http://chobas.com/blog/2006/06/21/what-do-you-mean-my-car-isn%e2%80%99t-ready-yet-part-deux/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 May 2012 17:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://chobas.com/blog/2006/06/21/what-do-you-mean-my-car-isn%e2%80%99t-ready-yet-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 bigbrother0074 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:54:25 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/06/21/what-do-you-mean-my-car-isn%e2%80%99t-ready-yet-part-deux/#comment-1215 yea, i would never recommend taking it in to the dealership, especially for regular maintainance work. do some research, talk to some people (oh no!) around ya and you probably can find a decently honest repair shop. but i guess in a big city, that's easier said than done. you could always try the hit or miss method and do a yellow pages search... yea, i would never recommend taking it in to the dealership, especially for regular maintainance work. do some research, talk to some people (oh no!) around ya and you probably can find a decently honest repair shop. but i guess in a big city, that’s easier said than done. you could always try the hit or miss method and do a yellow pages search…

]]> http://chobas.com/blog/2006/06/21/what-do-you-mean-my-car-isn%e2%80%99t-ready-yet-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 cole Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:24:11 +0000 http://chobas.com/blog/2006/06/21/what-do-you-mean-my-car-isn%e2%80%99t-ready-yet-part-deux/#comment-1211 I replaced the brake light on my truck and I think it might have cost me $2.50 for the bulb and took about 5 minutes. So that equates to the mechanic's time costing about $1920/hr. Man I wish I could get paid that well. I guess there's overhead too. And the fact that the mechanic probably didn't even do it, but rather some lackey that they were paying $5/hr. So the dealership is making a killing. I replaced the brake light on my truck and I think it might have cost me $2.50 for the bulb and took about 5 minutes. So that equates to the mechanic’s time costing about $1920/hr. Man I wish I could get paid that well. I guess there’s overhead too. And the fact that the mechanic probably didn’t even do it, but rather some lackey that they were paying $5/hr. So the dealership is making a killing.

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