Labor, parts &
estimates.
Now one streamlined process
Describe the repair in plain English. Review labor time, part numbers, and an estimate draft together—without bouncing between tabs.
Less looking around. More moving the job forward.
No subscription commitment.
In development. The demo uses fictional data while we pursue licensed provider access.
Fictional hours and parts. Review before estimating.
One repair request.
A draft you can check.
Enter the VIN and describe the job.
Watch the labor and parts information populate.
Then copy the clean breakdown into your existing quote.
Read the animation walkthrough
The example uses a 2010 Honda Civic LX needing front brake work and rear shock absorbers.
In the manual workflow, a shop employee opens a labor guide, selects the vehicle, scrolls through repair categories, checks the front brake labor time, and writes it in a notepad. They return to the guide to find the rear shock operation and record its hours too. On a separate parts website, they check the matching part numbers and quantities and copy those into the notes before preparing an estimate.
Two colored paths join to form the Tenth Auto logo. In the browser side panel, the employee enters the VIN, confirms the vehicle, and describes both jobs in plain English. Job cards show illustrative labor hours and associated part numbers. The employee reviews the cards, changes a repair option when needed, and sees the labor total update. They copy the results as estimate text into a written draft for the customer.
The ending compares an illustrative manual time of 16 minutes 34 seconds with 1 minute 56 seconds in Tenth Auto. These are fictional demonstration timings, not measured performance. Labor hours, part identifiers and prices are also fictional. The logo moves to the center and separates into its two paths.
Use the VIN and everyday shop language to start the lookup.
Choose the scope when it changes the labor or parts.
Check the labor and parts breakdown, then copy it into your existing quote.
One shop.
Two perspectives.
The same repair moves from the bay to the counter. The information should travel with it.
From the bay to a readable estimate draft.
Use everyday repair language, resolve the details that change the operation, and review labor with associated parts before adding it to the estimate.
Join the waitlist for a demo Submit your details and we’ll follow up personally.A few minutes.
Across a whole month.
What could less lookup time mean for your shop? Move the sliders to explore your own assumptions.
A planning scenario, not measured product performance.
back per month
12 lookups × 3 minutes × 22 working days ÷ 60.
Staff capacity, not billed labor or guaranteed cash savings.
Built by a technician.
For the whole shop.
Join the waitlist for a demo Tenth Auto started on a shop floor. In the day-to-day I noticed that the same process to find and build jobs for estimates was redundant and time-consuming. Taking the VIN and running it through an aftermarket or OEM labor guide, scrolling through the different options before finding the one that you actually need, record the time needed to perform the repair, then going and trying to look up the parts information for the job as well. It was taking time out of the day where nobody was winning.
If you compound this over many repair orders throughout the day, you start to see the amount of time that gets lost for both the shop itself, but most importantly, for the customer. With each minute that passes, the customer waits for an answer, and their anxiety and suspicion grow as they fear a large bill on the other end of the phone call.
My name is Andy Zhen and I’ve been there with you on the shop floor running through the same dance day and day out hoping for a better way to do this, but there wasn’t and so this is where Tenth Auto comes in. Tenth Auto was built to help technicians get back to the important part of their work - fixing the cars, keeping advisors on the phone - helping and speaking to the customers, and ultimately to ensure the customer’s worries get kept at a minimum.
Let’s fix this rudimentary system by streamlining the backbone of the process, let’s find out how much time this can save your shop.
Join the waitlist for a demoA few things
worth knowing.
Can I see a demo?
Yes. Join the waitlist for a demo. We’ll follow up by email to arrange a look at the workflow. The current demo uses fictional labor hours and part numbers.
Which labor guides will it work with?
We are currently exploring approved access to MOTOR, along with opportunities to partner with other automotive information providers. No live provider connection or partnership is available today. Access will depend on licensing agreements and each provider’s requirements.
Does this replace my shop software?
Tenth Auto is being developed as a browser companion. The intended workflow creates a clean labor and parts breakdown that you review and copy into your existing quote. Your shop keeps its current estimating software. The demo does not read or write data in your shop-management system.
What about parts and pricing?
The demo illustrates associated parts with fictional identifiers. Live parts sourcing and vendor pricing are future possibilities, subject to separate access agreements. Product subscription pricing is not yet set.
Help shape a better
day at the shop.
Join the waitlist for a demo. We’ll follow up personally to arrange a walkthrough and hear how your shop builds estimates.
No subscription commitment.
Demo uses fictional labor hours and part numbers.