Throughout my 40+ years in the automotive business, I always thought there would come a time when I would leave and take a 9am - 5pm job with holidays, multiple weeks of paid vacations and other normal job aspects. It never happened. No matter how bad of a day I might have had, I always found myself driving home thinking to myself ow much I loved this business. 

In my years as a mechanic, I love fixing cars. As I rose through management I loved fixing problems with customers, marketing, budgets, CSI, employees and the like. That was my way of being gratified. In this small community, you always saw the same names, at different stores with the same stories.

Recently I found out that I had a disease that is going to keep me from working full time in the store and require I go for treatments. I came up with an alternative that will keep me going and satisfy my dealership desire.

Where does it come from? The guy who hired me for my first dealership job said he was looking for people with personality defects and he was right. How many dealership people out there have worked at the same store multiple times. It's in our blood. We want to succeed. We want to prove we can do the job. When does it end? or does it?