AUTOCARE OS · CALGARY, ALBERTA · SIGNED IN AS DANE WHITLOCK · OWNER

The counter

Checking a vehicle in

The most common argument in this trade is whether the damage was there at drop off. It is settled here, in about six minutes, before the keys change hands.

Waiting to be checked in

8

Booked and not yet on the floor

Reports signed

Every car, every time

A job cannot start without one

Frames per intake

14

The standard set, in a fixed order

Next through the door

DPL-1194SUV, three rowbooked onlinecoated

2022 Lexus RX 350

Mei-Lin Tsang · (587) 555-0143

Decontamination & Seal · Bay 1

Paint note: Wheels are the priority. She checks them.

2:00 PM

in 2 hours

XLM-6678Compactbooked onlinecoated

2023 Volkswagen Golf GTI

Sylvie Rondeau · (403) 555-0104

Interior Refresh · Van

3:00 PM

in 3 hours

NQD-1178SUV, three rowcoated

2024 BMW X5 xDrive40i

Nadia Karimi · (403) 555-0109

Interior Refresh · Bay 1

Paint note: Metallic black over a soft clear. Do not rush the refine.

8:00 AM

in 20 hours

GVR-7712Crossovercoated

2022 Porsche Macan S

Rory Beauchamp · (403) 555-0176

Annual Coating Inspection · Bay 2

Paint note: Hard paint, needs a real cut.

8:00 AM

in 20 hours

GVR-7712Crossovercoated

2022 Porsche Macan S

Rory Beauchamp · (403) 555-0176

Coating Maintenance Wash · Van

Paint note: Hard paint, needs a real cut.

8:00 AM

in 20 hours

CJT-8820Truck or vanbooked onlinecoated

2024 Ford F-150 Lariat

Grant Halloway · (403) 555-0117

Express Wash & Dry · Van

Paint note: Black, shows everything. Two step or do not bother.

9:45 AM

in 22 hours

YBR-4419SUV, three row

2020 Acura MDX

Marcus Deng · (403) 555-0189

Decontamination & Seal · Bay 1

Paint note: Previous owner used a tunnel wash. Heavy swirls.

11:10 AM

in 23 hours

PVS-4432Crossoverbooked onlinecoated

2019 Mazda CX-5

Bram Osei · (587) 555-0197

Interior Refresh · Bay 1

Paint note: Three stage red. Never machine the clear without a reading.

8:00 AM

in 1 day

Signed today and yesterday

2023 Toyota SiennaHNQ-3308

13,326 km · fuel 8/8 · no existing damage

signed by

Sandeep Bhatia

2016 Buick EncoreQHL-8891

31,385 km · fuel 4/8 · no existing damage

signed by

Lorna Tewksbury

2025 Honda Civic SiKRW-9063

57,371 km · fuel 1/8 · 3 existing marks recorded

signed by

Callum Frayne

2021 Subaru OutbackJKM-5527

41,510 km · fuel 6/8 · 2 existing marks recorded

signed by

Josefina Duarte

2024 Jeep Grand CherokeeWJP-2203

172,865 km · fuel 4/8 · 3 existing marks recorded

signed by

Emeka Balogun

2023 Hyundai PalisadeRCT-3357

16,206 km · fuel 4/8 · 2 existing marks recorded

signed by

Yusuf Aydin

The routine

  1. 1Front three quarter, driver side
  2. 2Front three quarter, passenger side
  3. 3Rear three quarter, driver side
  4. 4Rear three quarter, passenger side
  5. 5Hood, direct light
  6. 6Roof
  7. 7Both bumpers
  8. 8All four wheels and arches
  9. 9Front cabin
  10. 10Rear seats and floor
  11. 11Boot
  12. 12Odometer and warning lights
  13. 13Fuel level
  14. 14Every existing mark, close

Then the customer signs on the screen. A timestamped record from arrival makes a later claim very hard to sustain, which protects them as much as us.

No photographs are stored anywhere in this system. The frame that would have been taken is recorded and drawn as a marked placeholder, because a convincing fake photograph of a real looking car is exactly the artefact that should not exist in a demonstration. A real build puts the images in object storage behind signed links.