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Business plan for organizing a diagnostic and repair post electronic systems cars

1. Project goals

In the previous chapters of the work, an analysis of the position of the Avtodom-Ateks enterprise was made and, based on this analysis, recommendations were made on the development strategy. The most attractive strategy seems to be diversification.

Now it is necessary to determine: which of the areas of activity should be developed in the first place? The answer is obvious: it is necessary to develop a range of services for the diagnosis and repair of electronic systems in cars. The reasons for this decision are as follows:

This service is increasingly in demand in the market;

our regular customers willingly use this service with us;

This will allow attracting new customers both for this service and for the entire range of services provided by the enterprise;

work with electronic systems fits well into the general profile of the enterprise;

The personnel of the enterprise has a sufficiently high level of qualification, only minimal training is required;

· The company has the opportunity to rent production space to accommodate a post for the diagnosis and repair of electronic systems of vehicles.

The planning horizon for the implementation of the project will be taken as the average for this species activities, i.e. 3 years. Project start date 01.06.2006

2. Description of the type of activity

In general, it is not difficult to eliminate this or that malfunction in the car. And usually for a relatively short time. This statement, however, is true only if three conditions are met: it is known how, what and what exactly needs to be done. If with the first two, as a rule, problems never arise, then the third often becomes a real stumbling block. First of all, this concerns the problems associated with the engine and various electronic systems, with which modern cars are stuffed, as they say, to the very roof. Thus, the correct identification of the causes of failures and malfunctions has come to the fore today, which gives us the right to even talk about a new specialty in a car service - a diagnostician. The sharp increase in the number of vehicles equipped with electronic fuel injection systems has led to a noticeable increase in demand for services related to the diagnosis of the technical condition and repair of such vehicles.

First of all, especially thorough diagnostics require engine control systems (CMS). The technical condition of the vehicle engine control system is one of the most important factors affecting the traction and speed performance of the vehicle as a whole. A practical solution to the problem of diagnosing the technical condition and repair of the EMS is impossible without the use of special technical means, most of which are measuring instruments.

You can create all sorts of puzzles for yourself out of the blue, then forcefully “wrinkle your mind” in search of answers and suffer for a long time trying to solve the problem of which diagnostic device should be preferred. Or you can go the simpler and more natural way. It is easy to understand what kind of devices for diagnosing an engine and its systems exist today and what exactly you can find out with their help. And also to understand that for a complete engine diagnostics, a certain set of equipment is needed. And having understood this, make up the configuration that best suits one or another specific need.

3. Necessary equipment and its selection

Firstly, all equipment for engine diagnostics can be divided into several groups, each of which performs its own range of tasks. These groups can be defined like this:

1) Scanners of control units;

2) Measuring instruments;

3) Testers of actuators and engine components.

The first group of devices is a set of devices designed to establish communication with vehicle control units and perform procedures such as reading and erasing errors, reading current sensor values and internal parameters of the control system, checking the performance of actuators, adapting the control system when replacing individual vehicle units or during a major overhaul engine repair. This group of diagnostic tools is developing very dynamically and every year brings new scanner capabilities and new names of their manufacturers. In principle, scanners can be compared with each other in terms of such parameters as a table of applicability by car types and a list of car systems, a set of functions implemented in the scanner for each car or system, a modernization method software. In combination with the price of the devices, a comparison table can be compiled that will give a rough idea of whether or not to purchase a given scanner model.
Why an approximate match, you ask? Because scanner manufacturers do not have a direct relationship with car manufacturers and, therefore, out of 10 car models of a given year of manufacture, one or two can always come across that were omitted when designing the scanner - the manufacturer learns about this only from end customers or does not know at all . In addition, buyers of diagnostic equipment can often suffer from the fact that the managers of firms selling equipment do not have enough information about the subject of the bargain and replace it with their own eloquence.

According to a number of car services that are actively involved in diagnostics, it is not economically feasible to have a set of scanners for all cars with advanced capabilities (up to adaptation), and in the absence of properly trained personnel it is also dangerous - incorrect actions when interfering with the operation of the unit can lead to a deterioration in system operation engine control and, as a result, cause unnecessary problems in the relationship with the customer. When choosing scanner models, it is necessary to take into account the specialization of the service and the list of the most frequently serviced models (for example, if one Fiat car comes to you a year, then it is hardly advisable to purchase a scanner specifically for servicing it).

In addition, you can have one or two scanners with an average set of functions, but with a wide range of car models - while in most cases you solve the tasks, and compensate for the functional shortcomings of the scanners using universal equipment from the second and third groups.

