how much does your local garage charge?

[Jiish]

Just asked 2 of my local garages to do me a job fitting a alternator belt and a starter motor while there under the bonet.

1 place said £60 for the labour
another the other £130 for the labour and fitting ?

i didnt think it would be such a big job.. so whats all this fitting stuff all about?

anybody else had anything like this?

[Jaytee]

My local garage (next door to where i work luckily) is averagely priced. around £40 an hour for labour, when the boss aint in though the lads will do it pretty cheapish for beer money like, depending on what it is.

[P90PTS]

My local is 30 buck an hour. Take the car to him at any time during the day and he's got it fixed within 2 days max

[rey]

labour is fitting...

garage I go to is £40 per hour

[TU-Tuning]

Both prices are a joke. As with most garage prices.

With a ramp both could be fitted in half an hour. Even in a garage that charges for whole hours not halves that should be £40 max for labour.

How much they charging you for the starter motor and belt?

[J222JRA]

I pay £35 an hour....but if its a little job i just get charged half lol.

[Predator_R32]

I pay nothing i do all my own work :)

[JamesR]

The garage i use i used to work in for free when i was younger to get some experience, so they dont charge the labour, just parts :D

[Matty_Mills]

When i mashed up the rear axle on my first saxo, i got the labour free ....
was going out with the owners neice
x

[NATH-MAC]

I pay £30 an hour.
try to do as much as i can myself though.

[Connor_scotland]

The Impreza specialist around here is £27 for myself but usually £40 per hour

Been using him since before getting an Impreza lol

THere is another performance place which is £75 an hour and the work they do is shit...

[rey]

Alot of my labour gets taken off the bill or halved most of the time...

For example last week, I've got a locking nut stuck on my car, they spent three hours on it, no labour charge.
When having an engine mount changed, no labour charge.

Its awesome being friends with mechanics

[chinkostu]

^we use the local citroen garage, and my mum is mates with one of the blokes there. cash in hand discounts ;)

but 130 for alternator belt and starter? having a laugh!

[sparky771]

i do nearly all the work myself (joys of being an engineer :) )

i only pay for MOTs and electrical stuff (cause i hate doin electrics!)

my local charges around 30 p/h but somtimes less dependin on how big the job is :)

[sir_dave]

My local BMW garage charge £130 an hour ...

[Matty_Mills]

To date.... i have not paid Ford a penny of labour charges when having bits and bobs done to my car...
always manage to get it on warranty...

Even tires ;)

[luke1988]

Alot of my labour gets taken off the bill or halved most of the time...

For example last week, I've got a locking nut stuck on my car, they spent three hours on it, no labour charge.
When having an engine mount changed, no labour charge.

Its awesome being friends with mechanics

where do you go matt? west street garage opposite the fire station is like £30 an hour, they lowered my car for £90 coz i supplied the springs lol

[Graeme-P]

my old work used to charge £90 per hour haha do all work myself and if dont girlfriends dad does it awsome having workshops up at girlfriends:P

[Slammed_Posi_Vtr]

BMW - £130.00 + Vat

Where I work £30 :D

[rey]

where do you go matt? west street garage opposite the fire station is like £30 an hour, they lowered my car for £90 coz i supplied the springs lol

Bourne Performance mate