ARWadsworth wrote:
"Albert" wrote in message
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Steve Firth wrote:
Spamlet wrote:

You may have got off lightly too. Plenty of places seem to insist that
you
need new discs as well...
TBH replacing pads and disks is such a simple job that it's aggravating
to see what garages charge. Charging 1.5 hours to replace pads is a
rip-off.
How much do you think the tools cost to do the job? How much the council
taxes for the premises? Staff bill? Public Insurance liability?
Electricity? Being blamed for the exhaust pipe falling off after changing
the spark plugs?

Steve did not question the hourly rate. He questioned the number of hours
that the garage charged for.

If being a mechanic is so easy you try having a go at it.

He did. And he can change his pads on a DIY basis on his car in less than 1
hour as can most people with a brain cell or two. So a garage charging 1.5
hours labour is a ripoff.

Adam
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Its taken me up to 4 hours to free up seized callipers, and seized brake
drums ..

The strange assumption is that old rusty cars that cost less to buy,
ought to cost less to fix....