In the second group assembled devices that can be used to diagnose any engines - the physics of the engine does not depend on the control method. All of these devices are used to detect faults, as well as to check the readings of scanners, since no electronic system can check itself with absolute certainty - for example, air leakage in the intake manifold can cause an air mass meter failure message, etc. In the absence of the following devices, you often decide to replace one or another sensor without proper verification and can subsequently get into a scandalous situation in which, as you know, there are no winners. The most famous representatives of this group:

Gas analyzers.

Gas analyzers and smoke meters. An exhaust gas analysis can give a general picture of the technical condition of any internal combustion engine. During the combustion of the fuel-air mixture in the engine cylinders, various chemical substances. These are CO, NOX, CH, O2 and some others. An analysis of the percentage of each of these compounds in the exhaust gases allows you to judge the working processes occurring in the engine and identify the causes of deviations from the norm. The method for assessing the health of an engine by the quality of exhaust gases is a topic for a separate discussion, but for now we will only talk about devices that perform this check.

Because gasoline and diesel engines use different types fuel, various components are formed in the exhaust gases, then different devices are used to check them: a gas analyzer for gasoline engines and a smoke meter for diesel engines.

The functionality of the gas analyzer is determined by the number of measured parameters. AT recent times measuring the two main gases CO and CH was not enough for high-quality engine diagnostics, the latest generation gas analyzers are four-component (CO, NOX, CH and O2) with a calculated coefficient l (lambda). The coefficient l is a relative value and shows the ratio of fuel and air in the working mixture. Some models of gas analyzers can measure the voltage in the car's on-board network, temperature, and so on.

Most gas analyzers are designed as autonomous devices and display measurement results on a digital display. Also, many models may have a built-in printer. More recently, models have appeared that allow you to display measurement results on a personal computer. This allows you to present information in the form of graphs and diagrams, and connecting a scanner, motor tester and gas analyzer to one PC makes such a complex an excellent tool for car diagnostics.

As already mentioned, exhaust gas analysis shows only a general picture of the state of the engine; a scanner and a motor tester designed to check individual engine systems allow you to identify the specific culprit of the malfunction.

Meterspressure.

In this group of devices, one representative of which - a compression gauge - has long been loved by all car services, there is a significant addition. First of all, this is a fuel pressure tester, which was not available in car services designed to repair carbureted cars. The main characteristics of this device are the range of measured pressure (usually it ranges from 0 to 6..8 bar) and the list of adapters for connecting to the fuel systems of various vehicles. The leak tester of the valve-piston group has also become very popular, which makes it possible to more accurately determine the place and nature of the violation of the tightness of the combustion chamber, the vacuum gauge, which allows you to assess the correct operation of the engine intake system, and the catalyst backpressure tester, which allows you to evaluate the capacity of the catalyst.

Specialized automotive testers.

When repairing contact ignition systems, a specialized automotive tester was often sufficient to find failures in this system. With the predominance of electronic ignition systems, its capabilities for diagnosing them are clearly insufficient; automotive oscilloscopes and motor testers come to the fore, which have much greater capabilities compared to it.

Stroboscopes.

Although the installation of ignition in most injection engines is not possible, test values for ignition systems still exist, and timely determination of the discrepancy between the calculated and actual ignition timing often helps to determine the nature of the malfunction. But to check the ignition timing in injection engines, it is necessary to use stroboscopes equipped with a flash delay adjustment, since these engines usually do not have a separate mark for setting the ignition timing.

Specialized automotive oscilloscopes.

These devices have a set of specialized sensors (high voltage, vacuum, current) and a special synchronization system with engine rotation using the first cylinder spark plug current sensor. which allows you to diagnose the engine management system for any parameters. At the same time, they retain the capabilities of a universal oscilloscope and, therefore, can be used to check the operation of almost all electrical circuits in a car. In addition, they can replace a number of individual devices used for diagnostics - for example, if a vacuum sensor is included in an automotive oscilloscope, you no longer need to purchase a vacuum gauge.

Motor testers.

The measurement part of the motor tester is basically the same as the measurement part of the automotive oscilloscope. The differences between motor testers are that it can not only display waveforms of any measured circuits, but also produce comprehensive assessments operation of the engine in several parameters at once (dynamic compression, acceleration, relative efficiency of cylinders, etc.), which can significantly reduce the time for troubleshooting. When purchasing equipment, it is also necessary to take into account that such devices as a gas analyzer, stroboscope, etc. are often an integral part of motor testers. - therefore, although the price of a motor tester is quite high, when buying it, the losses in the total amount will be relatively small compared to purchasing a separate automotive oscilloscope, gas analyzer and stroboscope.

