Resources
Benchmarks and playbooks for running a tighter dealer-group operation — grounded in the metrics Birdseye Views measures every day.
Benchmarks
What a Day in Recon Costs: A Reconditioning Cost Model
A transparent way to put a dollar figure on reconditioning delay — floorplan interest, holding, and depreciation per unit per day — using your own numbers, not ours.
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What Aged Inventory Really Costs: The 60-Day Problem
Why used-car gross erodes one day at a time, why the first 30 days decide most of it, and how to size the cost of aged units — carrying cost plus lost gross — for your own store.
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The Used-Car Metrics That Actually Move Gross
The six used-car metrics you can act on while the car is still on the lot — recon time, gross per day, days supply, PVR, lead conversion, and fixed-ops productivity — and why each is money.
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Used-Car Reconditioning Time: Benchmarks and How to Cut Dwell
What a healthy reconditioning cycle time looks like, why most stores sit at ten days, and how to find the dwell time between stages that is quietly eating your used-car gross.
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