Looking into getting identifix along with their shop management software bundled Im looking at 360 a month. Has anyone used the shop management they offer?

This is my typical way of containing old oil. I’d like to see your ways of doing so? For those wondering this is a 5 gallon water jug from Amazon $15-25 seals up tight and is easy to dump.

Is anyone using Ai for their company and in what ways?

Quick question for the mobile guys who’ve been doing this longer than me. My process is basically: phone rings → I answer → I book it → I head out. It works, but it’s chaos. Everything feels fast as hell and I’m always reacting instead of actually running a system. I get about 5–7 calls a day and probably 30% turn into real jobs. My wife handles scheduling on the backend right now. Eventually I want her doing parts + estimates too, but for now it’s mostly me winging it. I’ve never worked in a shop or wrenched professionally. I came from dealing cars. I’m good at the work and customers are happy, but I feel too busy to even see where I should slow things down. For those of you who’ve built this right: - Where did you stop rushing? - What steps did you add that actually made life easier? - When did you separate diag, estimates, scheduling, and repairs? Not trying to overcomplicate it — just want to stop living in firefighting mode without killing momentum. Appreciate any insight 🤝

Hey guys, I’m think of punching all darts or Mitchell 1. Starting this new year. Any recommendations which one and why? What software you guys use to do estimate? My other question is when you guys do an estimate, do you include part cost and labor separately? Example: brake cost $000, labor cost $000 or you put them together. Part and labor -$000