The third group of devices is equipment for in-depth testing of the engine management system and its individual components. In its composition:

Sensor signal simulators.

Designed to check the response of the unit to a change in the signals of individual sensors (for example, temperature or throttle position sensors) - in some cases, the control unit may not respond to a change in the signal from the sensor, and this fact can be perceived as a sensor failure.

Injector tester.

At the initial stage of development of diagnostics, such devices were quite actively sold on the market, but recently preference has been given to cleaning and testing stands for injectors - they include checking, and, if necessary, cleaning of injectors can be carried out with better quality. In addition, these stands themselves create a separate set of paid services, the return on which increases every year.

Vacuum pump.

This device allows you to check the performance of actuators driven by vacuum in the intake manifold (for example, the afterburner valve or the catalyst purge valve), as well as to check the vacuum sensor in the intake manifold with the engine stopped.

Spark plug tester.

Allows you to visually check the operation of spark plugs without installing them on the engine. Some testers have the ability to test the plug under pressure, i.e. under realistic conditions.

High voltage arrester.

These devices allow you to check the operation of the car's ignition system for a load close to the real one. For ignition systems with a mechanical distributor, an arrester with an air gap of 10 mm is used, for modern systems ignition without distributor - 20-21 mm.

So, we decided to do diagnostics and repair. Based on the foregoing, we allow ourselves to give a few recommendations on the configuration of the diagnostic post and some rules that must be observed in diagnostic work.

The simplest solution.

First of all, the most necessary device is a gas analyzer, and the best of all is a four-component one with a calculated lambda coefficient (l). Diagnostics of the engine, as the main unit of the car, is simply impossible without this device. By choosing a model with the possibility of electrical measurements, you will slightly overlap the capabilities of the motor tester. A compression gauge and a fuel system pressure gauge are fairly inexpensive, but nice little things in a diagnostic kit. The simplest injector cleaner will be of great help when you encounter cases of poor mixture quality in surveyed vehicles.

Mobile or stationary post.

The next question is which diagnostic post is more preferable for us: stationary or mobile?

If we equip a diagnostic post at the station Maintenance, then you need to pay attention to the possibility of completing equipment around a personal computer (PC). This will make it possible to create a single diagnostic complex from a scanner, a motor tester and a gas analyzer with the possibility of updating the software. In addition, a PC can contain a huge database of serviced vehicles, which in itself is a huge help in the work.

If it is planned to carry out field work (technical assistance on the road), then you need to pay attention to the possibility of operating devices from the on-board network of the car. While using a laptop, you can still be mobile and enjoy the above advantages of a PC.

The variety of brands of cars and their age impose certain restrictions on the choice of equipment. First of all, it concerns the choice of the scanner. As mentioned above, the scanner is strictly tied to the brand of the car, even the year of manufacture of the car and the brand of the “on-board computer” can affect the quality and the possibility or impossibility of diagnostics as such. When choosing a scanner, the main focus is on the list of makes and years of manufacture of cars that the scanner supports, a set of cables for connecting to the car's control connector, and the ability to change the scanner software to expand its capabilities. I would like to once again draw attention to scanners that work with a personal computer - a PC has almost unlimited possibilities for updating software, and if necessary, you only need an additional cable.

In addition to the listed devices, for the effective operation of the created post, you need to purchase:

· Two-column elevator with a loading capacity of 2500 kg. for cars - 1 piece;

· Transmission racks with a loading capacity of 300 kg. - 2 pcs.;

· Jack with a rolling loading capacity of 2000 kg. - 1 PC.;

· Charger-starting device - 1 pc.;

· Locksmith workbenches - 2 pcs.;

· A set of hand tools.

A market review of the equipment offered for sale showed the following. Sales of equipment we are interested in, its installation, maintenance and repair, as well as staff training and technical support carry out the five most large firms:

«Am-Euro»;

"Barclay-Auto";

"Diakom-Auto";

· «Diamax holding»;

· "Novgorod plant GARO".

Based on a long and painstaking study commercial offers of these firms, it was decided to cooperate with Diamax Holding. It is located at:

For convenience of calculations, the amount received will be rounded up to a value of 400,000 rubles. Equipment depreciation will be calculated on the assumption that the residual value will decrease by 50% over three years. Monthly, respectively, it turns out 1.4%, or 5600 rubles.

