What is Stop & Fix Mobile Mechanics?

Thank you for visiting Stop & Fix Mobile Mechanics blog. If you stumbled upon this blog by accident or was just browsing, you're probably wondering what purpose does this blog serve? That is a good question, and one that sometimes even I have to think about how to answer that. Let's take a shot at answering this question and see what you all think.

Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Cesar, and I started Stop & Fix Mobile Mechanics. It all started one day back in 2010 (I honestly can't remember the month). I was driving home to Long Island, NY from Brooklyn, NY (my hometown) in my 2005 VW Touareg, when I saw a car on the side of the parkway. I was able to see that the car had a flat tire, and since my vehicle is equipped with its own air compressor, I decided to pull over and help out. I had only a simple set of standard SAE impact sockets, a 1/2" breaker bar that I had used on my vehicle, and the jack that came with my truck. Long story short, I was able to put the guys spare tire on and inflate it within 10 mins. The guy gave me $25 for helping him.

I saw an opportunity. From that day forward, I started helping people stranded and started making money. However, I wasn't really making much money doing this. So I tried to figure out how to continue doing "mechanic" work while being my own boss and without having to cough up money to open a shop. I started posting ads on craigslist and started getting calls. Next thing you know, I'm doing 1-2 cars a week.

I still wasn't considered a "mechanic". Although I've been working on cars my whole life and knew about cars, I never had formal training and real experience. So I started looking up certain repairs and how to do them online. I came across a video by EricTheCarGuy. From there, I kept watching his videos and using what I learned from those videos on my customers cars. That in turn gave me more real world experience.

Since I saw how much of a help Erics videos were to me, I wanted to do the same for people. I knew that starting off with making videos on my own vehicle was the way to go (especially since there were almost, if not any, repair videos on VW Touaregs). I made one video, and I really wasn't impressed with it. However, I keep it on my channel because I still get positive feedback from viewers telling me that it has helped them out. Now I have a few more videos on my channel and am planning on more videos.

I found that, in order to be successful at what I do, I have to be more consistent with it. For example, I have to keep making more videos. I decided to start doing that and even apply that to this blog. I am doing this blog to help my viewers and readers with their vehicle repair questions. More recently, I have added motorcycles to the type of thing I will be discussing on this blog and on my channel. I do have repair experience working on motorcycles and ATVs.

Thanks for reading and be safe out there,

     Cesar

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