Possible new Performance Shop to open in Calgary.

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

To all Calgary and area car enthusiast's.

The idea of opening a new Performance shop in Calgary since Speedtech closed down has come to mind.

I want your input on what kind of facility you would like to see.Give examples such as,What kind of parts you would like to see in stock and on the shelves,What you would like for mechanical structure,such as if you would be interested in a Dyno and tuning to be available?,Aswell as brands you would like too see that are available in stock that you normaly dont. Idea's like that.

Aswell as would you be interested in an after hours hang out type of facility where you can go on a night when poor weather has come upon?

IF their is enough interest in the after hours hang out,place for socializing with other car enthusiast's,It would feature Pool tables,concession,Couches,tables,Etc.

I would like your input on what you think,Aswell as what you would like to see in a new performance Shop.All input is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

I am looking forward to hearing your input on this facility.

[Type_S1]

The hangout thing would be okay until dbags start showing up that don't care about cars.

I think a dyno would get some good business.

Please hire people that aren't such bitches like at speedtech. You wonder why stuff happened to them...well go and talk to half the staff and I would want to do shit to them as well. Make sure everyone is friendly and not stuck up assholes and treat customers right and you should be fine and keep both your ears.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Would love to see a new shop open up. I would like to see a shop that has dyno tuning capabilities, custom alignment capabilities, and some general mechanical even though myself personally wouldn't need it. Also might be cool if it has bays with lifts you could rent out for a day or something for those that don't have their own garages. It would be great to have a place to bring in your vehicle if the weather sucks or for a meet, and just a general hang out.

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

Thank you for the post.The after hour hang out would be strictly for car enthusiasts only.Their wont be any sort of BS tollerated.If their is anyone that was starting to be confrontational.They would be asked to leave.And if they refuse,they will be escorted out.

As for the customer service,As i used to deal with STRD and recieved poor service because i was not in their to spend 10K on parts for an S2000 or 240.Customer service is the most important part of the facility plan.The employees in which would be working in thi facility will be nothing but helpful and great easy to deal with people.This facility will NOT be like STRD and how they treated cutomers with the whole "if you are not buying anything,GTFO" manor.If their are individuals that just want to stop by and just hang out and ask some questions about their car,parts,future mods.It would be absolutely fine with myself aswell as the other employees.

As for a Dyno,I am thinking it would bring lots of customers.Their would be days such as some weekends when we would have an "open" dyno day.Where you just bring your car and see what it can do just for the hell of it,and at no charge.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

I think the biggest thing is good customer service and making it more like a shop for a group of Calgary Car Enthusiasts who want to get to know each other more and just enjoy vehicles.

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
Would love to see a new shop open up. I would like to see a shop that has dyno tuning capabilities, custom alignment capabilities, and some general mechanical even though myself personally wouldn't need it. Also might be cool if it has bays with lifts you could rent out for a day or something for those that don't have their own garages. It would be great to have a place to bring in your vehicle if the weather sucks or for a meet, and just a general hang out.

For the dyno,i kow their would be quite a few people interested in tuning.Including myself.The shop would feature an in ground dyno,as for the wrx guy's.Not to worry,this would be an all wheel drive dyno awell.I know it is a pain when you have an AWD and most dyno's around are 2wd.

2nd.As for extra lifts in the facility that could be rented out daily.I was thinking about doing that for a small fee,and plus signing a waiver.Lifts would be inspected before use to ensure that it is safe and nobody gets hurt.

3rd. As for the hang out,I thaught really hard about the idea of letting all sorts of people into the facility after hours.But as long as everyone abides by the rules that will be set. Ex: No smoking inside the facility,no fighting,breaking stuff,aswell as stealing.But if this will get enough attention for the car community to come together and be able to all get along and have a good time.It would all be worth it,hands down.

Thank you.

[Redlyne_mr2]

I have had friends who have tried to setup shops similar to what your idea is and all have failed. Friends who hang out at the shop aren't the ones who pay the bills. At the end of the day revenue comes from parts sales and that's what you have to focus on.
To be a sucessful parts shop you need to have a strong website with pricing so that you can capture customers outside of your area. A parts shop in Western Canada that does well is imageinmotion.com because they have such a good website with pricing competitive to that of the US. Walk in clients are a very smaller portion of the business.

If you want to be a sucessful tuner shop you have to know how to design and market your own parts, eg AMS, A&j racing etc. That takes a huge amount of capital and is as very cut throat business, if you screw up just once it can damage your image forever.

Redlyne Jr. runs a parts business called Revwerks. He is getting busier and busier now that STRD is gone but you really need to build up a client base before you commit to commercial space and open a shop. As of right now Revwerks is a basement operation.