The equipment layout plan is currently being developed. The post has the ability to work with two cars at the same time. That is, the diagnostic and repair post will have two parking spaces. The total area is 50 sq. m. m. This means a 20% increase in existing production space. The rent is 70 rubles/sq. m / month, or 3500 rubles per month for the planned area.

The cost of maintaining and maintaining the leased premises will add 20% or 2,000 rubles a month to the existing expenses of the enterprise under this item.

Equipment costs

Equipment	Price, rub.
Universal diagnostic complex DTS-25.2.
Set for measuring fuel pressure ID-U
Installation for cleaning the fuel system of gasoline and diesel engines. Carbon Cleaner System II.
Stationary 2-column lift P3-T-SP
Hydraulic transmission rack SG-1, 2 pcs.
Rolling hydraulic jack K 4845
Workbench 22.2-25-G 5015, 2 pcs.
Charger-starter (approximately)
A set of hand tools (approximately)

4. Staff

equipment engine car staff

The main purpose of car diagnostics is the search and detection of a faulty car system and engine, in particular. Often, the restoration of contact in the circuit of one or another sensor prevents a “major” engine repair, so the quality of diagnostics primarily depends on the person, on the diagnostician. It also depends on the reaction of the client. Therefore, you should first learn all the wisdom of the process. For this, there are special courses, when choosing which you need to pay attention to the following:

training should be conducted by adequately trained mentors;

· the training program should include theoretical issues of operation of all vehicle systems and internal combustion engine subsystems (assemblies, sensors, actuators, etc.);

· practical exercises, as an integral part of the program, should be carried out in the real conditions of a car service station and, best of all, using the equipment on which you will work in the future.

When buying equipment, do not hesitate to ask the seller about the availability of such preparatory courses - only those companies that take this line of business seriously can provide training and further support. And most importantly, we must not forget that a quick and competently carried out diagnostics, the ability to accurately catch the "culprit" of the problems of the car owner can only contribute to the growth of the authority of the enterprise and, as a result, an increase in the number of grateful clients.

Therefore, a decision was made to train the two most qualified employees and transfer them to this type of activity. An additional 2 people will be hired for their former places. Which will lead to an increase in the imputed tax on the enterprise as a whole. These costs can be safely attributed to the unit being created.

The situation for training courses is about the same as for equipment. A decision is made to train two employees at Diamax Holding courses. The cost of training will be 10,000 rubles.

Wage production staff piecework and is 40% of the amount paid by the client for the work performed. Calculated according to the column "Work" in the form "Order for work with the car."

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The range of services provided, and the question of the premises

It is possible to specialize in such types of services as diagnostics of injection engines, mileage correction and chip tuning. If there is a desire, then over time it is possible to expand the range of services provided with more and more new proposals. The target customers will be used car owners. And diagnostics, you understand, is a rather necessary procedure, and without it there is no way to check what condition your vehicle is in right now.

Also, do not forget to buy an adapter to be able to synchronize the car with a computer, as well as special software and a diagnostic scanner - a device that determines the thickness of the coating. Considering the issue with the premises, the option of renting an auto mechanic's garage is ideal. In the same place, if necessary, he could eliminate the faults found.

How much money should be invested, and what is the profitability?

Seems like a great idea! But, how much approximately do you need to invest in this idea? Well, I can't name a specific amount. Well, as far as I know, the total cost should not exceed 130-140 000 rubles . For the effectiveness of attracting customers, it makes sense to provide field services, but then, in this case, and the prices for diagnostics will be higher.
What is the profitability? To date, one car diagnostic is worth
on market price order 2000 , or even 3000 rubles. Thus, your income can be from 50,000 to 60,000 rubles per month provided that you receive one order per day. The project pays off quite quickly, in just a few months. But it is quite possible before. It all depends on how productive you are.
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Every person who has a computer wants to put it to good use. Usually the greatest income is obtained at the junction of different areas of human activity. I'll tell you about beautiful way have a good and steady income using a computer in a car service.

It:
1. COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS of injection engines VAZ and GAZ;
2. CHIP TUNING of injector VAZs;
3. MILEAGE CORRECTION on the VAZ electronic odometer.

1. COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS. Modern domestic cars are injection. What it is? This means that the engine is controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU). Injection engines are still a novelty for our car service, especially in the regions. Diagnostics and repair of such an engine is a problem. There are special scan testers that are very expensive (about $1000), or a computer program that costs a penny. There is an obvious opportunity to make money. You could provide injection engine diagnostic services in your city.

