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Originally Posted by BrianMSmith
That's because they rip off the consumer, but the car companies have their balls in a noose and they can't get away with it.
The average car mechanic bills 15 hours of labor for an 8 hour work day, with lots of smoke breaks.
Any auto mechanics in the house who can confirm, or want to argue?
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I'm not employed as a mechanic, but I have relatives who are or who own their own shop so I know that what you stated above is pure BS.
When a dealer performs warranty work the price for each job is set by the auto manufacturer - in other words, the profit margin that the dealer gets is limited. When the dealer does non-warranty work, they can essentially charge whatever they want.
It has nothing to do with double-charging or smoke breaks by the mechanics doing the work.
