One of my friends rose well not so long ago, buying and selling cars. To do this, it was not at all necessary to go to another city or even abroad, no, he did all this in his city, using the social network Internet. He found offers at a reasonable price through her, came, examined and, in the event that everything was in excellent condition, acquired it. And then he either immediately put it up for sale at a higher price, or gave the car a marketable appearance, but only then sold it.
This business requires funds to buy several cars at once, you also need to have an excellent understanding of the market situation, car prices and a good understanding of the car itself, due to the fact that many sellers are trying to sell a faulty car. Before purchasing, the best option is to diagnose the car in a car service that has already proven itself. It is quite another thing to buy slightly beaten and faulty cars, repair them and then resell them.
At the moment, very often there can be ads that talk about the sale of broken cars, as a result of which they are not at a high price. Often it may happen that such a car is quite possible to be repaired and sold at a higher price in a short period of time. There are buyers for whom it is difficult to repair or restore the machine and because of this they sell it at a negligible price. Often people put up for sale seemingly unsightly cars that at first glance look neglected, and therefore sellers put a low price on them. After purchasing, you just need to add a little shine, clean, polish, change the covers in the cabin, and it is quite possible to send the car for sale for more than 20 thousand. yourself in this business.
Buying, repairing and reselling defective cars is a profitable business, but it can come with a certain risk. In any case, there is a risk, for example, that you misestimate the defect and the amount of money that may be needed to fix the breakdown - in this case, your purchase can easily go to harm your budget. For this reason, having decided to start this business, it is necessary not only to be sufficiently qualified, but also to have the necessary capital to purchase several cars, in order to simultaneously acquire and resell not one car, but several - in this case, a loss due to an unsuccessful acquisition compensated by another, more profitable purchase.
Starting to promote the business of reselling cars should be from old, inexpensive cars, for example, a Zhiguli. You can buy them for just a couple of hundred dollars, give them a more or less decent look and resell with a profit of 100%. After getting a little used to Russian cars, switch to foreign cars, the resale profit of which, of course, will be higher. On average, the profit from the resale of a foreign car is 30,000 rubles per car.
Here are some recommendations for those who decide to start this complex type of business. They will help you not to make a mistake when purchasing a used car and not to pay too much for it, and also, when selling a ready-made version, not to set a too low price. Before purchasing, it is recommended to check the car in a car service, but if this is not possible, refer to the recommendations below.
In any case, test the car you are purchasing. Never listen to what the seller says, even if he seems decent to you. In order not to lose money, it is better to double-check, so do not miss anything.
The inspection room should be well lit, always pay close attention to the area under the hood, where there should be no smell of gasoline. Even such insignificant details as turn signals, bulbs, buttons deserve attention, otherwise your money will be spent on their repair. Inspect the tires of the car, consider their condition. Check that the doors close tightly, without any extraneous noise and effort. The operation of shock absorbers should not be accompanied by knocks and noises.
The vehicle must have passed inspection. check all documents confirming that its condition is correct, check the identity of the engine number with that indicated in the documents. Do not leave, out of forgetfulness, the alarm remote control and keys, as well as all the papers, with the seller.
It is quite possible to buy used cars not only from private sellers - there are commission companies from which you can buy similar cars at the same price, and sometimes even cheaper. Moreover, such firms guarantee to sell you a car in the same condition in which they purchased it, the probability of fraud on the part of the firm is less.
Such an occupation for buying and reselling a car can be both the only way to earn money, and an additional one. In the event that you do not take it very tightly, it will not take much time. For some, this will not even be a business, but some kind of entertainment, where you can also earn money.
The essentials for running this business are time and space to repair cars, and your own garage will be quite suitable for this. You will also need tools, paint and some materials - it all depends on the malfunction of the purchased machine. But any market or specialty store has everything you need, so buying and reselling a car is not so difficult.
Basically, don't give up if your car's problem is hard to fix. Do not panic, everything can be fixed, and in case of a successful outcome, you can easily set the price for the car twice as high and make great money.
At the very beginning of this story, we will discuss one very important aspect of the business of modern life, which will help you, as well as open the doors of understanding, in how today, in conditions of huge competition and a large market, enterprising people raise good money.
It is raised, in such a simple industry as the sale of used cars, but at the beginning of this story, I will clarify that the path to the sale of used foreign cars lies in one moment.
