Aspiring Auto Mechanic?

With the growing technical aspects of the ever increasingly complex systems contained in automotive applications, "Mechanic" is a dying term. Many new recruits to this field are now considered "Technicians". My feeling is that this trend will continue. Cars and trucks are increasingly just mobile computer networks connected to and engine and four wheels. The Auto Tech of the future will need to be fully vested in computer diagnostic techniques and the larger diagnostic systems that will help them find issues. As such, I feel that pay rates will be rising for good, intelligent and well qualified candidates. Check out this site for possible schools that might help place you into this category.

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P.S. Don't let pre-conceived ideas of what a car mechanic was in the past, cloud your vision to the potential income of this coming "High Tech" job.

Toy Car, Toy Car, Toy Car!

Do you remember when you were a kid and your only car worry was where you were going to imagine driving to today? Unfortunately, the cars we drive today are not quite as resilient as those (although I broke my share of Hot Wheels in my day). Today, when a car breaks down it many times takes a highly skilled mechanic with very expensive diagnostic equipment to work out the problem.

While we have a large contingent of customers who work on their own vehicles, we also have MANY shops and garages that utilize our low prices and fast shipping to give their customers the best service possible. Being a mechanic is not as easy as it once was. Many are shop owners, wrench turners, depression counselors and accountants all rolled up into one. If you find a good one that will treat you like a partner, hang onto them!

Once that hard part is done, here is the easy one... add Autopartstomorrow.com to the equation to maximize the experience for both of you. Quick delivery and great prices will make your car repair process smooth and pain free!

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I Just Can't Afford The Repair Cost?

In times like these many are having to deal with the very real impact of issues such as this. The car you need to take you back and forth to work first started acting up, and then quit running altogether. The mechanic has identified what is needed, but between what he is charging for labor and the cost of the auto parts needed it is just too much.

It's time to get creative. This is where Autopartstomorrow.com can help out. Our wholesale pricing is typically LESS than what your mechanic has been buying the parts for. Once you find what you need with the help of one of our parts experts at 1-800-547-2052 you can either install it yourself if you have the know-how or ask your mechanic to help out at a pre-agreed to labor only job fee. Believe me, the way things are you will not be the first one who has asked for help. He may say no, but his business has been impacted as well, and any job is better than none. Even if he says no he may be able to suggest someone else who may be able to help.

We are all figuring out new ways to get things done. Our low price, straight from the warehouse distributor business model is new. Creativity, and the willingness to help are always in demand. That is why we will be here for years to come. Everyone we help today will tell a friend tomorrow... If you know what I mean ;-)

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Funny Sound?

Your mechanic can be a valuable resource when trying to determine what may be causing that sound your car is making. Most of the time it is pretty important to get to the bottom of, and repair quickly, anything which makes an out of the ordinary noise regarding your car.



Brake pads and shoes have a "chirper" which makes a terrible staccato screeching/grinding noise when you are not applying the brake. If it progresses to noise before, during and after you apply the brakes you have waited too long and need to get it done now. If you hear a loud popping noise when you turn your steering wheel all the way to one side it could be a CV joint or shaft. If your engine is making a clicking noise you are probably very low on oil and need to add it immediately.



These are just a few of the hundreds of possibilities, and each noise could also be something else, or a symptom of a larger issue. The main point is... if your car makes any noise that is not what you have become accustomed to as normal, get it to a mechanic quickly before it breaks down and leaves you stranded.



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Need Some Auto Parts?

I can remember back when I was in High School and working at the local Chevron Full Service Service station and the Snap-On truck pulled into the parking lot. We had three mechanics that manned the three bays of our shop and all work would come to a stop.



Now they didn't have a model like the one in the picture, but what they did have was tools, really good tools. Not only did they have tools, but the air conditioning kept the back of that truck at about 60 degrees vs. the 118 degrees outside. It was a spectacular marketing plan... Go to where the mechanic is, offer him the tools he needs, give him a lifetime warranty, and make the experience fun and refreshing. Nowadays you would be hard pressed to go into any top-line mechanics area and not see the trademark red tool chests with lined drawers and THOUSANDS of dollars worth of Snap-On tools; they took over the market.



