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Time for some collabs? Tavaresh, Hoovies, Car Wheeezard?
WooHoo! Congrats brother. I’m sure you’ll be a big success!
You go for it Ray from the UK !
I wish I lived in your area… I managed several auto shops and brought in good business, but I live in Texas…
I'm so very very happy and proud of you Ray, I've been saying this for a long while, Ray open your own shop, I absolutely understand about timing but believe it or not it's much easier to get out on your own than you'd think scary yes, but absolutely possible. What you will find out is you will say to yourself, I should have done this a while ago. Lol bravo I want to see getting shop and set up and all the stuff up to turning the open sign on and welcome mat rolled out!!! Great news Brother you can do it! ❤️ 🙏
Hi Ray I wish you the best of luck Ray on your new adventure 😀
Get a Bluetooth ear piece so you can answer phones without necessarily stopping work until you can afford to have someone as a receptionist / service writer
Super proud of you bud 😎
Find an old, retired mechanic to act as your service writer. You'll thank me later, when you're not getting drug off of your jobs to deal with customers and phone calls. Also, old mechanics are damn knowledgeable, and need something to make them feel useful and productive. Heck, they may even work for free😘
Ray…. great news brother. Nothing more empowering than to take charge of your own destiny ! I wish all the best for you going forward. It really is hard to find a competent and honest auto mechanic. You have proven your weight in salt over and over in your videos. God bless. Watching from Baltimore
Good for you Ray, fair warning though, you will end up working harder for your new boss than you have ever worked before, and you will reap the rewards accordingly.
You've got your head screwed on right so I have every confidence in you mate, go for it.
Eric The Car Guy went down the same path. Renting commercial space can create problems.
You have a rare opportunity to show future customers your inherent integrity with a simple YouTube link. I've been watching off and on for the last year or so, and I was honestly surprised you weren't running your own shop. I am so happy for you and am sure you've got this. I can't wait to watch your success unfold.
Congrats on the next stage. Been watching for a while, can't remember how I first found your channel. It can only get better from here(hopefully, right?). You got this, my friend.
F the haters,in almost 40 years of wrenching I know of at least 6 or 7 guys I used to work with that started their own businesses all did real well. So you will do good.
You mean an honest garage!!! You will have people queued up for months!
I'm super happy for you, Bro. Good idea not giving info out. You would have dudes showing up and hanging out like you were at a nightclub or something, haha, or some negative people trying to steal your stuff. Best of luck to you. Keep up the good videos and journey in life .
Ray PLEASE, PLEASE, get some sort of alarm/monitoring system for your new shop. Its an added expense BUT, well worth protecting your expensive tools and equipment!! Bless you my friend! Good luck on your new adventure! Bill C
This will be an awesome venture for you Ray
Good for you Ray and your family keep the videos comming and great job working for yourself
It will be awesome to see someone start their small business, wish you were in AZ I'd take my car to you anytime. Stay cool out there!
Way to go!
All the best mate. You'll be fine. I'm just keen to watch some more videos..
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Cool Beans Man !!
good luck with the new venture hope all goes brilliantly
GOOD MOVE RAY..LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GET AHEAD..
Happy for ya bud !
Merica
Good office people are worth there weight in gold.
Do the hands on stuff untill you make enough to pay yourself and the new employee plus a third and all Bill'made. After the third yrs wage is saved bring in a another member and just continue to build
You can handle it,I hate people that hate people that succeed,your the man!,!!!'!'!!!!!!!!
I am Sure you will do well me and my family take our cars to a local Mechanic who is honest like you self he only has one lift and a M.O.T. bay and one Employee and his wife is his Secretary but he his all ways Busy I think it’s word-of-mouth getting your business
Super excited Ray!…Let's do this!
You got the stones for this Ray. Don't doubt yourself. Your work and work ethic speaks for itself. God Speed.
Can't wait to see the results of this. Given your work ethic and the previous exposure, you should do very well. All the best for this.
Pick Eric O's brains as much as you can on the day-to-day running and as others say, get someone to manage the front desk etc. so freeing you to wrench.
You're 5000 miles away but you can work on my car any day.
Good idea to get your internet domain before announcing your business name. I've seen businesses open, only to find that a domain squatter in Panama or Djoubiti already bought it for twelve bucks and want thousands for it. There are unscrupulous people that search tax rolls for new business and see if the logical domain name is available. You can appeal through ICAAN but it is very expensive and requires specialized legal help.
I wouldn’t tell anyone anything they are here for the videos. I would like to say it’s hard to believe people try to bash you and get you fired but it’s not hard to believe. People just enjoy being negative all the time best of luck 👍
Best wishes for a positive future endeavor. I believe.
I hope the location is even a few minutes closer to your home. I used to spend 3 hours (90 minutes each way) driving too and from work and it was a killer or almost a killer when I fell asleep on the freeway one day. Drive safe Ray. 👍👍
Great decision ray, you will not regret it one bit. With your reputation, you will always find people seeking you out from verbal recomendations.
Any chance this could be an repair shop/ tattoo parlor/ sketchy bar with biker babes that bring grown men to their knees?
Yeah! About time, best of success.
This is so awesome Ray. I know you will be successful you are a great mechanic/Technician and a great person but most of all honest. That is the most important part of you. Best wishes in your career journey as a business owner. Stay tuned because this is going to be the first of many great videos.👍👍
Sends ray box of disposable floor mats good luck 👍
Best of luck. Take the time to setup the way you want now so you don't have to revamp the plan later down the track. You will succeed ✨️ .
