AI for Automotive
AI for Automotive gives a typical service desk around 25 hours a week back: reminders go out on their own, bookings land in the diary, extra work gets a yes or no by text while the car is still on the ramp, and the 'is my car ready?' calls dry up.
Free · 30 minutes · Yours to keep
LindenBooking Elf
Stop losing jobs to the next firm on Google.
Sound familiar?
It's all up onthe office wall.
The same four headaches, pinned up every week and never quite sorted.
The phone runs the service desk
Booking requests, 'is it ready?' calls and suppliers ringing back all hit the same line. The advisor answering it isn't the one serving the customer at the counter.
Extra work waits for a callback
A technician finds worn brake pads and the car sits on the ramp while the advisor tries to reach the owner. Every hour it waits is an hour the bay isn't earning.
Parts chasing
Ordering from three motor factors by phone and email, then chasing which delivery is coming when. One late part pushes the whole day.
Customers who don't come back
Service and MOT reminders go out when someone remembers to run the report. Customers who weren't reminded book wherever is handy on the day.
The automations
10 automations we buildfor Automotive.
Click any one to read exactly how it works: the steps, the software it runs in, and where you sign off. There's enough on each page to build it yourself, or we build it with you.
And 7 more, biggest saving first
- Extra-work quote approvals by text4 hrs a week
- Parts ordering and chasing4 hrs a week
- Vehicle-ready updates4 hrs a week
- Service and MOT reminders3 hrs a week
- Finance-application paperwork for dealers3 hrs a week
- Customer review requests2 hrs a week
- Google Business Profile updates2 hrs a week
Hours back are typical, not promised. Yours get worked out on the call.
What it's worth
$57,500
a year back in the business, typically
25 hours a weekoff your desk.
In a typical week these jobs take 34 hours. Your elves take 25 of them. Here's the sum, shown in full, at a modest $50 an hour.
- Booking requests by phone, email and web7$16,100
- Service and MOT reminders3.5$8,050
- Getting extra work approved4$9,200
- Ordering and chasing parts4$9,200
- 'Is my car ready?' calls4$9,200
- Finance-application paperwork (dealers)2.5$5,750
25 hours back a week × 46 working weeks × $50 an hour
- 1 text
- to get extra work approved, photo and price included
- 4 hrs
- a week less on 'is my car ready?' calls
- 1-2 wks
- from yes to running, with us watching it
Typical figures, not a promise. Your free live build gives you your own.
You sign off
Supervised first.Hands-off only where you say.
Your elves draft, sort, chase and remind. Anything that can't be undone, or that speaks for the business, waits for your OK.
- 01
The first few weeks
Supervised
Every draft waits for your OK before it goes anywhere.
- 02
Once you trust it
Routine ones go out
Only the kinds you pick go out on their own. The rest still wait.
- 03
From then on
Check-ups
We look after your elves and adjust them as the business changes.
At every stage
It won't be perfect. That's why a person sees anything that matters.
Booking requests
The advisor confirms every booking.
Extra-work quote approvals by text
The advisor sets and approves every price before it's sent.
Your software
Keep the software you pay for.Your elves work inside it.
Every job on this page runs inside software you already use. Your team keeps working the way it does now.
The number on each is how many of the 10 jobs on this page run in it.
Using something else? We build into that instead. See all the software we work with.
Your business
- 8Twilio
- 2WhatsApp
- 8Gmail
- 3Outlook
- 2Google Calendar
- 5Google Sheets
- 3QuickBooks
- 1Stripe
How it starts
See it working before you pay a cent.
It starts with a free 30-minute call. We build one real thing with you, on your own work, so you see exactly what this does. If there's more worth doing, you get a plan and a price in writing.
01 · 30 minutes
Free live build
Bring one job, say service and MOT reminders. We build it with you on the call. It's yours, whatever you decide.
02 · In writing
Your plan
What we'd build next, the hours it should save each week and the price, in writing.
03 · Built for you
We build it
Around how your business already works, inside your software. You sign off before anything goes live.
04 · Your call
Hand over or keep improving
Take it over with video guides for everything, or keep us on monthly to improve it and build what's next.
- What does AI for a garage cost, and how long does it take?
- The price comes in a written proposal within 48 hours of the free live build, based on which jobs we take on and which systems are involved. A first build is usually running in one to two weeks. We supervise it at first, then hand it over or keep improving it.
Free, 30 minutes, and what we build is yours.
Already know what you need? Ask about a one-off build or a retainer.
By department
The rest of the businessgets its hours back too.
Each page is one part of the business, with the jobs we build for it.
FAQ
What owners ask us first.
Something we haven't covered? Ask it on the call.
We use Tekmetric, Shopmonkey, Garage Hive or a dealer system. Will it work?
Usually, yes. Most garage and dealer software either connects directly or can export the job and customer lists the build needs. We check yours on the call, before you pay anything, and if we can't reach it, we'll tell you straight.
Will customers know they're getting automated texts?
They'll see texts from your garage's own number, written in your tone, and they can always reply or call to reach a person. Most just notice they're kept in the loop without having to ring.
Does it decide prices or approve work?
No. Your service advisor or technician sets every price. The system sends the quote your advisor has approved and records the customer's answer. It never changes a price or authorises work on its own.
Is customer data safe?
Customer data stays in accounts in your business's name, and the build only sees the customer, vehicle and job details each task needs. The handover pack lists every permission, and you can switch any of them off yourself.
My advisors are flat out. Do they need training?
Very little. Service advisors keep working in the garage software they know. Confirmed bookings and approved quotes just show up, along with a short list of replies that need a person.
What does AI for a garage cost, and how long does it take?
The price comes in a written proposal within 48 hours of the free live build, based on which jobs we take on and which systems are involved. A first build is usually running in one to two weeks. We supervise it at first, then hand it over or keep improving it.
Next step
Take one job off your desk this week.
Every week you wait is another week of the same jobs done by hand. Book a free 30-minute live build and leave with your first elf working.