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Hours Per RO

The Average Vehicle Needs 3.5–4 Hours

March 13, 20262 min read

Let me ask you a simple question.

The average vehicle on the road today —between 4 and 14 years old— requires about 3.5 to 4 hours of maintenance and service to truly keep that vehicle in proper condition.

Not as a sales goal.

Not as a target.

But as a vehicle requirement.

That’s what it takes to properly maintain the systems on the vehicle and give the owner what they really want when they drop their keys off:

Peace of mind.

Peace of mind that their vehicle is safe.
Peace of mind that it’s reliable and will last.
Peace of mind that small problems won’t become big ones later.

Now here’s the gut-check question.

If your shop is averaging 2.0 to 2.5 hours per repair order…

Are you truly serving your customers at the highest level?

Are their vehicles actually leaving your shop in the condition they deserve?

Are your customers calling back after a visit with a new problem, asking, "It was just there, why didn't you see it?"

Or are there legitimate needs on that vehicle that simply aren’t being communicated clearly enough for the customer to understand?

That’s the moment where most shop owners pause.

Because this isn’t about selling more.

It’s about serving the vehicle and the customer the way we know we should.

A shop's #1 way to first serve a customer is by educating and creating value from what the vehicle reveals, rather than fixing the vehicle. That's Step #2.

When service advisors learn how to properly structure the repair order and communicate the value behind the work, something powerful happens.

Customers don’t resist.

They understand.

And the repair order begins to reflect what the vehicle actually needs.

So here’s a simple question for you.

If I could show you a system that consistently produces a minimum of 3.5 hours per repair order…

Would you want to see it?

That’s exactly what we teach inside the Profitable Hour Per RO Accelerator.

A focused 4-week training program designed to help service advisors learn how to:

• Structure repair orders properly
• Communicate the true value of the work
• Guide customers to confident decisions
• Capture the hours that vehicles actually require

If you'd like to see how the system works, you can learn more and reserve your seat here:

👉https://computreksystems.com/advisor-4-week-accelerator

Because the goal isn’t to sell more.

The goal is to make sure every vehicle that leaves your shop leaves with the peace of mind it deserves.🚀

With 40+ years of experience in the automotive field Dave has extensive General Motors University Automotive & Business Management training and is a graduate of the Arizona Automotive Institute.

Dave Schedin

With 40+ years of experience in the automotive field Dave has extensive General Motors University Automotive & Business Management training and is a graduate of the Arizona Automotive Institute.

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