FRONT END ALIGNMENT

bobsgtx said

It's all about money now. I was a mechanic ( technician) at a government fleet (medium and heavy trucks) and was told all the time by the higher ups that they could get repairs done cheaper by dealers. Fortunately most of the dealers for the mounted equipment were hours away. Usually had to repair the repair done by outside people because of poor quality work or not inspecting related parts. "Time is money" is all they know now.

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I worked for my ex-wife's family business. Her brothers were know-it-alls. Same as you stated they had the better idea when it came to maintenance. We had a large fleet of cars/trucks and forklifts. I was in charge of maintenance.Fleet/building etc.But had no say so when it came to expenses.
We will talk only about the sales men's cars. Brother Bob said lets have the sales men handle having the company cars serviced with a monthly allotment for the cost. This went on for a year. One guy put 30K miles on his and never changed the oil.Others drove till the brake rotors were so worn that they fell into pieces.one guy pulled into the yard and had no rear tire at all. Said he didn't noticed anything...Many sales calls were missed because of their cars being in the shop somewhere. I can go on and on.
At a meeting I said "You guys are the only people I know that will spend 5 bucks to save 5 cents...."