[Turk]

Traveller
Thank you very much.
Is Turner Turnpike still a toll road? I went to school in Edmond and used to party in Tulsa on the weekends.

Excell guru
Picky...picky...picky..

Good eyes. Will make the correction on the jack pads. I am leaving the center mirror where it is, and there will be two more like them on the doors.

Keith, I wish you could see the paint up close. It is honestly the best paint job I have seen on any car. Since it is my business, I have had the opportunity to look at many cars, and many paint jobs. This is very good.

There are also the practicality issues. We have 250 hours in the prep and painting. At $60-$65.00 an hour shop rates, that is almost $16,000 not counting the supplies.

It is true, some of the time spent was redundant in covering up our own mistakes and making corrections. Not all 250 hours would be billable. We would go broke if we tried to charge our customers that much, or we would go broke if we spent that much time and billed them less.

First time in my professional career I was glad we had a paint shop. Usually most dealerships stay away from that part of the business, because it is so labor intensive and EPA concerns, difficulties in dealing with insurance companies etc.
I was fortunate, and it came out nice.

TURK