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Richard Mueller

Screenwriter

Sep 27, 2026

JoshHOST
3:12
We're too small.
3:12
So one OEM I was at, this was back in 17? No, before that.
3:18
It was a door handle recall.
3:19
And there's still an open recall for the door handles not working properly.
3:23
When that recall came out, I think it was like four hours and some change to do four door latches.
3:29
That's peel the skims off, put the door latches in, adjust them, or the door handles in, adjust them correctly, put it all back together, test operation, kick it out.
3:37
Right.

11 MINS LATER

JoshHOST
14:35
And
29:49
You know what I mean? What do you think about that, Richard?
29:53
I think you're spot on.
29:56
There's this growing resentment within the automotive community, and a lot of it all comes down to flat rate.
30:03
Flat rate used to be, you could make, you can, it's like, don't get me wrong, flat rate, when done properly, and when you work for a great shop, there's no reason why you can't make more than 100k a year.
30:15
Being a journeyman, right? At an automotive dealership.
30:18
It's really hard to hit those numbers at any independent shop.
30:21
I think Josh has a lot of those numbers to back that.

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42:02
A lot of

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