That is sort of what we are looking to do here at Autopartstomorrow. We have a great line-up of auto parts. We are selling those auto parts at true wholesale pricing, and our overnight shipping guarantee is unheard of. For the mechanic that would prefer to install OE parts on his valued customers cars, we have now provided him with a convenient solution. He can now advise that customer that by waiting one day they can have Original Equipment Auto Parts for about the same thing as aftermarket. If they choose aftermarket parts they can cut 20-40 percent off of their bill. Either way, everyone is happy... and that is what we are all about!



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If Money is a Factor...

The recent article by AAA stating 25% of the American public would have problems paying to repair their vehicle comes as no surprise to us here at Autopartstomorrow. We hear from our customers every day about how much they were quoted for a repair, and how they were greatly relieved to find us on the internet.

Problems with the economy have long been known to bring about real change in the business environment. When everything is going great, anyone who has a company (for the most part) can make money. But when things go bad, only those companies that are well run, financially sound, and cater strongly to their customers can survive. At Autopartstomorrow we are not only surviving, but we are expanding rapidly! Our business model based on allowing the general public access to our wholesale auto parts inventories, at real wholesale pricing, is one that is greatly needed during times of stress.

Take the example from the AAA article. People were asked how they would handle a $2000 car repair. I don't know about you, but my first reaction would be to pass out. When I awoke I would get to the internet as fast as I could and search for some alternative. That is where we are getting our growth from. First it comes from the consumer that buys his auto parts from us at about half of what it would have been otherwise. Second it comes from the mechanic that agrees to install that part at a discount to keep his shop busy... and finds that our prices are better than even he has been paying for the same parts. Then finally it comes from each of them asking their friends, "Have you heard of Autopartstomorrow.com?"

I love working here because we are offering a genuine solution for peoples troubles. There are enough other things around to worry about. We want to help you keep your car on the road so you can keep working towards overcoming those other things. We will all get through this recession... we just need to remember to help others, get creative with our finances and work to make things better, one day at a time.

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It's a Blue One...

Parts Expert: How can I help you today?
Woman Customer: I need some parts for my car.
Parts Expert: What kind of car do you have?
Woman Customer: It's a blue one...

It's not always like that, and all women are certainly not clueless about their cars, but sometimes it can be challenging to try to discern exactly which part, for what car, might be needed while speaking with a customer over the phone. Our parts experts all have many years of assisting auto repair professionals look up hard to find applications. Sometimes they jump to question number three when attempting to help. "Give me the last 8 of the VIN" is a foreign language to many who are using the internet to look up their auto parts for the first time.

What we are learning is that it is always best to be patient and ask all of the right questions, in the right order, to make sure we get it exactly right. What we are also learning is that for every difficult customer there are one hundred really nice people out there. We are thankful for the opportunity to share our wholesale prices and inventory with a very appreciative public. Working together towards savings is a win / win for all of us. Thanks so much for your business!!

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Auto Parts For Your Shop

Get the Parts You Need When You Need Them

Running an auto repair shop today is no walk in the park, the cars have become extremely complex, parts no longer interchange and your customers have about as much patience as a ten year old with ADD. This is not a pretty picture and when you have to call a customer to tell them that they are not going to be seeing their car for a few days because you can't get the parts you need, the picture can get very ugly.

Cars may have changed, but people never change and everybody wants their car repaired yesterday and they want it done practically for free. So when you have to call a customer and tell them that either there car is going to be sitting for a few days because no one in the area has the parts you need to fix or that the price is going to high because the only parts in the area are seriously overpriced, you better hold the phone away from your ear.

When you find yourself in this position, it seems that no matter which way you turn, you are going to come out looking like the bad guy. Such is the way it is when you run an auto repair facility. A recent poll showed that the only place people hated going to more than to have their car fixed was to the dentist. Not much of a distinction in this, is there? Fortunately there is something you can do to get the parts you need in a hurry and at prices that your customers won't mind paying quite so much.

As you have probably already noticed, the Internet has changed the way the world shops for just about anything they want or need. While this might not necessarily be good for a number of local businesses, it has made it much easier for us to find the things we want at prices that we can afford to pay. The best part is that we can do all of this with the click of a mouse sitting at home or in the office. It only stands to reason then that the automotive parts industry would turn to this medium to sell their parts.

The Internet retail world has grown to span literally millions of online retailers, many of which do not even have a physical location. Today you can buy practically anything you could ever need online from ant farms to zoology books and millions of items in between. Not only can you buy everything you are likely to ever need, you can buy it for far less than you can in your local stores, even if you have to pay for shipping.