That is what we will be discussing, what new roads, cars and the anxieties of everyday life can offer us. Any motorist, almost throughout his life, dreams of a good, even a used foreign car, and now he is given such an opportunity, he opens a newspaper of free ads and sees an ad there that a car is being sold urgently for a small price after an accident. At this moment, you need to gather your thoughts and pull yourself together, go to the owner of this ad and take a good look at the broken car. The main thing is that the car is first-hand, because the intermediary always winds up its price, and this is a big minus for you, as a buyer and a person who wants to earn money or take possession of a good brand car.
This car usually costs a small price when it has an accident, approximately its price after an accident is from 10-25 percent of its real value, which is why it is profitable to take such a car. You will naturally have to invest some of the money in its restoration, so you need to consider everything in order. First of all, make sure that the car is hit in the side parts, or in the rear parts, they are the most well-aligned and subject to restoration, but be more careful with the front compartments of the car, because despite even small light blows to the engine, they can fail very expensive parts.
Look carefully, if the owner of the car speaks his teeth to you, that the engine is whole but does not start, they say everything is fine and that everything is intact, then in such cases there may be a catch. It is possible that some parts of the engine, for example, the block has cracked, and this is a lot of money, because you should know that the price of the hood of a foreign car from the average price bar of these cars is somewhere no more than 500 USD. A good example that shows us the real cost of restoring other parts of the car, so look at the condition of the car.
The best way to save on everything is to make the car yourself. It is not so difficult to master straightening, for this, there is a lot of literature, and everything else, preparing and painting a car, can also be done by yourself, no worse than professionals, because they also once did this, they started everything with their own hands. Well, at worst, if it’s too difficult, invite a straightener for a couple of days, for a small fee he will tell you everything, and for one thing he will stare and look at your broken Lexus, on which you will soon proudly drive around the streets cities.
So we had a good training lesson for you to master a new profession, earn money, and advance you into the world of expensive cars. All this is not taken from an empty head, but from the experience of people who do this, take and make their own, even if small at first, but still a business. This is very exciting and informative, and over time, you can also open an additional business, for example, a car repair complex, as they say with a light hand and advice, everything is possible in this life.
The main task will be to have time to buy such a car and, accordingly, have a certain amount of money for it, up to about 3000 USD. i.e., and then any difficulty will be on your shoulder. With such positive thoughts, we will go to new heights of success, overcoming difficulties on our way and worldly worries.
There was such a story that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev often met the presidents of other countries in an old car, and specifically in the Pobeda M-20. Yes, and Vladimir Putin, in his previous presidential post, often rode 21 Volga. Of course, these were not ordinary cars, but improved and modernized. But the appearance and entourage of such machines remained the same. Yes, and many other famous personalities loved to ride on such retro cars. It is believed that if such an old car is in excellent condition, then its value increases by 10 percent every year.
Igor, an entrepreneur from St. Petersburg, told us the following story: “Somehow, after his death, his grandfather left him an old twenty-first Volga as a legacy. Well, as expected, he brought her to his garage on a tow truck, opened the gate and stood thinking what to do with the old woman. And then a neighbor comes up, a respectable man, works in the mayor's office. He tells me: "Sell the car." At first I thought he was joking, because he drives a cool jeep. I open the hood with him, and there everything is new and also jokingly say: "Three hundred thousand." To which he replies: “Yes, no question! Now I’m going home for the money and we’re going to draw it up. ” After that, of course, I moved out of the conversation, and did not sell this car. Thus began my ascent in this business.
And in fact, if in such a car all the insides are native and it is in excellent condition, then it can be sold for 500 thousand rubles. And this is far from a joke. Since then, our interlocutor has seriously caught fire in this direction in business and began to take the first steps. As it turned out later, he did not lose. And this business on retro cars brought him, in addition to moral satisfaction, a lot of banknotes.
In addition, our hero told us that for him it is both a business and a hobby. He spends hours on the Internet on forums dedicated to this topic, and every morning he rushes to his garage in order to make something new. And when he manages to buy some original part from the car for big money, then he is attacked by an inexplicable delight, akin to what archaeologists feel when excavating treasures. When we asked how much he earns in a year, the entrepreneur replied: “There was never less than a million in a year.” Here is such a business! Both pleasure and money.
Cars first, girls later!
Almost anyone can engage in this type of business, but the distinctive feature of the latter is the love of cars and the talent of a mechanic. As well as starting 200-300 thousand rubles for buying a car and a spacious room for work. Searching for cars is not a big deal, and the Internet is teeming with such ads. If in large cities cars are expensive, then in the villages you can find a car almost for nothing.
But the price here is not a decisive factor, the main thing is the search for a suitable car. As people experienced in this matter say, they can offer a rotten car for 10 thousand dollars, and in parallel, for 5 thousand rubles, you can find a car in factory condition.