What will be required for this?
1) computer, preferably a laptop: Pentium 100-166, 16-32 Mb RAM, COM port, SVGA 800x600x16bit, Windows 95/98, transition to DOS mode or its emulation is desirable, so Windows NT, 2000, and especially ME use several uncomfortable - $300;
2) an adapter (k-line) for connecting a car to a personal computer (it’s easy to assemble in 10 minutes, slowly) - parts for 200 rubles;
3) computer program for diagnostics of injection engines VAZ and GAZ;
4) a garage, it is better to negotiate with a practicing auto mechanic with his garage (as I did), besides, he could fix the faults found, has a circle of his clients ...
5) some free time, I'm doing this in the evening, after work.

The total cost is about 10 thousand rubles. If you already have a computer, then the cost is about 1200 rubles, excluding advertising costs. Diagnostics of an injection car, without any repair in Togliatti, costs 200 rubles (if you live on the periphery, you can raise the price even higher). It is easy to calculate that if one car arrives in a day, then your monthly profit will be 6 thousand rubles.

2. CHIP TUNING. What's this? The injection engine is controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU). The control unit contains a program for its operation. The control unit, receiving signals from various sensors, controls the operation of the engine. By changing the control program, we can influence its operation. This is called chip tuning.

What can be achieved with chip tuning?
1) Increasing the dynamics and power of the engine: you want the car to pull confidently from the bottom. The corresponding program, with a certain increase in power, will provide a higher torque in the zone of low and high speeds (accelerating dynamics). A good solution for city traffic.
2) Elimination of the converter: if the car is equipped with a catalytic converter, there is always a risk of poisoning the catalyst and the oxygen sensor with leaded gasoline. You can exclude the catalyst, and then leaded gasoline will not be terrible for the injection system. In this case, an increase in engine power is observed.
3) Elimination of floating faults: did you look at the car at the services and could not find the cause of the engine periodically stalling at idle, or the CHECK ENGINE lamp that lights up when the engine is warming up, with apparently normal engine operation? The reason may lie in program errors. Often such problems are solved by replacing the old serial program with a new serial one.

Almost all tuning versions have improved idle and cold start modes, lowered the temperature of the cooling system fan on (for those who are "boiling"), identified errors that were present in the old serial versions have been eliminated.

Again, there is a good opportunity to make good money by providing this service.

Expenses:
1) already mentioned: computer and adapter (k-line);
2) microchip programmer - $120;
3) microcircuits 27C256, 27C512 and panels (to start with 5 pieces each) - 35 rubles each;
4) an adapter for loading the control program (firmware) into the ECU (a very simple and accessible scheme for self-assembly) - parts for 100 rubles;
5) the program for the firmware loader in the ECU and the firmware itself (control programs).

Total in addition to the above (it is assumed that the computer and adapter (k-line) already exist) about 5 thousand rubles.

The payback is very fast: VAZ chip tuning costs on average from 1000 rubles, and those who want to drive not like everyone else (sports accelerating dynamics) are enough among owners of injector 99-current, 10-current, and 15-nis.

3) MILEAGE CORRECTION. Leaving the ethical side of odometer adjustments aside, odometers have been rolled or rolled up ever since they were invented. Currently, front-wheel drive VAZ vehicles use three types of dashboards with an electronic odometer. In a simplified form, the odometer in these systems is a counter of pulses from the vehicle speed sensor, a divider and an information store in the flash memory of the panel. There is a computer program for changing the odometer readings. It allows you to quickly and easily correct mileage. The program works through a special adapter (very simple, parts for 30 rubles). The cost of this complex is minimal, and the income from its use is very high. The cost of adjusting the mileage of a VAZ electronic odometer is 500-600 rubles. Payback occurs in 2-3 uses.

FINALLY a few thoughts.
1. If you have never dealt with cars before, it is highly desirable to find yourself a companion practicing auto mechanic (as I did). There are a lot of advantages to this. First, you get a representative office and a place to work (I have a simple garage). Second, there is complementarity. There are very few auto mechanics among computer scientists and vice versa. And both are winners. Thirdly, his clients immediately become yours, and you begin to attract new ones to him (mutual promotion), etc. etc...

2. These services are focused on modern domestic injection cars and complement each other. This allows you to earn additional income. For example, if the car came to you for diagnostics, then it is very likely that the owner of the car will be interested in both chip tuning and mileage correction.

