No parts for repair

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Originally Posted by yardleyflick

\Sometimes car repair shops do not have enough necessary spare parts to repair a breakdown or replace some parts with new ones. However, it is difficult for the owner of the workshop or the manager to keep track of which goods appear in their assortment and which disappear from the warehouse, you know.

Car dealers are required by the manufacturer to carry, in stock, all the parts listed in the manufacturer/dealer agreement. When a car is out of the manufacture's warranty period, the dealer is under no obligation to carry parts for that year car. What parts are carried after the warranty has expired are determined by the service manager and the parts manager.
Independent repair shops usually do not stock any parts, but order parts as needed from a dealer or a nearby FLAPS that delivers.

That system works for RVs also except the dealer franchise does not require the dealer to stock any parts of any kind. Unlike car franchises specific vehicles are not forced on the RV dealer, nor is there a RV dealer finance plan from the factory. Thor MC does have a dealer volume rebate program as do all car dealers.
Depending on the on car line, most auto dealerships plan to make 30% of their total profit on new car sales, 5% from car financing and extended warranty plans, 15% from used car sales and 50% from repairs. The body shop providing most of the profit because most work is insurance work.

RV dealerships plan to make 75% of their profit from new sales, 10% from use sales and 15% or repairs. Most dealers usually break even or loose money on warranty repairs.