Installing a passenger side mirror?

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Exoter175

And those prices are exorbitantly high because they have to run a business. At 110 dollars per labor hour, they are going to make a killing, but it costs them money to run that business with all of the people they have to pay.

Despite that, there are people out there that want their cars worked on ONLY by trained professionals backed by insurance and a warranty, that is what you pay for at a dealership.

Smaller ships like my previous two shops, can give you that same quality of work, insurance, and warranty, at about 60% of the cost, by lowering my labor rate and not scaling my book time nearly as much as a dealership does. Not to mention, I have the ability to "haggle" my own prices down to make a sale if I need to, that doesn't happen at the dealership.


If I told you what the dealership marks its parts costs up by, and how much they inflate their book numbers, you guys would shit yourselves.

Ugh, you work for a ****ing stealership? I'm sorry but stealership mechanics can kiss my dick. Most jobs I can handle. If I don't have the time or desire to fix it, I avoid ****ing stealerships at all costs. Mom and Pop shops charge rates that are more fair and generally give breaks on book time. They also don't bitch if I bring my own part because I have connections to get parts at better prices.

And in my experience stealership mechanics regularly "miss" warranty repairs and are very creative in figuring out ways to be reimbursed by the manufacturer and get paid by the customer.

I had a bent lower control arm on my regular 08 Mazda 3. That thing was at the ****ing stealership 4 times and they missed it everytime. When I was trying to get a warranty claim on my tires since I had been assured by the stealership that nothing was wrong with my suspension, the lacky at NTB spotted it within 10 minutes. The ****ing assholes at the stealership tried to say my shocks were bad despite me replacing them myself. When I shot that down, the dickheads tried to say that it was because my tires were soft.

**** stealerships and their mechanics.