DIYbanter - View Single Post - Is there a database online for the number of shop hours a car repair should take?

micky

In alt.home.repair, on 11 Dec 2017 09:50:19 -0500,
(Scott Dorsey) wrote:

micky 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. Not worth it,
and he knew it.