How much is your recon cycle time costing you?
Plug in your numbers. See exactly what shortening reconditioning cycle time by 3-5 days is worth to your bottom line - in real Canadian dollars, per month and per year.
Your numbers
Default holding cost is a conservative blend of floorplan interest, lot overhead, and opportunity cost. Adjust upward if your store tracks it higher.
- Days saved per vehicle
- 4 days
- Vehicles per month (across rooftops)
- 80
- Vehicle-days recovered per month
- 320
- QuickFlip Recon Standard plan
- $1,499 / rooftop / month
- Your software cost
- $1,499 / month
- Net monthly savings after software
- $6,501
Every $1 spent on QuickFlip Recon returns $5.34 in reduced holding cost at these inputs. Your numbers may differ - the calculator is a planning aid, not a guarantee.
How we calculate this
Every vehicle sitting in reconditioning costs your store money every day it's not on the front line. That cost comes from three places:
- Floorplan interest - typically $12-18 per vehicle per day depending on prime rate and your lender.
- Lot and overhead cost - the fixed carrying cost attributed per unit, usually $6-10/day.
- Opportunity cost- the margin you don't earn on weekends when the car isn't retail-ready, estimated $5-10/day for an average used unit.
The default $25/day is a conservative midpoint for Canadian franchise dealers. Your actual number may be higher (some groups we've spoken with track it at $30-35). Adjust the slider if your store is different.
The calculator assumes every saved vehicle-day flows to the bottom line. In practice you'll capture some of that via faster turn, some via reduced interest cost, and some via more retail-ready inventory during peak hours. The total is roughly the same.
See it in action
Numbers are easy. Seeing the pipeline view, the aging colour coding, and the automatic reports that drive the cycle-time improvement - that's the product. 30-day free trial, no credit card required.