Grease The Wheels Podcast

Send us Fan Mail All men might be created equal, but as for shops- not so much! On this week's GTW we ask the questions that should be asked when looking for a new shop to work in such as: does it have the right equipment? Will you have to push cars in by hand with some of the other heavy hitters in the shop? Is it built to the standards of a 3rd world country? Will you have to go off site to...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Grease the Wheels, we give out actual consumer advice about aftermarket warranties. We have found a bona fide way to get these companies to stop calling you, and we analyze the types of warranties - namely the ones that tell you what they DO cover, and the ones that tell you what they DON'T cover. Bottom line, they don't want to pay out, but there are...

Send us Fan Mail Some parts of our job are clearly defined by management, but your actual role in the shop often comes down to the intangibles. Weather you're the shop Guru, DJ, Clown, or just the guy who fucks everything up, you have an important role in your shop. Own it, because every shop has one!

Send us Fan Mail When working at a shop or dealership there are some situations that are completely unavoidable. From working on a dumpster and not having the right tools, to wrecking a customers car or having desperately needed work declined - some are your fault, but A LOT of them arn't. In this episode we take a look at both types and walk through how best to deal with them. GTW is a weekl...

Send us Fan Mail "Service Advisors don't really need any skills except maybe how to type, and some of them cant even do that!" In this episode we look at some of the B.S. that service advisors pull that directly affects your paycheck, and we take a look at how the best service advisor we've ever met didn't know a single fucking thing about cars. GTW is a weekly podcast for...

Send us Fan Mail Money, its a gas. Except sometimes flat rate can totally suck ass. On this weeks GTW, we talk division of labor, how jobs get doled out, the pitfalls of flat rate, and some of the other payment styles out there.

Send us Fan Mail We firmly believe that techs should have each other's backs, but there's a handful of situations where we really don't want to. On this weeks GTW, we talk what it takes to be a technician, and one of the most aggravating situations we've ever come across that resulted in over 100 faults on a fairly new BMW- because of pure laziness.

Send us Fan Mail Some are justified, some are ridiculous. They all suck. This week GTW talks comebacks.

Send us Fan Mail Believe it or not, there is probably someone at your job more miserable than you are. Coincidentally, they are the only people in the building paid less than you are. This week we dive into the the world of parts guys.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we take a look at the automotive brands- the ones we like to work on, the ones we don't like to work on, and the ones would rather roll out the back door after tossing a Molotov Cocktail into it (looking at you Audi)

Send us Fan Mail In this extra explicit episode of GTW, we talk about service advisors- what they do, more often what they don't do, and what it takes to be a good one. Bring your popcorn, this is a good one.

Send us Fan Mail We revisit the talent that it takes to do the things we do, i.e. fixing cars. We also explore some of the talent shortfalls in the industry in general.

Send us Fan Mail We talk shop, specifically the tools in them. We talk cheap vs expensive. The tools we want, and the times when we have to make our own!

Send us Fan Mail The law of Supply and Demand is one of the core ideas of capitalism- but apparently Management didn't get the fucking memo. In this episode we talk about the number of cars vs the number of people who can actually fix them!