Re: Servicing Costs - 512TR
From: Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.gallettagmail.com)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:13:02 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 13, 2007 12:07 PM, Dennis Liu <bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> Ahhh... do the math.  $129/hr.  Let's see...  $451.50 for labor on the oil
> change (does not include parts!!!), divided by $129/hr, that's, uh, 3 and a
> half hours.  So they're probably going by the book.  But since even a
> simpleton like me, with the mechanical aptitude of a retarded eggplant, can
> actually change the oil AND the brake fluid in less time than that, I think
> you've just hit upon the real reason dealerships make money on service -
> charging book times on work, and getting their techs to finish it in 1/2 or
> even 1/3rd the time quoted.  Ah, the magic of that business.

What about servicing an Enzo?

Is that car unserviceable by the DIY or is that what we are led to believe?

FG

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