Igor says: “The search for a car must be given the closest attention, because your success depends on it. The best shopping options are cars with a good interior, and for such customers are willing to pay dearly. Indeed, as practice shows, engines and components can, in principle, be replaced with something else, and no one will notice it. But with the interior, everything is much more complicated. ” You have to constantly be at all kinds of flea markets, and look for interior details and trim. And very often they are not so easy to find, and you have to look even abroad. As we said above, first the car, and then the girls. Work, anyway!
How the whole process goes
After you have found and bought a suitable model that can claim to be a retro prefix, you need to get to work. First of all, we start with body repair. First of all, you need to completely remove the paint from the body of your car. Completely means down to bare metal. This must be done first of all in order to determine the current condition of the car body. If there are any defects, then such work will immediately show it.
After you have cleaned the entire body of paint, you need to cook it where it is required. Welding seams should be cleaned as it should be, and all gaps should be evened out. Particular attention should be paid to the gaps on the doors, because as a rule they are the most problematic in the car. The next step is preparing the body for painting. At this stage, the entire body of the car is tinned and completely cleaned. This is necessary so that there is no premature corrosion of the metal.
After preparing the car, it is painted. And they do it in three layers, in order to have a good effect. When the car is painted and the paint has dried, it is covered with a cloth in order not to damage the paint. After painting, the repair of the remaining units of the machine begins. This is usually an overhaul of the engine and chassis, as well as checking all other components of the car. A very serious problem in the repair is finding the necessary components. Of course, you can’t find “native” details anymore, and you have to customize what you have. And this is precisely the level of skill of a mechanic. A lot of fine work is needed here.
But after you did everything right, and your brainchild started up and started for the first time, you feel like just some kind of magician who was able to do the impossible and revive the dead. According to Igor, this feeling is worth it to do this business, even without the proper financial incentive. But as you know, there will always be earnings, where the work is done with love.
Sale of our retro car
And here it is! The job is done - our car is in the garage and waiting for the next client. Its owner looks at it for at least a couple of days and admires its work. But time passes, and you need to deal with its sale. According to the stories of the owner of such a business, he immediately puts the car up for sale via the Internet. But as a rule, these announcements practically do not work and you have to come up with something new and original.
Such machines are very expensive, and selling them is not a matter of one day. On average, such a car leaves in two to three months. And since it is estimated very expensively, these are normal terms. So, for example, the Victory of the fifties is sold for one million rubles, and there is a demand for such equipment.
Our hero Igor, during the sale of his car, had to leave for nothing more than once, answer a hundred false phone calls before there was a client for it. But as soon as a person becomes interested in the model, it is immediately visible. And you don't need to think anymore, you already know that the car is sold. Therefore, you need to look for a new retro car and engage in its restoration. And now every year the cost of such machines will increase, which means that your earnings will become more and more.
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Every car owner knows that a new battery can last for several years, and then you need to either restore it or buy a completely new one. As a rule, the restoration process costs two times cheaper, and due to the not very stable economic situation in our country, people try to save on everything, including maintenance of their car. This is what this business idea is based on - you will bring to life failed batteries.
To start this business, you do not need a huge capital investment. It will be enough to have your own garage and, most importantly, certain skills, without which you will not be able to make repairs. Let's talk a little about the essence of this business.
Another type of service that you can offer your customers right in your garage is the opening of a tire service. Of course, to start you will need to purchase some equipment, but it is easy to pay off after attracting regular customers.
Main types of breakdowns car batteries that you need to be able to deal with:
— wear on the side plates of the battery. As a rule, with such a breakdown, the electrolyte has a black color.
— plate sulfation- in which the machine battery accumulates electricity, but it does not give it away at all.
— closing plates together.
— frozen dead battery. The physical sign is swelling of the walls.
Now, knowing the main direction of work, you can find methods for solving them. I will briefly review the main points, but as they say, everything needs to be tried in practice. So let's get started.
Methods for restoring car batteries.
— Plate closure. This is one of the most common problems. To make sure the battery is recoverable, you need to drain the electrolyte and start flushing with distilled water. If after several washes you see that the water is getting cleaner, then this battery can still work. If the water is black and coal mass is released, most likely it will not be possible to restore it. To restore, use a desulfating impurity and add it to the electrolyte. Before repairing batteries, be sure to read the instructions for using this impurity. I will not describe this, since this topic is more for an automotive site, and we are painting a business idea.
— charge by reverse currents.
— recovery process using training cycles.
— mechanical recovery(the first paragraph refers to this type).
— recovery using pulsed currents.
— with additives.
