Every weekday at 6am Pacific. The carrier moves, OEM bulletins, and denial-rebuttal angles I use to keep my own shop's calibration line items paid. Yours free.
I run a mobile ADAS calibration shop in Western Washington. I'm in 3-5 different collision shops every day, looking at estimates over the shop owner's shoulder. The pattern is the same everywhere: good shops doing good work, leaving four-figure dollar amounts on the table per car because nobody told them how the game is actually played.
It's not their fault. The OEM bulletins are buried 8 PDFs deep. The carrier denials read like legal threats. The trade press covers the politics, not the plays.
So I started writing down what I see. Five short stories, weekday mornings. The carrier just changed their stance on something? You'll know about it before the adjuster brings it up. New OEM position statement drop? It's in your inbox with the link. A denial pattern across 20 shops in our region? You're getting the rebuttal template I'd use.
If one issue keeps you from eating a $400 calibration line, the newsletter has paid for itself for the year.
If I were charging for this — and I'm not — here's what each piece would run.
Most industry newsletters are written by people who've never picked up a calibration target. ADAS Brew is written from the truck, by the guy doing the work.
Sample cover. Real content. Real OEM citations. No fluff.
Why this one is different from the 8 others sitting unread in your inbox.
Read your first three issues. If you don't pull out at least one carrier angle, OEM citation, or line-item insight worth at least $500 to your shop — reply to any issue with the word "COFFEE" and I'll Venmo you $25 for wasting your time.
I've never had to pay it. But the offer's on the table, and that's how confident I am that the daily brief earns its 5 minutes.
Yes. No credit card, no trial, no upsell, no paywall. I run Absolute ADAS — a working calibration shop. The newsletter helps shops that might one day sublet to me, and helps me stay in front of carrier patterns by reading replies. That's the whole business case. Free forever.
No. ADAS Brew sends one email per weekday morning. That's it. I don't sell, share, or rent the list. One-click unsubscribe in every email — no friction, no "please reconsider" guilt-trip page.
Fair. ADAS Brew is 5 minutes — about a scroll on your phone during your second sip. Most subscribers tell me it replaces their morning trade-press skim because it's tactical, not editorial. If after 2 weeks it's not earning its 5 minutes, unsubscribe.
No. ADAS Brew is written for shop owners, production managers, and estimators — not techs. The technical detail is there when it's useful, but the framing is always "what does this mean for the next estimate I write." If you've ever argued with an adjuster, you'll get every issue.
Most content is national — OEM bulletins, carrier patterns, line-item plays — and applies anywhere in the US. The regional content (specific WA carriers, regional shop signals) is clearly marked so you can skim past it. Many subscribers are out of state.
Yes — that's the deal. Reply to any issue with a denied calibration: carrier, what they said, what you billed. When I have capacity (typically 2–3 shops per week), I'll write you the OEM-cited rebuttal personally. Free, no pitch. That's how I keep my finger on what's actually happening at the desk.
You've read this far. You already know your shop has revenue in this category you're not capturing. Subscribe. Read tomorrow's. Decide for yourself.
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