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What have the legalities been like for you to do this in Canada? As a mechanic in the USA (ASE a decade ago) I was told multiple times that repairs cannot be at a customer's residence due to both EPA regulations on fluid contamination and various local or state zoning ordinances.
Here's what I want: To take my car to a gleaming, state of the art repair facility with every tool I could ever need, staffed by auto mechanic "coaches" who will help me repair my car myself.
1. Tool theft. Anyone that's ever done anything Blue Collar will know that tools evaporate as soon as you turn your head.
2. Failure to fix. Cars end up taking up space due to their owners inability to fix and/or put them back together. Then it's up to the 'coaches' to become lowly paid mechanics and put the thing back together for them for next to nothing just to get the car out of the garage.
People have been trying this idea since the 80s. Never worked before and it probably never will.
What have the legalities been like for you to do this in Canada? As a mechanic in the USA (ASE a decade ago) I was told multiple times that repairs cannot be at a customer's residence due to both EPA regulations on fluid contamination and various local or state zoning ordinances.
Well I guess the Silicon Valley way is to start a company that flagrantly violates the law and then lobby until it's made legal.
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This is incredible! I have just thought about doing the same thing with chefs. As in: you order a (not the Michelin-star kind) chef who'll come to your house and teach you how to cook some tasty meal, without worrying about buying ingredients, tools etc. We learn from plumbers and technicians, why not learn from chefs?
There was a few offerings around this idea in the past few years. Kithensurfing being another one of them. They've all burned out due to lack of demand. http://www.eater.com/2015/12/7/9852106/kitchensurfing-privat... Pretty much explains it.