So what does this have to do with getting that anti-lock brake control module you need for the Caddy in the third bay? If you look online, you are going to find thousands of online automotive parts retailers who all claim to have the best parts and the lowest prices. Does this mean that you should buy your parts from the first site you come across that has the parts you need? Definitely not, you are going to need to look very carefully at these retailers and be prepared to do a little research first.

Not all online auto parts retailers are created equal and you are going to have try and sort out the good ones from the bad. You are going to find that some have large inventories, some have low prices and others offer excellent customer service. The hard part is finding one online auto parts dealer that is going to be a combination of all three.

What you really need is an online parts retailer that has prices that are in keeping with your budget. These days your customers are watching their pennies more closely than ever before, so you need to be able to buy top quality parts at prices that are low enough that you can pass them on to your customers. Even more importantly, you need a supplier that is going to ship your parts to you in a timely manner so that your customers' cars are not sitting for days on end.

At Auto Parts Tomorrow you will always find the parts you need in stock and ready to ship directly to your shop. With 30 trained professional auto parts personnel on staff to ensure that the right parts are always pulled, you can shop with full confidence. We also guarantee overnight shipping on all orders over $50 along the eastern half of the country and prices that are 30% lower than our competitors.

How to Spot a Bad Mechanic

There are great mechanics out there, and typically their hourly rates are reasonable for the work being performed. There are however, some shops that should be avoided. Unfortunately, whenever we deal with people there will always be a wide range, and a few of those towards the bottom of the list need to be left alone. Since a majority of our customers are the other mechanics, the ones at the top of the list, they will agree... the terrible ones give the industry a bad name.

Rule #1 Ask around. Even if you have just moved into an area, there are people around you that would love to help a newcomer out. Mechanics are classically advertised by word of mouth. For every good referral you will get, you will also hear horror stories about the ones to avoid.

Rule #2 Look around the lot. Are there quite a few vehicles in various states of dismantlement? Does it look like they have been abandoned for months? Is the general condition of the premises at least organized looking. A repair shop cannot always be spotless because of the nature of the business, but the good shop owners take pride in their job and have procedures to keep the place clean and safe.

Rule #3 There is nothing wrong with checking out the Better Business Bureau for your area just to make sure there aren't outstanding complaints. Appearances can sometimes be deceiving. Dishonest mechanics can get by on appearances for a while. You don't want to be one of the victims before Rule #1 catches up with them.

Rule #4 Fear Tactics. This is one my wife ran into years ago (and I am still steamed about it). She got a coupon for an unbelievable deal on a front brake job. She asked me about it and I told her it couldn't be true ($59 front brakes-$99 all four). If it were true the brakes themselves would be of terrible quality. Anyway, like every good wife out there she felt she needed to check it out anyway. That afternoon I got a tearful call from her after the mechanic told her it would be $500 to repair her brakes and he was going to call the police if she tried to drive away because they were so dangerous. I called him, then called their corporate office in another state, and went by to get the car released.

There was NOT a safety issue with the brakes. Brake shoes have a safety mechanism built in to warn you that it is time to replace them. Most of the time when you hear that awful noise of metal on metal, it is the "chirper" tab. It is time to replace the brakes, but if you can stand the noise you have a few days to get the car somewhere for repair. The moral here is "If a mechanic uses coupons to bait you in and then fear tactics to take your money, it would be better to tow your car somewhere else". Let me add one thing here, use Rule#1 and tell everyone you know about their deceptive practices.

Mechanics should be your friend and trusted partner. There will be times that they have to share bad news with you, but knowing you can trust them makes it easier to take. There is no place for deception in the automotive trade. If you give your business and money to the honest mechanic, and tell everyone you know about the bad ones, it will be a better industry for all of us.

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Help For Your Auto Repair Shop is Here, Tomorrow

The Right Brands, The Right Auto Parts, Tomorrow

As if the insane amount of money you have to spend keeping your technicians trained in the latest diagnostic skills is not expensive enough, you still have to deal with the fact that your local auto parts never has the parts you need. This is typical of the auto repair industry and no matter how many different dealerships and auto parts stores you happen to have in your local area, they never seem to have all of the parts you need to keep your customers' cars on the road.

You might think that given the extremely high tech nature of today's cars that your customers might be a bit more understanding when you have to tell them that no one has the part needed to fix their car and that it could take several days to find. Sadly like every other facet of their hurried lives, the last thing the vast majority of your customers want to hear is that they are going to be without their precious car for more than a few hours.

