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Bill Hamilton Guru Member Picogroup Offline I'm an Autonerd Posts: 441 Rosetown Saskatchewan Canada Gender:	How is everyone doing? Jun 20^th, 2020 at 9:03am How have things been going in everyones world. With the world falling apart lately have you been hit hard, or is it business as usual?
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Reply #1 - Jun 20^th, 2020 at 7:39pm

US, Illinois, Lexus dealer mechanic.

The dealership closed for 2 weeks, re-opened April 6th with reduced staff, various protective measures. Work load has been increasing slowly since re-opening ...and has been busy the last two weeks. 90% of service dept staff is back at work ...brought back from furlough in stages as the work load increased. We had previously been open on Saturdays, but management has not re-opened the Service Dept on Saturdays yet.

Total gross for the service department has been getting close to pre-COVID levels the last two weeks. Unless daily state COVID cases rise or there's an outbreak in the dealership, I expect work load will continue to be good this time of year.

Hope people in your area are getting back to work and needing their cars fixed/maintained. And hope you're healthy as well.

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Bill Hamilton Guru Member Picogroup Offline I'm an Autonerd Posts: 441 Rosetown Saskatchewan Canada Gender:	Re: How is everyone doing? Reply #2 - Jun 20^th, 2020 at 7:47pm Good to hear things are getting more normal for you Grant. I am pretty sheltered here. My shop is small, so the downturn never really hit me. My area in general is similar to what you have experienced.
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Reply #3 - Jun 23^rd, 2020 at 8:56am

Hi Bill, and the rest of the gang

I'm pretty much in the same spot as you, Bill. My shop is also small, so I didn't ever really notice anything was different. To be honest, about the only thing that changed was I couldn't go out to dinner with my wife on Saturday nights. Other than that, the whole virus thing almost didn't even exist to me.

Not trying to be insensitive to those who have been affected, that's just how it's been for me.

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Reply #4 - Jun 23^rd, 2020 at 3:11pm

Hi Bill. I guess you didn’t get too much of that stuff in Saskatchewan. I’m in the Alberta northern zone and our local continuing care facility got hit pretty bad (17 deaths).
Other than a bunch of extra protocols, work didn’t get too affected for me, since it’s a government fleet shop. Unfortunately, the local businesses took a bit of a beating.

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Damon Agostino Super Nerd Picogroup Offline I'm an Autonerd Posts: 548 Jacksonville, FL Florida USA	Re: How is everyone doing? Reply #5 - Jul 19^th, 2020 at 11:26am I am in NE Florida area and our shop is slammed and has been since all this hit. Can't explain it, but we are. You know you are busy when you rarely have a chance to break out the Pico!
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Reply #6 - Jul 19^th, 2020 at 5:41pm

Damon Agostino wrote on Jul 19^th, 2020 at 11:26am:

I am in NE Florida area and our shop is slammed and has been since all this hit. Can't explain it, but we are. You know you are busy when you rarely have a chance to break out the Pico!

Damon... Since when is breaking out the PICO the last thing only if you are not busy?

I use it to save time and get to the issue faster busy or not...

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Reply #7 - Jul 20^th, 2020 at 3:58am

Spence wrote on Jul 19^th, 2020 at 5:41pm:

Damon Agostino wrote Yesterday at 12:26pm:
I am in NE Florida area and our shop is slammed and has been since all this hit. Can't explain it, but we are. You know you are busy when you rarely have a chance to break out the Pico!

Damon... Since when is breaking out the PICO the last thing only if you are not busy?

I use it to save time and get to the issue faster busy or not...

I think I understand where Damon is coming from. Its not that he doesn't want to use the Pico more. Its more like there isn't a reason to break out the Pico for shocks, struts, brakes, oil changes, AC leaks, tires and an the rest of an endless list of B&C level work.

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Reply #8 - Jul 26^th, 2020 at 5:09am

Spence wrote on Jul 19^th, 2020 at 5:41pm:

Damon... Since when is breaking out the PICO the last thing only if you are not busy?

I use it to save time and get to the issue faster busy or not...

I should have been more clear when I made this statement... Over the past couple months rarely does a job come in where a scope would be needed for diagnosis... lots of mechanical stuff...ball joints, evaporators, and compressors...

I totally agree with you Spence that the Pico is a time-saver. Just last week I used it to diagnose a jumped timing belt on a vehicle within 5 min!

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Reply #9 - Jul 27^th, 2020 at 12:38pm

TrevorSchlientz wrote on Jul 20^th, 2020 at 3:58am:

Spence wrote on Jul 19^th, 2020 at 5:41pm:

Damon Agostino wrote Yesterday at 12:26pm:
I am in NE Florida area and our shop is slammed and has been since all this hit. Can't explain it, but we are. You know you are busy when you rarely have a chance to break out the Pico!

Damon... Since when is breaking out the PICO the last thing only if you are not busy?

I use it to save time and get to the issue faster busy or not...

I think I understand where Damon is coming from. Its not that he doesn't want to use the Pico more. Its more like there isn't a reason to break out the Pico for shocks, struts, brakes, oil changes, AC leaks, tires and an the rest of an endless list of B&C level work.

Just going off what was given and not reading(adding on) into someone thoughts. Cool

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Reply #10 - Jul 27^th, 2020 at 12:39pm

Damon Agostino wrote on Jul 26^th, 2020 at 5:09am:

Spence wrote on Jul 19^th, 2020 at 5:41pm:

Damon... Since when is breaking out the PICO the last thing only if you are not busy?

I use it to save time and get to the issue faster busy or not...

I should have been more clear when I made this statement... Over the past couple months rarely does a job come in where a scope would be needed for diagnosis... lots of mechanical stuff...ball joints, evaporators, and compressors...

I totally agree with you Spence that the Pico is a time-saver. Just last week I used it to diagnose a jumped timing belt on a vehicle within 5 min!

There ya go. Smiley

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fordman Guru Member Picogroup Offline Posts: 491 tulsa Oklahoma USA Gender:	Re: How is everyone doing? Reply #11 - Jul 27^th, 2020 at 2:28pm I have been backed up at work more than ever.. It has not effected me too much other than have to wear mask when shopping and I hate wearing them..
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fordman Guru Member Picogroup Offline Posts: 491 tulsa Oklahoma USA Gender:	Re: How is everyone doing? Reply #12 - Jul 27^th, 2020 at 2:29pm I do miss group therapy though..
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Spence LSD Guide Picogroup Offline Posts: 8,025 Jeffersonville Pennsylvania USA Gender:	Re: How is everyone doing? Reply #13 - Jul 27^th, 2020 at 6:51pm fordman wrote on Jul 27^th, 2020 at 2:29pm: I do miss group therapy though.. +1
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Tom Roberts Autonerdz Administrator Picogroup Offline Autonerdz Founder Posts: 8,598 Olympia Washington USA Gender:	Re: How is everyone doing? Reply #14 - Jul 28^th, 2020 at 1:51pm Therapy may return... We actually have two members that are interested in carrying the torch forward into the future. Not revealing them at this time but I am confident that you all would be pleased with either of them. We'll see how this develops. Cautiously hopeful...
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