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Is there a database online for the number of shop hours a carrepair should take?
On Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 8:27:02 PM UTC-6, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> On 12/12/2017 8:04 PM, Wolf K wrote: > > On 2017-12-12 17:07, micky wrote: > >> In alt.home.repair, on 11 Dec 2017 09:50:19 -0500, > >> (Scott Dorsey) wrote: > >> > >>> mickyÂ* > wrote: > >>>> In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:17:24 -0400, pjp > >>>> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> What I dislike about their fixed cost repair arrangements is that > >>>>> if it > >>>>> doesn't take that long we are giving them money for nothing > >>>> > >>>> I hate to bring up my blown engine again, but when I had my car towed > >>>> into the shop last summer, he charged me about $90 for diagnosing the > >>>> problem -- that's his standard rate -- even though I figure he knew > >>>> what > >>>> the problem was in 1 minute, just based on the sound. > >>> > >>> Presumably you get that $90 refunded when you get an engine rebuild, > >>> though. > >>> --scott > >> > >> It was 4500 for a used engine and 6500 for a rebuilt one.Â* Not worth it, > >> and he knew it. > >> > > > > That depends on how much additional transportation you buy. As my cars > > age, I begin to think in terms of, for example, "this brake job will > > cost $450, that's about two months of financing a new(er) car, so if I > > get more than two months out of it, I'm money ahead." Which, as it > > turned out, I was, because the car wasn't at the stage of bits and > > pieces falling off it. :-) > > > > Just to add a little perspective to this topic, 1953 to 1970 I was a > practicing Auto mechanic. > 1960 to 1970 I owned my own business in a 2 car service station/garage. > Our labor rates were $6.50 per hour, Increased to $7.00 an hour in 1965 > much to the crying and hollering of our customers. > I ran a strictly honest place and had an abundance of loyal customers. > Imperial Oil sold the property in 1970 and I left the auto trade. > Back then I could do a 4 wheel brake job (no extras or complications} > for the sum of $24.00 Shoes and labor On GM, Ford, Dodge or Plymouth. > I moved into the field of power Engineering till I retired in year 2000 > > Rene Pete Robertson Auto Service Inc 5198 Lynch Street Extension Jackson, MS Pete passed away a few years ago, his son owns the shop now. He built his shop when he came home from Vietnam. They are very honest folks and they charge a fair price for the work they do. |
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