3. This business is not widespread and, having mastered it, you most likely will not have competitors.

4. Injection cars are becoming more and more every year, and even now there are already plenty of them. And this trend will only intensify. For example, the VAZ 2110 has been produced only injector for more than a year.

5. It does not take much time and you can work in the evening after work. It takes me an average of 1-2 hours a day and brings 500-2000 thousand rubles a day! (a city of about 50 thousand inhabitants). The larger the city, the higher the profit.

6. You get a new circle of acquaintances and, most likely, a very wide one. New acquaintances -> new information -> new opportunities. It's hard to overestimate!

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If you have ever dealt with the purchase of a used car, then you probably know how much trouble this procedure can cause. This can be done in several ways. By monitoring ads on the Internet. Armed with newspapers, like "Car market" or "From hand to hand." And the most common way is to visit the car market. There are a lot of cars on display here. But there is also a high probability of running into scammers trying to sell "scrap metal" under the guise of a "live" car.

That is why many people take friends with them who are at least a little versed in cars and can see the condition of the car. After choosing a car, many buyers drive it to the service station for a more detailed check. But, alas, not everyone has acquaintances who are well versed in cars, and in car services sometimes everything is scheduled for the day ahead. The bottom line is that there is a need for thousands of people to help with the purchase of a used car. So this need needs to be met.

Who is this business idea for?

First of all, service station workers can do this business. Especially master wagons who understand well, both in engines, gearboxes, suspension, and in electrics and bodies. Naturally, an ordinary beginner who has never worked in such a field will not be able to provide such a service. If you have such knowledge, then everything is in your hands.

How to organize a help desk when buying a used car?

We offer you to organize a unique on-site service for car diagnostics before purchase. Why exit? It's simple - to start you only need a personal car and inexpensive diagnostic equipment.

List of services for clients:

Checking the body (the most expensive part) and the interior of the car.
Engine diagnostics.
Diagnostics of electronic systems with a universal scanner.
Diagnostics of the chassis and brake parts of the car, by external examination.
Road test.

List and cost of equipment:

Paint thickness gauge - the price is about 10,000 rubles, but you can rent it for the first time.
A universal car scanner - the price is from 40,000 to 80,000 rubles, but at first you can do without it.

Create a site with detailed description their services. After all, most buyers today begin their search with ads on websites.
Advertising on car bulletin boards.
Advertising on car forums.
contextual advertising
Banners near car markets.

How much can you earn?

If you set a price for body diagnostics at 2,000 rubles, and for a full one 3,500-4,000 rubles, then by completing at least 5 orders per day, you can earn from 10,000 rubles per day. But this is an average. In winter, there will usually be fewer orders, but in the spring-summer period, with a properly conducted advertising campaign there will be no end to customers.

Purchasing a used used car is a real problem for car enthusiasts. Not everyone has enough experience to correctly assess the condition of the car when buying. Therefore, specialists who are able to present the conclusion of an expert review will always be in demand.

How to open a business based on car diagnostics?

A modern car is a complex technical device. It is possible to determine its true state only if you have special knowledge and experience, especially if you buy not new car, but with mileage. Many sellers give the car a glossy appearance and forget to specify that the car was in an accident or that the engine was overhauled. A company specializing in car diagnostics, just provides technical assistance used car buyers.

Business organization

To open a business such as car diagnostics, you need to register an individual entrepreneur. This is enough to provide services for assessing the condition of cars before buying.

Great if you can purchase diagnostic equipment. In particular, you will need:

A device for determining the thickness of the coating - 7-10 thousand rubles;

Scanner for computer diagnostics of electronic systems - 50-100 thousand rubles.

It is also necessary to rent a room with a lift - from 10 thousand rubles a month in a small town and much more in a metropolis.

But you can start with minimal cost. For example, purchase not new, but used equipment for diagnostics.

There are no special requirements for the organization. You can go for inspections to a place convenient for the client. But still, in order to qualitatively diagnose a car, it is necessary to lift it on a lift and check in detail the suspension, exhaust and brake systems, and so on.

Business payback

The cost of diagnosing the condition of one car is on average from 3 thousand rubles. If you buy new equipment and rent a room, then the initial investment will be approximately 70 - 130 thousand rubles. To attract customers, you can create an Internet site and distribute leaflets in places where potential car enthusiasts gather. In the first months there will be few orders, but even if one diagnostic is carried out every two days, the investment will pay off in two to three months. The profitability of a business based on car diagnostics can reach 35%.