Auto Advisor
Automotive Performance Consulting · Utah

Run your shop like the best dealer group in the country. Without their overhead.

We are the consulting firm for Utah repair shops doing $1M–$5M. We diagnose your operation, install your service drive — four AI agents that book bays, stock parts, brief you every morning, and unify the professional diagnostic canon — and coach your team to run it.

  • Salt Lake City · serving the Wasatch Front
  • The platform is included in the engagement
  • Your data never trains a public model

Owner Command Center — live instrument preview

01 —The cost of the bottleneck

When the owner is the system, the shop can't grow past their attention.

It is the ceiling every $1–5M shop hits. Every missed after-hours call is a lost RO. Every stockout is a stalled bay. Every night the numbers go un-read. Here is what that actually costs — stated honestly, from public benchmarks. Then we install the fix.

01
~35%
of inbound calls go unanswered

The call you miss is the repair order you lose.

Industry call-tracking studies find roughly a third of inbound calls to service businesses go unanswered — and a large share never call back. After 5pm, voicemail is a closed door.

Source: Service-business call-tracking benchmarks (industry aggregate).

02
1 part
stalls the whole bay

A stalled bay earns nothing while it waits.

When a single part is short, the car sits and the bay idles. The fix is a rush order at a premium — or a comeback appointment. Reactive reordering is the most expensive way to stock a shelf.

Source: Automotive service operations benchmarks (parts availability).

03
$550
healthy ARO benchmark

You can’t improve the number you never read.

Average Repair Order, technician efficiency, and bay utilization move the shop — yet most owners never have time to build the report. A benchmark ARO near $550 is only useful if you measure against it nightly.

Source: Public automotive service KPI benchmarks (ARO target).

04
4 tabs
between a tech and the fix

A junior tech’s guess is tomorrow’s comeback.

The confirmed fix lives across ALLDATA, Mitchell 1, Identifix, and MOTOR. Four subscriptions, four logins, four tabs — while the car waits. When the answer is hard to reach, the shop pays in comebacks.

Source: Professional diagnostic database landscape (vendor count).

02 —What we install

Four agents. One autonomous service drive.

Not software you log into alone — a named crew we install and tune for your shop, then coach your team to run. Each one removes a place you are currently the bottleneck. Included in every engagement.

03 —The Turnkey Intelligence Bundle

Four professional databases. One login, one search, one answer.

ALLDATA, Mitchell 1 ProDemand, Identifix Direct-Hit, and MOTOR — unified under one AI inside the Diagnostician, and included in your engagement. Instead of four subscriptions and four tabs while the car waits, your technicians ask once and get the most-confirmed fix with the OEM procedure.

It is the difference between a system of record and a system of action: the entire professional diagnostic canon, in one workflow, on the bay floor — installed and coached, not handed to you cold.

ALLDATAOEM repair information & factory procedures.
01
Mitchell 1 ProDemandReal-world fixes, estimating & maintenance.
02
Identifix Direct-HitConfirmed fixes from master technicians.
03
MOTOROEM-sourced mechanical & labor data.
04
unified by the Diagnostician
P0301 · 2019 · most-confirmed fix found
04 —The Owner Command Center

Every number that moves the shop. Live, and gamified.

The command center we install gives the owner one view of the whole operation — and your consultant reads it with you each month. Cross a benchmark and the shop levels up: honest progress against public KPI targets, not vanity points. Below is a live demo on sample data.

Owner Command CenterPreview · sample data
Level up · Command Operator4/7 milestones
$585
Average Repair Order
target $550
83%
Technician efficiency
target 90%
78%
Bay utilization
target 85%
$7400
Agent-driven revenue
this period (demo)
ARO above $450ARO above $550 (benchmark)80% technician efficiency90% technician efficiency75% bay utilization85% bay utilization$10k agent-driven revenue
Open the live command center previewFigures are illustrations from a live demo on sample data, not client results.
05 —How it works

Diagnose, install, run. The consulting engagement, in three steps.