If Ray can find employees with the same high standards that he exhibits, he will have much more work than he can possibly accommodate.
WHEN YOU GET TO… SEEMA…. YOU CAN SAY HI TO ….. MATTS OFF ROAD RECOVERY ….AND …ROBBY LAITEN….. AND MAYBE EVEN …..FAB RATS
Right on in the face of the haters man. You are a winner with pride in what you do. I believe you will dive in and get comfortable and make it huge. You will hire people and impact lots of lives. Just never forget where it comes from ☝🏼👊🏼👍🏼.
Good for you Ray!
Been following you for some time now, Good luck on your new venture!! Thanks for sharing your repair life with us!! I enjoy your running dialog as the repair progresses. Good luck (again)
Hell YEA BROTHER!!!!!
Hire Peter!
Bloody awesome Ray, proud of you mate for taking the big step forward .
Awesome!! Good for you. Hey, open the comments for Business Name suggestions… ?
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i would definitely visit if i was ever in the florida area again. i don't go there cause it costs a lot of money i don't have…
Ray I hope you do very well for yourself in your new venture keep on making good content and I’ll stick with you
It's too bad you won't tell everyone where you're opening. You'd get at least 500 oil changes the first day! I understand completely. You know what to do when you want business to explode at least, just leverage the channel!
Super excited for you Ray, all the best getting set up. Everyone, this mechanic is excellent – have been watching his work on all sorts of cars. He's safety first and can work with a budget and he's GOOD at what he does.
Taking that first step. Opens more to your needs. All you needed was to take that first step. Hope you have a good location. As they say location location location.
Congrats on going out on your own Ray. I’m sure you will do just fine. Hope the cash starts flowing in quickly.
👏👏 ✌
Congrats! It’s about time.
I believe you will be a great success
Just keep your work ethic that's the key to success and I will be praying for you
It goes without saying, but I'm going to say it anyway. Be sure to form some sort of Corporation, in order to protect your assets! It only cost a couple hundred dollars to do so, and it could save you from losing everything you have! I'm not sure if this is relevant for you starting off, or not. But, have you considered getting a Google Voice number as a free business line, along with the Google Voice app on your phone. It would give you a free business phone number separate from your personal phone number, with controls over when it will and won't ring, as well as a voicemail service. The number is transferable, should you actually pay to get phone service, at a later time. So, you could keep the same number. Google Voice is free! Using this could save some money, while you're just starting off a business. Just a thought.
Gas monkey from the ground
As a shop owner myself, I will say your doing the right thing. Hit my up if you want some pointers..
Lets hope "BENDPAK" will give you at least one set of lifts since your almost at 500K subscribers on this channel. click.
Good job and good luck u deserve it
Congrats Ray! Looking forward to the new adventure! As a 25 year small business owner, I wish you all the best.
I can't wait to see how this is gonna go. I do wish the best of luck to you man. I want to become a mobile mechanic some day and work for myself but I'm currently just trying build experience. But I'm so excited to how this will play put for you man!
I'm glad to hear you're going to be the boss,and I know you won't fire yourself. Good luck in this new venture, and I look forward to seeing your own shop up and running in the near future!
When you get to the inside of the show, wear ear plugs.
I think your radio display is having a seizure
You definitely hit the top of the chain when your able to say “I can work for myself” congrats congrats
YOU GO BOYEEE!!! Congrats Ray, both my wife and I have enjoyed your content very much this past year and wish you the best of luck in your new venture. Earl and jean Harrell
Get it Ray!
Congrats man!! 🎉🎉🎉
Godspeed on your new venture and looking forward to see where your future takes you. And yes bring us the doodly-doos!
fantastic! best of luck in your endeavor.
I was hoping the announcement was that he was becoming an astronaught
This is awesome news! And excited for the journey! You got this!
Ray, if you weren’t nervous about the road ahead we’d be concerned. I can’t speak speak for your entire fan base but I think the strong majority of us wish you well and know your decision is the right one at the right time.
Great to hear the exciting development, CLICK your seat belts in cause it may be wild ride 🌧🧍♂️☀️
Cool Rainman … "Paper-Work" The most important thing in your own business … Receipts … Invoices … etc.
I would totally if I had the chance have ray fix my car I’ll pay the price
Best mechanic due to his experience in the industry
Best wishes ray
Now we can get multiple points of filming.
Good for you in your new endeavor let's the tools of force be with you, a great time!
had a feeling you were gonna start your own business.. 🙂
Your gonna do awesome 👏 I’m proud Of you Ray.
Way to go Ray! Glad your back on the rails and headed forward. Speaking f doodlydoos, ever think of having the Mrs. answer phones for you. Bet you could get her for a reasonable rate. Best of lick on whatever is coming.
That’s great news Ray. Once I find out where you will be and when I’ll be first in line as a customer. I know you are a man of great integrity and have a keen awareness of business ethics but you need to find a way to let your past clients know so we can make informed decisions about following you to your new enterprise. I for one will be first in line as I said before.
Vegas+zanax=good time
Ray Ray I wish you all the best from the great land of Oz (stralia) One word of caution I was self employed for a few years, and found myself to be the most exacting, fussy, SOB. I'd ever worked for (I was the only employee) You have a great work ethic, God bless ya'll in every endeavor.
Exited for you Ray! Wish you the best of luck bud!
I would patronize your endeavor, but I'm on the other end of the country. Good Luck, and keep on keeping on…
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