Where would YOUR automotive shop be?

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If you were to own your own automotive shop that is mainly focused on imports, where would your prime location be and why?

Services Offered:
General maintenance
Bolt On Upgrades.
Engine Assembly
Fabrication and Modification
Parts Sales
Tire Mounting
Tuning of Popular EMS
Engine Swaps

Some things to consider:
Cost of said place.
Drawbacks and Benefits.
Location relative to target market.
Suburb or City benefits.
Other businesses in your general area that could attract/detract business.
Area Demographics

Ready set go…

EDIT: In Erie County/Greater Buffalo Area NY

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if u have a good enough shop, anyone would come, no matter the distance. they wont sacrifice workmanship/blah for time/distance.

i dont exactly live near innovative and i’ve been there before, and swerve is pretty close but thats not the reason i choose them over another place.

both swerve and innovative have a great customer relationship going on, which is always a plus

i’d probably pick a rural area, for tuning purposes, the noise factor isnt as relevant as to say a suburban/urban area (which is commercial zoned anyways so i dont think it matters)

and you would probably be able to have a bigger shop in the country, with lower property taxes assuming you own your building

advertising is everything in business, including word of mouth

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Good input, but i believe with being in a rural area one might rather buy parts off of the internet at a competetative price instead of traveling to go to a shop.

And also im looking for a specific place. Like a city name or even a street name in said city/town.

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Broadway or Walden towards buffalo or in cheektowaga

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Why? Please try to use an somewhat educated response.

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“an” somewhat educated response would be…

  • Because buffalo is obviously somewhat centrally located in the region.
  • You don’t want to be in the rural setting so my first response wouldn’t fit your plans.
  • Broadway/walden at the border of buffalo has cheaper larger plots of already zoned property than say Lancaster or west seneca.
  • Directions to your shop would be fairly simple and easy to find.
  • There are already empty factories and shops that could be retrofitted to your needs.
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open lot of land at least an acre in the buffalo area on a busy street

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good luck with that one

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niagra falls blvd. in amherst/tonawnada. thats where everything in the world is.

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IMO: Anywhere but in the city because of shitty driveways/entrances, potholes, traffic, crackheads, etc.

WNY isn’t that big.

Elma and Lancaster sound good but probably expensive.

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I wasnt trying to be a dick, just didnt want a general response. Good answer btw.

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let me change it anywhere there isn’t competition and were the money is

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somewhere in FL, TX or Cali

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Agreed.

Or Niagara Falls because the rent is cheap and you could market to Canadian customers to buy from you and have them drive over the bridge. Done deal.

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+1

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Truth. working on vehicles up here is such a PITA. I’d love to move down south and do it but the woman is happy up here.

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good idea. impressive.

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I would never open a shop here.
If you are serious I would recommend Pearl St in Buffalo so you are walking distance to the bankruptcy court.

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HAHAHA

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if u pay with cash, the shop is a better deal, always