Why Keeping Track Of Your Vehicle Maintenance Is Important?
At Ace we offer Vehicle Fleet Management and Maintenance for companies that own vehicles they use to conduct their business. While the below information is quite pertinent to anyone who owns a car (or more than one car), owning several cars, vehicles, trucks, or SUVs for your business will reap the most benefit from this article. We work with my companies that have fleets of vehicles that all require maintenance. Our team at Ace Car Care Center in Charlottesville, VA, understands the intricacies and importance of tracking vehicle fleet maintenance and repairs. Our decades of mechanic experience and business expertise help us ensure we take the best care of your fleet, and watch your auto budget, so you do not spend too much on your fleet vehicles.
Auto Maintenance and Repair Cost
What are the costs associated with keeping a vehicle on the road? This is an important question for someone in charge of their company's fleet. Or even an individual who might own one or two vehicles. Having a holistic overview of your vehicle’s expenses ensures that you properly budget for routine car maintenance, unexpected repairs, or those really unexpected repairs.
Understanding your auto expenses helps determine whether a vehicle should be repaired based on what it costs to fix it, what it is worth, what does your future look like with that vehicle, etc. If the cost benefit ratio of fixing and owning and operating a particular vehicle in your fleet is out of alignment, then it is time to think about not making the repair. The only way to know how any particular vehicle in your fleet is performing is to chart the expenses.
We have a simple formula that we have created and we can plug in all of your data on any given vehicle or your entire fleet for an even better overview to allow you to understand your operating expenses of a vehicle. Understandably different businesses use their fleet of vehicles for different purposes; industry specific vehicle needs. Each vehicle likely has a different amount of revenue associated with it that it should be expected to bring. Subsequently there should be an understanding of what it costs to operate that vehicle and keep it on the road. The cost of ownership for that vehicle and for the fleet in its entirety. With our simple Fleet Management and Maintenance formula we can evaluate your entire fleet against each other and look at ratios of expenses from different vehicle types, different vehicle ages, cost of auto repairs relative to revenue and relative to miles driven. Your decision making about vehicle repair and maintenance should not be a gut feeling, it should be based on records and date. We can tell you exactly the best vehicle to eliminate from your fleet should you be in a position and need to do so. We can also let you know which vehicles are the best in your fleet to have and keep. And maybe make future investments to help extend your company's business and profitability. Having that full overview and oversight of your fleet’s associated costs and those costs relative to other vehicles and factors is very important to successfully operate a fleet of vehicles (or to own and maintain a single car.)
Problem Solving
If a new problem arises with your vehicle, having good records can usually make determining a solution much easier for your mechanic team. If you know that you recently added more oil into a vehicle that just had an oil change, then maybe there is a problem we should look into regarding an oil leak in your vehicle. If there is a rattle here, and a smell there, and leak over here, then this information can help us diagnose your vehicle’s problem so that we can best diagnose and prescribe an expected repair. For instance, if you keep needing to have the same tire repaired, there is likely some other underlying issue and replacing the tire is the band aid. We need to, yes, fix the tire, but we need also, and more importantly, fix the root problem that is causing that tire to wear more quickly than the others. Does your car need an alignment? Does the vehicle need wheel balancing? Do you need both? Is there some other structural issue with the vehicle that is unknown, but yet still needs to be repaired? The more we understand about a vehicle maintenance history and the more data points we have to review the easier and more cost effectively we can offer a repair solution. Being able to quickly problem solve and trouble sheet the issues your vehicle has ensures smart choices are made for your fleet of vehicles in Charlottesville, VA. If you have other locations outside of Charlottesville, we also service other areas. Just let us know and we will be glad to let you know if we provide auto service and repair in other locales.
Fleet Savings
Keeping track of your fleet also lets you understand which vehicles are still under their manufacturer’s warranty. You will also quickly know which vehicles are scheduled for routine maintenance and when to expect that maintenance to occur, what the associated cost of proving that maintenance will be, and how to best budget and plan for those visits to our auto garage. Our system for tracking vehicle maintenance and repairs can easily provide you with a snapshot of what is coming due, what it will cost, and how you and your company can best be prepared. Thus, saving your company money and saving you time and headache. We always keep track of the work that we perform, but if you have had service for your vehicles at other locations we will not have access to those. Ensure that you always get receipts for your auto service. Make sure you also categorize those receipts correctly. File and save, always! Being organized with your vehicle fleet expenses might seem tedious to set up, but it will save you lots of money and hassle in the long run. Detailed auto maintenance record keeping keeps everyone happier.
Fleet Comprehensive Continuity Vehicle Oversight
Having a complete and continuous tally of what you have done to your vehicles makes it more efficient to deal with new problems that can come up. By choosing a single auto service center for your fleet management and maintenance you can ensure that all of the records are being kept together. You can also ensure that your fleet receives the best care but experts who specialize in fleet vehicle maintenance and repairs service and data tracking. We want to ensure that your fleet does not have some small item that falls through the cracks and leads to larger problems in the future. And imagine if you have a fleet of 50 vehicles, all the same make and model and near the same year. One has an issue but it goes unnoticed. Could it be a sign that the others will soon have that issue. What if they do but the symptoms are not yet present. Or you take 2 vans to one auto repair garage, and 3 to a different service center and before long there is no cohesive picture of your vehicle and fleet maintenance issues. You have to try to report and track down all of these records? Do you have time to track down all of that data? And come to an overall conclusion about future repairs that could come up? If so, you would likely be operating your own auto repair shop. But that isn't your job and you should not have to be an administrative assistant just tracking down receipts, charting auto maintenance data, and trying to future diagnose vehicle repairs and maintenance. Instead trust the professionals with fleet management and maintenance experience.
Best Automotive Fleet Maintenance and Repair Service in Charlottesville, VA
For the best fleet and commercial service shop in Charlottesville, VA, call or stop by Ace Car Care Center today. Our team of expert and trustworthy auto mechanics can create a comprehensive review of your fleet value so that you have the best tools in front of you to manage your fleet. Our expertise in operating and maintaining fleets is unparalleled in Charlottesville VA and we want to put that knowledge and experience to work for your company and your fleet. We want to make your life easier!
