Keeping up with Car Parts

[A Tipping Barn]

Is it just me, or is it incredibly hard to keep car parts stocked? Especially if you have two employees working on it. They also tend to use a LOT of tires, which usually depletes my stock very quickly. Any tips?

[arochay2k]

I usually handle the workshop. When ever a car comes in, I inspect it and note which parts I'll need. Then I order them. I won't start working on the car until the parts arrive. New car, repeat.

[BlackWater]

I took out loans from uncle to get stocked up, I order 10 tires 2 sticks, 2 mirrors. I'm lv. 2 workshop and only 1 in 5 want oil but almost always 3 tires or 4, 2 mirrors and 1 scratch. Plus side is this has you in cash fairly quickly.

[KSMBK1970]

I found that slow and steady wins the race in the workshop.
Only order specific parts for car you currently have on the lift.
The game has no real time limit that I have seen.
When the car is on the lift, or with gas pumps and car wash,
they honk to let you know they are still waiting, but they do not leave.
They will stay until you close station, even mid task, just don't

[moonl7tshadows]

With it maxed out you can fit like 72 tires and 50+ of everything else....no reason you should need to worry bout stock for at least 6 real life hours. Even with 2 cars they don't appear often enough that you should come close to getting low on stock.

Tires are most used so keeping them stocked is fairly easy once you get a decent cash flow...they are also the cheapest part to buy.

Buying them as they come in is not efficient at all...that is a LOT of wasted time running back to the warehouse every time a car comes in.

[jwc123]

What works well for me:

I run 2 stalls with 1 "master" mechanic. I stay out while the place is open. Save up cash and start monitoring tire purchase price (along with mirrors, scratch fix, and batteries ) very closely. When they go low, REALLY stock up even if it means running out of store items. I have about 300 tires on hand bought at $40 a pop. As info, garage items impact on warehouse space virtually nill.

I run on a schedule for being open and closed and use a 50% profit margin minimum unless dangerously low on just about everything. If it doesn't make at least 25% and/or is just a pain (sunglasses as an example), I remove and store it completely (including shelves) and wait for bargains.

Every night I go in and fill all racks to capacity. Tires and all garage items mentioned can be among the most profitable items if bought cheap. The purchase price on them (along with a few store items) can fluctuate wildly and quickly.

Don't depend on "green" as the only buy indicator. Use it only as a flag that its worth investigating further. Consider making a spreadsheet and start monitoring purchase price trends and consumption levels. Manage by numbers. Optimize inventory stocking, purchases, and shelving according to it and you''ll make big money and all the other stuff quick.

Of course all of this is if you want to take things seriously and put aside the humor and game play.

Good luck.

[moonl7tshadows]

Originally posted by jwc123:

What works well for me:

I run 2 stalls with 1 "master" mechanic. I stay out while the place is open. Save up cash and start monitoring tire purchase price (along with mirrors, scratch fix, and batteries ) very closely. When they go low, REALLY stock up even if it means running out of store items. I have about 300 tires on hand bought at $40 a pop. As info, garage items impact on warehouse space virtually nill.

I run on a schedule for being open and closed and use a 50% profit margin minimum unless dangerously low on just about everything. If it doesn't make at least 25% and/or is just a pain (sunglasses as an example), I remove and store it completely (including shelves) and wait for bargains.

Every night I go in and fill all racks to capacity. Tires and all garage items mentioned can be among the most profitable items if bought cheap. The purchase price on them (along with a few store items) can fluctuate wildly and quickly.

Don't depend on "green" as the only buy indicator. Use it only as a flag that its worth investigating further. Consider making a spreadsheet and start monitoring purchase price trends and consumption levels. Manage by numbers. Optimize inventory stocking, purchases, and shelving according to it and you''ll make big money and all the other stuff quick.

Of course all of this is if you want to take things seriously and put aside the humor and game play.

Good luck.

No need to do this as even at their most expensive you make back MUCH more than you spent. If you have both mechanic slots open you should be making on average $3500 to $5000 every 10 minutes with everything going(not just car shop) so money should NEVER be an issue.

The only possible real issue is organizing properly to keep everything stocked with some excess to restock as you go so you only need to close the station to restock and get everything in top shape after you have made enough money to top up everything and store extras.

Tires and garage items ARE the most profitable by far even if you buy supplies at max cost....the vehicles will earn on average around $320 per with it topping out at $390 in my experience.

[Valtuir]

it would be so nice if we have some kind of upgrade that let us manage the stock, like setting a low automatic restock, when a pre-made list of itens u set reach a low amount that u also set, for exemple, u have 200 of each itens from the workshop on ur stock, u set the restock to 10 , when one or more itens reach 10 it automatically order a set amount of goods u set before, or if not possible at leats a way to set a employee to restock the shelves the same way, when a item on shelf reach low like 10 un, them a worker goes e restock the shelf on the amount u set

[WhiteWitch]

Originally posted by Joshua-kun:

Is it just me, or is it incredibly hard to keep car parts stocked? Especially if you have two employees working on it. They also tend to use a LOT of tires, which usually depletes my stock very quickly. Any tips?

It is the bane of my existence when a customer comes to the garage with 4 flat tires. -_-