Those things aren't mutually exclusive. Normal dealer pricing can be terrible.
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Those things aren't mutually exclusive. Normal dealer pricing can be terrible.
Like, OEM spark plugs are $8/ea from the dealer.
https://parts.vw.com/p/Volkswagen__Golf-R/Spark-Plug/54564583/06K905601B.html
Figure getting charged an hour of labor for $150, even though the job takes 20 minutes, I'd expect a "reasonable" charge for swapping plugs at a dealer to be ~$200. Which I think is still ridiculous, but that I get. It's a business, they got overhead, etc., etc...
Charging $300+ for $35 of parts and 20 minutes of labor is just exorbitant. Ain't no way that can be justified.
https://parts.vw.com/p/Volkswagen__Golf-R/Spark-Plug/54564583/06K905601B.html
Figure getting charged an hour of labor for $150, even though the job takes 20 minutes, I'd expect a "reasonable" charge for swapping plugs at a dealer to be ~$200. Which I think is still ridiculous, but that I get. It's a business, they got overhead, etc., etc...
Charging $300+ for $35 of parts and 20 minutes of labor is just exorbitant. Ain't no way that can be justified.
Wrong. 5-day/40-hour workweeks are a scam. 4/32 is the future.It’s like Monday, but I have less time to get the same amount of work done this week.
3-day weekends are a scam
riceburner
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oh yeah the other ~2 services are inspection basically.
look
its ~700 dollars for:
a $30 oil change
$50 spark plugs
$7 cabin air filter
acting like the are inspecting the vehicle
profit
riceburner
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when my wife tries to tell me i'm going to fail at something then i succeed:
mrmatto
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Yes and Yes. I mean 3-day weekends are a scam when the company just expects you to magically cram a full week's worth of work and meetings into less time. Luckily my employer is pretty reasonable and understanding.
riceburner
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i could probably do a 4/32 if i wanted, my shits pretty flex
Body shop that fixed a giant scratch on my rear wheel arch charged $250 for pre-repair diagnostics, $100 test drive and $250 post-repair diagnostics. Never going back to them for shit again.
riceburner
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test drive lmao!!
riceburner
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is there a way to do work to a car yourself and get it added to carfax? my mother in law is hellbent on taking the tiguan to the dealer for the carfax reason but its just so stupid expensive.
Strange Mud
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pre AND post repair diagnostics? For a scratch? OK if it has safety cameras but even then there is no should be double dipping
dtfd
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WTF kind of test drive is needed for a scratch repair?
What place is this so I know to never go there.
aspro_gti
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Brother what?
Going to any shop nowadays breaks wallets left and right.
Timing chain service I'll do myself, and if I bust a few knuckles, so be it.
For bodywork I know a group of two that work out of a garage and get their work from facebook. Super good pricing and fantastic work. They're in RI.
Maybe? If you create a CarFax account and add your car to your "Garage", you can manually add items.
This is from my GTI. On the bottom left you can see the two DIY entries for oil changes I added.
Now, if that gets pushed to regular CarFax if someone pulls a report, I have no idea.
It's also a good way to "get a CarFax report" without paying. There's no ownership verification when you add a car to your garage, and it pulls all the CarFax report data into it.