Your inability to move fast is a killer for your used car business. Moving fast puts you in the winner’s circle. Not moving fast puts you in the loser’s circle.
Oh sure, speed hasn’t mattered all that much to you over the last few years. It matters now doesn’t it? Isn’t it interesting how this business comes full circle in the blink of an eye and you’re sitting there thinking, “what happened?”
The speed of your recon operation has a direct impact on your ability to produce gross in the used car department.
And without a doubt, it impacts how fast you get a car out in the Internet world. You cannot afford a 7 to 10-day window.
I’d be preaching to the choir if I went over all the reasons the recon/service department needs to cooperate and for you to get your used cars through service just as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, many service managers haven’t been trained to understand that your inventory is costing you a lot of money when it’s sitting.
Continuously educating your management team about how fast the market can change on a used car and what it does to your bottom line is critical to your long-term success.
If you want to improve your speed, then you need to take a hard look at my “Life Cycle Management” process.
“Life Cycle Management” will change your used car world forever, make you lightning-fast, eliminate wholesale losses, improve turn and gross profit.
You don’t need to buy anything from me. You just need to understand the concept.
If you’re dead serious you will get off your duff and improve your speed.
If you’re not then you’ll soon be giving back some of those record profits.
Speed Wins. Speed Kills. You get to make the choice.
That’s all I’m gonna say, Tommy Gibbs