You can learn about all these methods from craftsmen, but, as a rule, they have a clear step-by-step sequence, so everyone can handle them.
Are you looking for a turnkey solution for your auto business? Read a ready-made business plan for a used auto parts store -. You can find out what pitfalls await you when starting this business, and what is the return on investment. We think the material will be useful to you.
How do you make yourself known?
Everything is trite here. We take, print out flyers, go and paste them in the garage arrays. Also, you can advertise in newspapers or specialized magazines. You can create your own website, but that's only if you live in a big city. In a provincial town, if you do everything qualitatively, people will contact you themselves.
Pros of a business idea:
- this service will be popular in any case;
- the course of European countries towards environmental cleanliness. As you know, discarded batteries lead to very severe environmental pollution.
— this service is in demand at any time of the year, especially in winter.
- little competition.
Minuses:
- in some brands of cars, batteries are not disassembled and, accordingly, cannot be repaired.
- it takes time to study all the points and acquire practical skills (but this is more likely not a minus, but a remark).
- if, nevertheless, service stations provide such a service in your region, it will be difficult for you to cooperate with them. In this case, you must provide superior service and in some cases lower the price, but again, this is all individual.
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Car restoration is an incredibly interesting hobby. The fact is that such a hobby requires a tremendous amount of time, extensive knowledge, serious financial investments and strength, but the end result is a unique and incredible experience and, if you and your comrades in the garage “have their hands grow from where it is necessary”, a stunning car. Taking an old car that looks broken and outdated, turning it into a "candy" is a very, very difficult full-fledged task. Read the article below and find out what the real art of car restoration and restoration is! From the article you will learn what is needed for such a field, how to learn it and where to start.
Introduction
Auto-recovery is the process of restoring a car that includes many “bring it back to life” and “brilliance” steps. The main goal of most auto restorers is to return the car to the original appearance in which it was released from the factory.
The idea of restoring a car comes to everyone for different reasons. Some people pursue the goal of making money in this, others want to get a sense of nostalgia for the old days, restoring their Russian or even American classics.
Car restoration is not for the faint of heart, as it requires an incredible amount of time, patience and money to acquire new parts and, of course, the car itself (unless, of course, you are engaged in custom car restoration).
To get started with automotive restoration, you don't have to be an auto mechanic or have vast knowledge in automotive or auto repair - after all, all the best auto restorers around the world once also started from the smallest and did not have tremendous knowledge and experience ... Some people just hire experienced cars -masters for the help they need for a certain amount of time and for a certain amount, or they buy books that guide them in the right direction and give the necessary knowledge about the structure of a particular part of the engine or car body.
Restoring a car is not an easy road, but if passion to this is, then the goal may well be achieved!
Reasons for auto-restoration
There are various reasons to start auto recovery. Some people invest heavily in a classic car in order to bring it back to its original condition and get it back in service. Other people do it for the sake of learning more about them, for experience. But basically, as mentioned earlier, this is done or , or for .
Necessary equipment
Having the right tools makes any job on the car easier and more efficient. For such a job, there are a huge number of necessary tools to make the job safer and more productive, but not all of them should be acquired immediately. A set of necessary tools can be assembled as the restoration project progresses. (of course, this applies to beginners most of all)
The first, and perhaps most important, piece of equipment is a dry, level surface on which to park the vehicle. It is ideal to have a covered garage with a "pit", and the size of such a garage should not be small, which will give you complete freedom of action and movement.
Next, you will need the proper tools. Depending on the type of vehicle you plan to restore, do you determine if you need American or European tool kits? American cars have been using exclusively American tool kits for over 25 years of repair and restoration, but note also the fact that modern American cars are often built in different countries and may require both types of tools. The best solution is to purchase quality tools of both types.
You will also need jacks, a set of small tools, a "pit" and a mini-crane to lift the engine. You may need a reliable car lift - this issue needs to be given special attention, because you will have to work under the car for a long time, while all its weight will be kept from falling on you by the design of the lift itself.
Lighting is the most important factor. Make sure you have plenty of light in your garage or workshop.
In addition to tools, you will need a huge amount of lubricants, sprays, all kinds of automotive chemicals and paint.
A full-fledged PC or laptop with the necessary software and digital equipment with the function of “testing” certain vehicle indicators may also come in handy.
How to learn business
Today it is not difficult to learn the skill of working with machines. Universities all over the world have entire automotive faculties, there are a huge variety of technical specialties related to cars. The Internet is replete with information on this topic: a huge number of video clips, e-books and articles on the topic of auto restoration can be viewed today absolutely free!
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