[jon]

We recently purchased a new Genisys scanner that had the TPMS adapters, software and remote for I believe about $2500, from NAPA on their real-deals flier. The updated scanner was $2000 alone, so the tpms stuff only added $500 to the price. We’ve always had good service and coverage from the genisys tool, and just buying the new one is actually a pretty cost effective way to not only update the software, but also get bigger/better/faster on hardware side. We have only encountered a couple vehicles that the TPMS had difficulty with so far. I can’t speak for how it might compare with some other brands out there as this is our first foray into a tool to work on these.

[jon]

Good morning. I thought I would add my 2 cents to this discussion. First, let me state that from 1977 thru 1995 we did operate Saturday mornings. (for 15 of those years we also sold gas). Saturday was always our most unproductive day of the week. Our biggest problem was simply that the customers that absolutely couldn’t make any day but Sat work were the ones that would bring the car in late, if they showed at all, pushing everyone else’s appointments out of sync, and worse making a problem getting the car finished by quitting time. At that time there was only one parts house in town (now there are 5)so parts availability is much better. Also, the improvement in everyone’s attitude when we were able to have normal 2 day weekends was unbelievable. We’re a 2 man/3 bay shop, compensating days off isn’t practical. In fairness, a local chain tire store up the street considers Saturday there best day of the week. I undrestand the temptaion to have another productive day, and if you have the manpower it can be done, possibly without ruffling too many feathers, but think the comment about employees lack of enthusiasm is right on the mark. Most of the places around here that do 6 day hours state that up front when hiring. I feel the weeday productivity increase from the better attitude more than made up for the cut of 4 hours a week from our schedule.