For auto repair shops
The best AI receptionist
for auto repair shops.
Engine and transmission jobs are big. But they need same-day quotes.
A Saturday morning, told straight
A check engine light is a $4,000 conversation. If you pick up.
A guy's check engine light came on this morning. He doesn't know if it's a $200 sensor or a $4,000 transmission. He's calling shops to find one that'll take him today, because he uses the truck for work.
You're under a hood. Your service writer is on another line. He goes to voicemail on your number and rings the next shop. They book him in for 2pm. He's loyal to the shop that picked up. You don't see him for the next decade of repairs.
Foan answers in two seconds. Asks for the make, model, year, what the symptoms are (rough idle, loss of power, weird smell), whether he can drop it off or needs a tow. Books him into your diagnostics slot at 2pm. Texts you the symptoms so you can think about it before he arrives.
Auto repair customers churn for one reason: the shop didn't pick up the phone. Once they're in your bay and they trust you, they're yours for years.
A typical independent shop misses 6-12 calls a day. Even at 20% conversion to actual work and an average ticket of $400, that's thousands a week walking out the door. Foan is $49 a month.
Same pattern works for diagnostics, brake jobs, transmissions, oil services, and pre-purchase inspections.
The maths for a auto repair shop
Capture three missed calls a month at £7k and you've recovered £234k a year.
Average ticket for auto repair shops: £3k to £10k. Foan costs less than one missed call a year.
Avg ticket
£7k
Per month
£20k
Per year
£234k
When the phone rings, you can't answer.
You're elbow-deep in a gearbox. The next $5k job is on hold.
Foan answers every line at once.
Unlimited simultaneous calls. Ten callers at the same time, ten conversations. Your number is never busy.
What Foan does on a typical auto repair shop call
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Picks up on the first ring, even when you're with another customer.
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Captures their name, phone number, and exactly what they're calling about, read back to confirm.
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Texts you a summary the second the call ends — or emails it, your pick. Call back while they're still warm.
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Books appointments straight into your calendar (Calendly or Google Calendar).
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Sounds like a real receptionist, not a robot. Trained on your website, your services, your prices.
Works with the software auto repair shops already run on
Speaks auto repair shops' language. Plugs into your stack.
Foan reads your live diary, books straight in, and writes the outcome back. No spreadsheets in the middle, no tabs left open at the end of the day.
Connect the rest of your stack
Foan plugs into the systems you already run on. The agent reads your live data, books, and writes the result back. No spreadsheets in the middle.
Auto repair shop + Garage Hive
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Auto repair shop + Tekmetric
US auto repair shop management. Agent books, captures vehicle details, attaches the customer's quote request.
Auto repair shop + Jobber
UK / Canada / AU's favourite tool for indie trades. Agent quotes, books the visit, captures the deposit, raises the work order.
Auto repair shop + Stripe
Take payments on the call. Send a Stripe link, check invoice status, handle billing questions.
Run the numbers
Curious what missed calls actually cost you?
Plug your average ticket and missed-call rate into the calculator. Most auto repair shops pay for Foan with the first three captured calls of the month.
Open the missed-call calculatorTry Foan on your own business in 60 seconds.
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