Vehicle Economy Balance

The current vehicle economy heavily favors mechanic shops over dealerships due to recurring revenue, significantly higher commission percentages, and the fact that all Tebex vehicles bypass dealerships entirely while still generating mechanic income.

Current Imbalance

• PDM/Lux/Larrys dealerships only profit from the initial vehicle sale.

• Mechanic shops profit continuously through:

  • repairs,

  • upgrades,

  • tuning,

  • cosmetic modifications,

  • full rebuilds,

  • repeat customer visits.

• Mechanic shop transactions currently receive a combined 15% distribution (10% to the mechanic shop and 5% to the mechanic); 

• Dealership transactions currently receive a combined 4.2% distribution (1.25% to the dealership and 2.95% to the dealer).

• Tebex vehicles enter through the real-money store, meaning:

  • dealerships earn nothing,

  • mechanic shops still profit heavily afterward.

    • Tebex cars are so popular that they’re often the majority of expensive logs (full engine upgrades, extensive cosmetic modifications, etc., let alone repairs and other costs)

• As a result of higher and faster profit, a mechanic job is more in demand than at a dealership. Steady inflow of customers, even during off peak hours compared to stagnant one off sales.

Structural Differences

Other vehicle businesses already have additional revenue systems attached to them:

• Sanders has a mechanic shop,

• Marina has boat rentals,

• Pegasus has helicopter rentals.

All of the above was added to make the businesses more sustainable in the long run. 

Meanwhile:

• PDM,

• Larry’s RV,

• and Lux
  lack equivalent long-term revenue support.

Proposed Adjustment

To improve fairness and sustainability without overpowering dealerships:

• Increase salesperson commission from 2.95% → 5%

• Increase dealership commission from 1.25% → 2.5%

• Add reasonable payout caps:

  • Salesperson cap: $30,000

  • Business cap: $25,000

• Scale dealership commission reasonably along property taxes:

  • Lux monthly property tax: $96,000

  • PDM monthly property tax: $69,000

  • Larry’s RV monthly property tax: $N/A

Goal

This change would:

• make dealership jobs more rewarding,

• improve employee retention and RP incentive,

• help balance the economy against mechanic dominance,

• and provide fairer long-term sustainability for dealerships that currently lack additional income systems.