Repair Shop Timelines: Do they exist?

[irdave]

...And why I'll probably never get my car painted- or if I do, I'll do it myself.

 

It all would probably be easier if one had several cars one was working on, so that when the 2002 was in the body shop it wouldn't be such a big deal because of all the other toys still around...  Or apparently just go to TJ and call it a day.

[Schnellvintage]

28 minutes ago, Simeon said:

Part of being a professional ‘anything’ is being able to plan, estimate and communicate with clients.

 

+1,,I 100% agree with this statement   Communicate is the operative word here.  Must provide some sort of explanation for work/time needed up front.

[chargin]

5 hours ago, Schnellvintage said:

Craftsmanship and Quality of work is more important than the time spec'd for these vintage class cars.  

 

Quality is important but if a shop takes your car and disables it and the shelves it in back for many months then that’s up to you on how you feel.

 

i prepaid for a Audi motor builder for a big turbo project that this happened to, lesson learned.

 

quality work even has a time line, if your house contractor took your kitchen apart and didn’t return for 12 months would you wait?

 

ps: when I got my car back 7 months late it looked like this below shot, it was sitting for 4 months like this. 3 days of my labor later it was all back together. Lessons learned by me

 

 

 

[Schnellvintage]

That doesn't look like a "vintage class" car....but thanks for taking my text out of context.

 

As for above I agree with you.  7 months is excessive for that work on a newer car

 

 

[chargin]

57 minutes ago, Schnellvintage said:

 

That doesn't look like a "vintage class" car....but thanks for taking my text out of context.

 

 

Really just an explanation on why have a lower shop tolerance.

 

but all joking aside the 3 high reputation shops I’ve used in SoCal have really performed as they said for time and results 

[Schnellvintage]

For me the worst, is when a shop asks for an extra day to complete the work and then when you pick it up, You have to return for them to get their work, or more likely their crappy work they did re-done. Hoping it’s re-done correctly... wasting my time and money. Thinking what else did they screw up.



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[fastricky]

I'm going to do an unannounced pop in tomorrow to try and jog a result. No choice as they aren't returning my calls/emails... did I mention this is a top dollar shop?

[irdave]

7 hours ago, fastricky said:

I'm going to do an unannounced pop in tomorrow to try and jog a result. No choice as they aren't returning my calls/emails... did I mention this is a top dollar shop?

 

Legitimate.  Maybe next time try emailing them a day or 2 ahead of time that you'll be coming by and see if they don't take the opportunity to pull it into the shop and make some progress...

[fastricky]

I showed up today and had a very reassuring talk (it helped that I brought a case of beer ;-) Anyway, the seasonality of everyone asking for their cars was partly responsible, as was the fact that they are perfectionists and everything just takes longer because of that... anyway stopping by is always a good idea I say.