The average car owner wants their car repaired yesterday even though they just brought it in for repairs today. This has to be one of the biggest headaches any repair shop has to deal with as no matter how qualified their technicians are, if they cannot get the parts needed to complete the repairs, then their customers' cars are going to have to sit out on the lot until the local parts store decides that they can get around to getting you the parts that you need.

Today you will find that you no longer have to deal with local parts stores that never have the parts you need or the dealerships in your area that have the parts, but want to charge you and arm and a leg for them. Not only do you end up paying far too much buying your parts this way, you are going to have a hard time explaining to your customers why their bills are just shy of highway robbery. Neither of these situations is particularly good.

However, just because you are able to shop on the Internet does not mean that all online auto parts sites are the same. Just as much as you would want to know that a regular bricks and mortar parts store is going to deliver on their promise, you need to know that the online store you are thinking about dealing with is going to do the same. The last thing you need is to end dealing with an online parts retailer that is going to sell you junk and take forever to deliver it.

While price is not everything and as you have no doubt found, in many cases when you pay the lowest possible price for the parts you need, you live to regret it. The problem with buying those ultra-cheap parts is that the vast majority of them are made offshore by companies that have little regard for the quality of their parts and in many cases are making knock offs that end up not fitting properly or in many cases at all. This leaves you sitting with a worthless piece of junk on your hands and a customer's car that is still waiting for the right parts to complete the repair.

At Auto Parts Tomorrow we realized what was going on in the automotive parts retail industry and set out to do something about. The first thing we did was to look at the two biggest problems that the average auto repair shop had to deal with. First the high cost of the parts that they needed to complete the repairs on their customers' cars and secondly the inability to get the parts they needed in a hurry. To solve this we located sources of top name replacement parts, many of the OEM parts, that could provide them to us at rock bottom prices we could pass on to our customers. This way you can buy the parts you need from us with full confidence that they will be the right part, will fit properly and that they are going to work.

The next thing the team here at Auto Parts Tomorrow did was to set up a system by which you can order the parts you need and have them on your doorstep in one business day. As long as you are located on the eastern half of the country, we guarantee that you parts will be shipped overnight as long as you order by 5pm, within certain restriction. This will help you to keep your customers more than satisfied.

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I Have a Car Repair Question...

Because of the type of business we are, auto parts for DIY repair, we get questions frequently about how to diagnose or repair. While our call center personnel are definitely experts, they are not the people who are doing the actual car repairs. They will have quite a bit of knowledge from theirs years of experience talking to auto mechanics, but really should not be your source for auto repair help. If you need help diagnosing a problem or advice on installation of your auto parts I have found a source that may help. There is an online service called Just Answer - Car Mechanics where you can go online, type in your question, and an online mechanic will help you through the issue. They have a process by which you offer a bid (money) for the answer to your question, but if you are stuck it seems to be a way to get by without taking your car to a mechanic.

Don't get me wrong, car mechanics are an invaluable resource and well worth the money they charge. The knowledge of car repair provided by a mechanic typically allows for quicker, longer lasting repairs. There are however some instances where you can't get your car to them, or you are in the middle of a DIY repair and something unforeseen pops up. Having an online expert available can at times become a life saver.

If you do your own car repair, keep buying your auto parts wholesale from us. If you have questions about parts, please feel free to utilize our auto parts experts. But keep this site in mind just in case something goes wrong during your repair process.

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Car Maintenance Is Important !!

Ask any auto mechanic... the cars that have not been cleaned in forever, probably haven't had the oil changed in longer than that. Something about pride of ownership just makes people take care of things from top to bottom. It is something you should consider when you are looking at cars to buy from an individual. While you will probably get a better deal on the car as far as price is concerned, you might also have a potential problem with repairs sooner than you would want.

Now far be it from me, an auto parts salesman, to try to talk you out of buying a car that needs repairs, but it does need to be something you think about. With this in mind, I typically buy the dirtiest cars around. One of the benefits of being in the auto parts field is that I can get auto repairs done much cheaper than most others can. I can also identify which repair might be needed and which auto part it would need. I can buy a dirty run down car (without dents or tears in the upholstery) and put my blood, sweat and tears into fixing it up. Then I can drive it for a year or two and sell it for the same thing I bought it for. It is not the path I would suggest for everyone, but it works pretty well for me.

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