In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 10 Dec 2017 20:04:15 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:


Besides the mechanic's pay rate, add in employer matching
taxes, fees, licenses, inspections, insurance, rent,
property tax, supplies, fixtures, advertising and so on.

Environmental fees, IE vapor control, cleaning solvent replacement, shop
rags, all the other mandated regulations that must be followed.

All that. It's not only auto shops that cost a lot to run.

The failure rate for all businesses is high, mostly because they take in
less money than they spend.

If owning a business were such a great deal, we'd all be doing it.

The average person simply has no clue any more, since most never grew up
tinkering on cars in the back yard.