  1. 01

    Diagnose — the Service-Drive Audit

    We review how your shop handles after-hours calls, parts, reporting, and diagnostics, then map exactly where the operating system recovers time and revenue — on your numbers, in a live demo on sample data. No obligation, no high-pressure pitch.

  2. 02

    Install — your operating system, stood up

    We migrate your existing customer, vehicle, and inventory data, connect your phone and CRM, and stand up all four agents — configured to your hours, bays, vendors, and policy. You work with a dedicated consultant, not a help-desk ticket. Most shops are running within two weeks.

  3. 03

    Run & coach — accountable to your numbers

    Concierge books your after-hours calls, Quartermaster keeps the shelves stocked, Analyst briefs you each morning, and the Diagnostician puts the unified canon in every tech’s hand. Each month we read the command center with you and tune the system. You run the business — the crew runs the tasks.

Risk reversal

The 90-Day Performance Guarantee

In your first 90 days we install the operating system, migrate your data, and stand up your service drive alongside your team. If you’re not running it with measurable confidence, we keep working — at no additional cost — until you are.

The guarantee protects your time and reputation — not just your invoice. We stay until your service drive runs with confidence.

The 90-second system

See the engagement in 90 seconds.

How we diagnose your shop, install the service drive, and coach your team to run it — the four agents booking the bay, stocking the part, briefing the owner, and unifying the diagnostic canon, start to finish.

● REC · SYSTEM OVERVIEW
00:00 / 01:30
Auto Advisor
90-second system overview · faceless explainer (coming soon)
06 —Questions, answered

The straight answers, before you ask.

No gates, no decoding. Read the full set on the FAQ page.

Read all 18 questions

What is Auto Advisor?

Auto Advisor is an automotive performance-consulting firm for independent Utah repair shops. We diagnose your shop, install an operating system we call the Autonomous Service Drive — four AI agents plus an Owner Command Center — and coach you and your team to run it. The platform is included in the engagement, not sold separately.

Who is Auto Advisor for?

Independent Utah auto repair shops doing roughly $1M to $5M a year, whose owners are ready to scale without adding overhead or losing control of the floor. It fits general repair shops, European and import specialists, fleet and commercial operations, and growing multi-location groups along the Wasatch Front and statewide.

Is this software or a consulting engagement?

A consulting engagement. You are hiring an automotive performance consultant, not buying a SaaS login. We assess your operation, install the Autonomous Service Drive as your operating system, and work alongside your team to run it. The four-agent platform is the deliverable we install — it is included, never billed per seat.

How does the Service-Drive Audit work?

It is a positioned consult, not a sales call. We review how your shop handles after-hours calls, parts, reporting, and diagnostics today, then map exactly where the operating system recovers time and revenue — on your numbers, shown as a live demo on sample data. You leave with a clear picture whether or not we work together.

What do you install in the engagement?

We install the Autonomous Service Drive: the Concierge after-hours booking agent, the Quartermaster reorder engine, the Analyst morning briefing, the Diagnostician with the Turnkey Intelligence Bundle, and the Owner Command Center. We migrate your data, connect your phone and CRM, configure everything to your shop, and train your team to operate it.

What are the four agents we install?

Concierge answers after-hours calls and books appointments. Quartermaster forecasts part shortages and drafts purchase orders before you run out. Analyst compiles your KPIs into a plain-language morning briefing. Diagnostician unifies ALLDATA, Mitchell 1, Identifix, and MOTOR in one search for technicians on the bay floor. Together they are your service drive.

Run your shop like the best dealer group in the country. Without their overhead.

Request your Service-Drive Audit. We map exactly where your service drive recovers time and revenue — on your numbers, in a live demo on sample data. Platform included, installed and coached.

No obligation · no high-pressure pitch · plain, public pricing