[Ca_Silvia13]

Easy, dyno tuning. IMO this should be you cornerstone to any part supplier businesses. Easy to sell parts when you have dyno proof. The hang out, lift rental meh. Tune my car and when it breaks, sell me parts.

That is all

[CMW403]

I voted no.

Judging by your complete lack of spelling and grammar capabilities I can already tell that it is not a good idea for you to open a business.

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

Originally posted by CMW403
I voted no.

Judging by your complete lack of spelling and grammar capabilities I can already tell that it is not a good idea for you to open a business.

Lol

Thank you.

[st184]

Performance shop with a bubble tea bar . I would go weekly.

[texasnick]

IMO, if you want to open up a parts store, as stated above, a good website and competitive pricing are a must.

If you're opening up a shop where people are going to hand over their prized posession, and $10,000+ of their hard earned money for you to build them something worthwhile, you're going to need a bit more substance than the fact that you're simply an enthusiast.

You need to build MORE than one car, and they had better be damn decent builds, before anyone will even consider having you build them a car.

Dyno is a plus, but would be expensive to set up, and you could just rent one of the other dyno's in town.

Experience is the key in opening up a successful tuner shop.

edit: and what's with the hate on STRD? You get dbags at every shop. I thought the majority of the guys there were nice. They never minded just shooting the shit with me knowing very well I wasn't going to spend a dime that day. Of course, if a customer came in, I would STFU and let them do their job.

I really hope this isn't an instance of having a bad experience at STRD and thinking you can do it better. I think there's a lot more thought and work involved in a shop like STRD than most people here will give credit for.

[ericchoweg]

i dont see it happening at all sorry to burst your bubble

i think redlyne jr's revwerks is the closest you would get to a new shop opening here unless strd opened its doors again

building a client base is going to be hard even for strd i think maintaining there client base was becoming hard to do and thats prolly one of the reasons they shut their doors

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

Originally posted by texasnick
IMO, if you want to open up a parts store, as stated above, a good website and competitive pricing are a must.

If you're opening up a shop where people are going to hand over their prized posession, and $10,000+ of their hard earned money for you to build them something worthwhile, you're going to need a bit more substance than the fact that you're simply an enthusiast.

You need to build MORE than one car, and they had better be damn decent builds, before anyone will even consider having you build them a car.

Dyno is a plus, but would be expensive to set up, and you could just rent one of the other dyno's in town.

Experience is the key in opening up a successful tuner shop.

I understand what you are saying when you talk about a strong website with competitive pricing.As that will come once the final decision is made if we decide to open the facility.

As for building cars.Their will be a selection of cars built that we decide in the future.Rightnow we are in the stages on getting input from Calgary's car community to see if they would be interested in something like this to come upon in the near future.

To come down to the dyno issue.I would like to have my own dyno on site to avoid hassle.Sure it is expensive,but would be well worth it in the end.

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

Originally posted by ericchoweg
i dont see it happening at all sorry to burst your bubble

i think redlyne jr's revwerks is the closest you would get to a new shop opening here unless strd opened its doors again

building a client base is going to be hard even for strd i think maintaining there client base was becoming hard to do and thats prolly one of the reasons they shut their doors

This is why i am coming to beyond to see if their would be enough interest in something like this to open.It is not in my plans to spend 5 million dollars on a facility that nobody will enjoy and support.However,If their is enough support i will have no problem spending that kind of money on a facility that will keep Calgarys car community alive,aswell as give them a good shop to go to.

[civicrider]

Shops come and go in Calgary, not enough of a market unless you deal drugs on the side. If you want to lose money its a great business to get into.

[89coupe]

This City can't even support a race track, let alone another performance shop...LOL

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

Originally posted by civicrider
Shops come and go in Calgary, not enough of a market unless you deal drugs on the side. If you want to lose money its a great business to get into.

Well dealing drugs on the side is a forsure a no go.
For the rest of the plans for the facility,I am going to go through every detail with my partners this evening then decide what we want to do.

[texasnick]

Originally posted by ..*JDM Hatch*..
As for building cars.Their will be a selection of cars built that we decide in the future.Rightnow we are in the stages on getting input from Calgary's car community to see if they would be interested in something like this to come upon in the near future.

See that's the problem though. You have to build the cars in order to gauge interest in your shop. Trust me, no one is going to have you build a car for them if they've never seen a car you have built.

[..*JDM Hatch*..]

Originally posted by texasnick


See that's the problem though. You have to build the cars in order to gauge interest in your shop. Trust me, no one is going to have you build a car for them if they've never seen a car you have built.

For the start of the shop it will consist of selling parts to get going.I'm not about to spend $100,000.00 on a car just for people to look at.