Launch HN: Fiix (YC W17) – Same-Day Auto Repair at Your Home

Hi HN, we’re the founders of Fiix (https://www.fiix.io). We’re a startup from Toronto, Canada in the YC W17 batch.

We send licensed auto mechanics to your home to fix your car within 3 hours. All you need to do is send us a message over chat. We figure out what your car needs and send over a vetted mechanic with all the parts and tools to perform the repair at your home.

We started the company as “TireSwap” from Arif’s parent’s attic as a way to have your tires changed at home. Our customers asked for more and more repairs, until we offered over 300 services. We rebranded to “Fiix” and were accepted into the YC Fellowship (somewhat unorthodoxly!) via Snapchat (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11678286). Since then, we've quit our jobs, repaired thousands of cars, and are now processing almost $100k/month in sales.

Getting our unit economics right has been the most important takeaway from YC. We’re priced so we have enough money to acquire customers, offer a great price, and earn a profit to grow the business. We’d love to hear what you think about our company, and if you have any tips on local growth, those would be appreciated!

We pitched to Justin Kan on his snapchat story, and got an interview for the YC Fellowship. If you're interested, you can read the whole story here: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-make-20-000-on-snapchat-and-ge...

Very smart team, excited to see the Canadian ecosystem grow

Great idea, looks like you've got the right team to do it as well

I love this idea, but it's also some super hood shit. This is absolutely a done thing in lower income areas-- "shade tree mechanics" is the term of art I know. I would imagine the biggest issue would be ensuring a feeling of reliability and professionalism to a sort of sketchy proposition. (A random stranger coming to your house to work on your car.) Plus, as a practicing shade tree mechanic when I was young and broke and keeping my friends' fleet of beaters more or less roadworthy, having a suitable facility for mechanic work is a challenge. I hate having my ass hanging out in the street while I'm working on a car. I hate working in the cold. Where's the power for my compressor and lights? Folks with a garage typically will tow their stuff to the shop.