control problem.

Tomorrow morning’s episode of Repair Shop Reckoning is about the difference between looking at your numbers and actually running your business with them.

Your P&L is a report card.

It shows you how you did.

But if you’re only looking at it at the end of the month, you’re already behind. The money is spent, the decisions are made, and now you’re trying to explain what happened instead of controlling it.

This episode is about flipping that.

Kevin breaks down how to take last year’s numbers and turn them into a real plan for this year. Not guessing. Not hoping. Actually building a budget and running your shop against it.

We also get into something most owners don’t realize…

A lot of you are making more than you think. You just don’t see it because of how the money is being pulled out and where it’s going.

This conversation will change how you think about:
• Car count vs profit
• Margins and where you’re leaking money
• Why being busy doesn’t mean you’re winning

At the end of the day, it comes down to this:

A profitable shop is built by controlling the numbers before they control you.

New episode drops tomorrow at 7am.

We are currently sitting at 968 subscribers on YouTube. 32 away from 1,000.

If you’ve been getting value from the show and haven’t subscribed yet, go hit that button and help us push this thing over the top.

Link in the comments.

04/03/2026

If you’re a shop owner and you’ve ever asked yourself, “Where the hell did the money go?”…You need to hear this one!

Most shop owners don’t have a pricing problem.

They have a numbers problem.

And it’s costing them more than they realize.

Tomorrow morning at 7am, this week’s episode drops—and this one is a wake-up call.

Kevin breaks down what actually happens to every dollar that comes into a shop and why so many owners are busy, working nonstop… and still wondering where the money went.

Because the truth is, you can be doing millions in sales and still be losing money if you don’t understand your numbers.

This episode gets real about:
• The difference between gross and net
• Why being busy doesn’t mean you’re profitable
• How overhead creep is quietly eating your margins
• Fixed vs variable pay—and who’s actually carrying the risk
• Why discounting jobs just to make payroll is killing shops
• And why knowing your numbers is non-negotiable

This isn’t theory.

This is real shop math… and for a lot of owners, it’s going to hit hard.

Episode drops tomorrow at 7am.

👇 And quick ask…

We are so close to 1,000 subscribers on YouTube. If you’ve been getting value from the content, go hit subscribe and help us push this over the top.

Link in the comments

03/27/2026

Kick Off Your Friday morning with a new episode of Repair Shop Reckoning. This one is our personal favorite episodes because...Everybody keeps talking about how this industry is broken. How it sucks. How you can’t make money. How technicians are leaving and shops are struggling.

Here’s the truth. Yeah, there are problems. But that’s not the whole story.

Because there are shops out there winning. There are technicians building real careers. There are owners building teams, culture, and systems that actually work.

The difference isn’t luck. It’s how they run the business.

In tomorrow’s episode of Repair Shop Reckoning (dropping at 7am), Kevin breaks down what’s really going on inside shops right now. Why most shops don’t have a sales problem, they have a culture problem. How weak processes, lack of training, and poor leadership create chaos that no amount of selling can fix.

And more importantly… he shows you there is a different way to do it.

This isn’t about pretending the industry is perfect. It’s about understanding that if you’re willing to take ownership, build the right systems, and lead the right way, you can still win here.

If you’re tired of the negativity and know there has to be a better way… this one’s for you.

We’re 72 subscribers away from 1,000 on YouTube.

If you’ve been watching and getting value but haven’t subscribed yet, now’s the time. Help us push this message further and get it in front of the people who need it.

Because this industry still works, and so can you!

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24175 Industrial Park Drive
Farmington Hills, MI
48335

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 4pm
Tuesday	7am - 4pm
Wednesday	7am - 4pm
Thursday	7am - 4pm
Friday	7am - 4pm

Telephone

+12484788382

Website

http://www.garrettauto.com/

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