Increase Your Car's Speed Using Exhaust Headers

If you have ever been to a movie theater in recent years, you may have noticed the rising popularity of automobile and car culture films. These films clearly depict the extravagant and high-stakes lifestyle of these racers, detailing how thrilling their lives are and how famous they can be. And lo and behold, it resonated with a lot of people as these films went on to make hundreds of millions of dollars all throughout the globe. And, not long after, almost every other form of media followed suit, with video games and TV shows suddenly focused on providing their markets with other opportunities to get their car culture fix. Suddenly, everyone is a car lover, and if you were, you were very, very cool and hip.

Pretty soon, though, this fantasy will become a reality, as more and more people started to do to their real-life cars what they only saw in movies and video games before. All of a sudden, there was this surge in popularity for car modification. We saw how cars increasingly started to feature more and more add-ons as time went by, their owners obviously determined to set their cars apart from the rest. Being unique was no longer optional, it seemed like it was the norm. And if you weren't able to relate to it, then you were just not cool enough.

First, it started off innocently enough, with most enthusiasts focused more on just the external appearances of their cars. What mattered more to them was what the color of their car was and if they used high quality paint. They also looked around to find the perfect hue, and pretty soon started putting on decals and full-body stickers to really stand out from the rest of the crowd. You surely must have noticed more and more cars sporting unique and snazzy colors and designs.

Next, they started focusing on obtaining the fastest speed possible. It was not enough for them their vehicles could drive a maximum of 200+ miles; they wanted to be able to start faster, paying so much attention to stuff that can make their car go just a teensy bit faster. And so, they started adding all sorts of equipment, such as spoilers and exhaust headers, to speed up their car. Some also add mx5 luggage rack for more appeal.

Clearly, we can see how these films have almost single-handedly created a new culture. It is definitely amazing to see these cars on the street, looking like they mean business and acting like they are the only one of their kind. And for the most part, they're right.

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Motivating Auto Detail Shop Employees to Increase Speed Without Sacrificing Quality

Prior to retirement I'd set up a mobile detailing franchising company, and over the years I'd learned that auto-detailers take their trade and craft very seriously. Most treat it like an art more than a science, and I understand that, and so would you if you detailed cars to perfection and show room quality for a living. We all know that auto detailing isn't a rocket science, but maybe it should be closer to a science than an art, without destroying the finesse and talent it takes to get there.

Now then, I've sat in seminars and listened to automotive detail experts and gurus explain how to turn a detailing shop into a production line. And, Winslow Friedrich Taylor, the grandfather of modern management, is in my family tree, and he believed in paying people piece-meal, paying people for each unit completed, rather than a salary or per hour. That makes sense for a mobile detailing shop, and you must have goals for your production, so that you don't waste any of your bays, or any of the time during the week, and still have maximum output.

Granted, all of these things are important however when you are dealing with artists who really care about the detailing, and pride themselves in perfection, something that your customers also desire, then the last thing you wish to do is alienate them. If you push your detailers too hard, or chisel them on the amount of money that you pay them for each car they detail, they may get upset when you give them a "dog" or a totally trashed car when another detailer gets a car which is already in pretty good shape, and each person gets the same amount of bonus for each unit completed.

They won't find this to be unfair, and the "dog" could take them twice or three times as long to do a perfect job, and being a perfectionist they won't quit until it's perfect. You need to have some sort of a bonus system so when someone gets a really ugly car that is totally trashed, they get a few extra bucks. You should also take "before and after pictures" and put those in the lobby with the individual's name under it, to show how great their work is. I used to introduce them to the customer and have them thank the detail directly and perhaps even give them the tip and request them next time.

Motivation should not only be based on money, there should also be for rewards for performance, perfection, professionalism, and production. I hope you will please consider all this because it's important, and it's also the fair way to play it. Think on it.

Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, http://www.detailguys.com/ and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes writing 24,222 articles by July 22, 2011 at 2:22 PM is going to be difficult because all the letters on his keyboard are now worn off now..

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Auto Detailing Signage Considered - "This Vehicle Being Detailed By" Signs Increase Business

Any entrepreneur who wants to succeed in their small business must consider grassroots marketing tactics. I think we are all familiar with these types of marketing techniques, after all probably all of us have read the popular small business entrepreneurial book "Guerrilla Marketing" by Conrad. Now then, before retirement I ran a franchising company in the cleaning sector, and yes we did franchise mobile detailing units.

One of the concepts that I had put into our operations manual was to remind all of the franchisees that the best new customer to get, would be the car this next door to the one that you are detailing currently. And if you were in a neighborhood, perhaps a high-end section of town, detailing a nice Mercedes, or some exotic sports car, it makes sense that perhaps the next-door neighbor, or another neighbor across the street might also want services.

Not to mention the fact that if you are detailing someone's car in their driveway, there are plenty of people driving by and seeing what you are doing. Therefore it makes a lot of sense to have good signage on your mobile detailing rig, and crisp, clean uniforms. Also, it would be irresponsible in my professional opinion having been in the industry for some 30 years not to put an "A-Frame" sign out by the curb that everyone driving by could see.

"This Vehicle Being Detailed by (Your Business Name and Logo Here)"

And it hardly matters if you are detailing a boat down at the Marina, or an aircraft at the airport. In that case you should put in A-Frame sign on the dock, or a small A-Frame sign in a conspicuous place at the hangar special. Why wouldn't you do that? In fact, whenever I went to visit our franchisees, I would call them on their mobile phone, as I came into town, and I would drive to wherever they were working, on the job site to help them.

It was my way of getting a little exercise, and do something that I really enjoyed prior to becoming the franchisor founder. Often, our franchisees were too busy and in a hurry to put out the A-Frame sign. And yet occasionally they would complain that they didn't make as much money as they had hoped during the month - that they were really busy on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, but they were slow the rest of the week.

Now then, let this be a reminder to you, you should learn from our mistakes, and you should always put out that A-Frame sign to remind everyone in the area who is detailing that vehicle, airplane, or boat; the success of your business depends on it. Please consider all this and think on it.

Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes writing 23,850 articles by July 4, 2011 is going to be difficult because all the letters on his keyboard are now worn off now..

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