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