On 12/11/2017 4:25 AM, Frank S wrote:
> In >,
> micky said:
>
>> I hate to bring up my blown engine again, but when I had my car towed
>> into the shop last summer, he charged me about $90 for diagnosing the
>> problem -- that's his standard rate -- even though I figure he knew what
>> the problem was in 1 minute, just based on the sound.
>
> 1. All jobs have an *expected* flat rate time.
> 2. The flat rate time is published in a manual somewhere.
> 3. Every shop has access to that flat rate time manual (whether it's
> Chiltons or Mitchells or All Data or the factory KSD).
>
> Yes I am fully aware that some mechanics easily *beat* that flat rate time
> and some mechanics take *longer* than that flat rate time - but the
> mechanics still charge at the same flat rate time.
>
> Yes. I am fully aware that to do a waterpump takes X flat rate time and to
> do a timing belt takes Y flat rate time and do to them both does NOT take X
> + Y flat rate time.
>
> Yes. I am fully aware that some shops still charge the X flat rate time
> plus the Y flat rate time, while others charge X flat rate time plus
> some-fraction-of Y flat rate time.
>
> I'm fully aware of all this.
> None of that is the question.
>
> I wasn't aware that there is "dealer" flat rate time and "factory" flat
> rate time, but that's just a complication that I can deal with depending on
> what flat rate time I do find online.
>
> What I don't know is WHERE to get the flat rate time online.
> It might not exist online.
>
> But that's why I ask.
>


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