Fast and for a penny: where taxi drivers fix their cars
- August 17, 2022
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Taxi is a trade in which the car has to work not only every day, but 24 hours a day. Every accident is an unplanned cost that grows
Taxi is a trade in which the car has to work not only every day, but 24 hours a day. Every accident is an unplanned cost that grows with every minute of waiting for repairs. So the “come back in two weeks” option that dealers love so much doesn’t work here. It must be fast and cheap. Who and where repairs a taxi in a few hours – the AvtoVzglyad portal will tell.
Every day dozens, if not hundreds of blocked cars get into an accident in Moscow. There is traffic, drivers from neighboring countries and an extremely difficult rhythm – the only way to earn anything. It is impossible to continue driving with a broken car – even if we are talking about a small dent or scratch – if a passenger gets into a damaged car, he will certainly write a slanderer to the aggregator, which will immediately remove the vehicle from traffic fetches. Needs to be repaired. But where can you do that quickly and cheaply?
There are not so many different models in the taxi service, “yeshki” and other “things” don’t add up often, but plenty of Hyundai Solaris, Kia Rio, VW Polo, Skoda Rapid, Toyota Camry and Hyundai Sonata with Kia Optima \ K5 regularly fall in accidents. They are the main contingent of specialized workshops, where they only repair taxis.
In such service stations, body repairs of specific models are set in motion: cars are assembled in just a few days, and the repair costs are significantly different from ordinary paint jobs – the company is built on the number of calls, which in the case of high-quality, fast and cheap service will increase significantly. There are many cars, but their owners – not so many. But everyone has several potential “customers” at once.
These gas stations have a warehouse with the most “popular” parts: bumpers, fenders, headlights, lights, various moldings and other hoods. In addition, the parts are not original, but cheap and reliable – pre-selected according to the wishes of the customer. Often the “body” is even painted in the regular factory colors. The car came, the broken one was immediately removed, the load-bearing elements were tinted, new parts were thrown on it, a film was applied over it – and onward. And some bumpers, for example, are installed without painting at all – they will do it when they sell it, it is more profitable.
This lifehack of a taxi should be kept in mind by mass model owners: repairs in garages and, frankly, sometimes in official service will not differ in any way from similar ones in terms of quality of work, but it will take many times more cost. As they told the AvtoVzglyad portal in one of these technical centers, they charge no more than 4,000 rubles for painting one part, and with a constant flow the discount reaches 50% of the actual cost.
An intelligent and high-quality paint job will last a very long time, it will be extremely expensive – consumables have increased in price by 2-3 times – and it will be done perfectly only in one case – a personal acquaintance with the master or owner. Is it worth paying too much in this case? The duration of the work will ultimately determine all the points: official dealers now offer to wait 3-4 months for details.
Photo: AvtoVzglyad
Every day, dozens, if not hundreds of blocked cars get into an accident in Moscow. There is traffic, drivers from neighboring countries and an extremely difficult rhythm – the only way to earn anything. It is impossible to continue driving with a broken car – even if we are talking about a small dent or scratch – if a passenger gets into a damaged car, he will certainly write a slanderer to the aggregator, which will immediately remove the vehicle from traffic fetches. Needs to be repaired. But where can you do that quickly and cheaply?
There are not so many different models in the taxi service, “yeshki” and other “things” don’t add up often, but plenty of Hyundai Solaris, Kia Rio, VW Polo, Skoda Rapid, Toyota Camry and Hyundai Sonata with Kia Optima \ K5 regularly fall in accidents. They are the main contingent of specialized workshops, where they only repair taxis.
In such service stations, body repairs of specific models are set in motion: cars are assembled in just a few days, and the repair costs are significantly different from ordinary paint jobs – the company is built on the number of calls, which in the case of high-quality, fast and cheap service will increase significantly. There are many cars, but their owners – not so many. But everyone has several potential “customers” at once.
These gas stations have a warehouse with the most “popular” parts: bumpers, fenders, headlights, lights, various moldings and other hoods. In addition, the parts are not original, but cheap and reliable – pre-selected according to the wishes of the customer. Often the “body” is even painted in standard factory colors. The car came, the broken one was immediately removed, the load-bearing elements were tinted, new parts were thrown on it, a film was applied over it – and onward. And some bumpers, for example, are installed without painting at all – they will do it when they sell it, it is more profitable.
This lifehack of a taxi should be kept in mind by mass model owners: repairs in garages and, frankly, sometimes in official service will not differ in any way from similar ones in terms of quality of work, but it will take many times more costs. As they told the AvtoVzglyad portal in one of these technical centers, they charge no more than 4,000 rubles for painting one part, and with a constant flow the discount reaches 50% of the actual cost.
An intelligent and high-quality paint job will last a very long time, it will be extremely expensive – consumables have increased in price by 2-3 times – and it will be done perfectly only in one case – a personal acquaintance with the master or owner. Is it worth paying too much in this case? The duration of the work will ultimately determine all the points: official dealers now offer to wait 3-4 months for details.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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