On 12/10/2017 10:04 PM, Ken Springer wrote:


Besides the mechanic's pay rate, add in employer matching
taxes, fees, licenses, inspections, insurance, rent,
property tax, supplies, fixtures, advertising and so on.

Environmental fees, IE vapor control, cleaning solvent replacement, shop
rags, all the other mandated regulations that must be followed.

The average person simply has no clue any more, since most never grew up
tinkering on cars in the back yard.


Those charges **** me off. Sure, they are real costs but so is
insurance, lighting, the water bill. It should be included in the shop
rate. They don't charge me different depending on whether or not the
mechanic had to flush the toilet while working on my car.

Most dealers have those charges built in as a percentage of the charges,
not based on actual use. Give me the rags and I'll take them to dispose
of them.