Re: List Revival
From: Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.gallettagmail.com)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:04:31 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:33 AM, <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> Yes it is true and despite the incredibly high costs here of labour and tax
> I find the repair bits much better priced and frankly I am astounded and
> what
> the heck you get charged in the USA for work. Its criminal.
>
> I put it down to lots of quality competition here in the UK from
>  independent
> shops plus a huge number of dealers for the geographic size of the  UK.
> While
> Ferraris are exotic here as in the USA nobody here is going to pay
>  "exotic"
> prices for quality work. The best people I know (including the guy that
>  did
> the F40 sold in the Passione sale in May) charge 60% the rate that my local
> BMW dealer does for labour.
>
> Don't forget we also have lots of F1 teams here in the UK with the
> subsequent carry over of trained engineers and technicians. In short, lots
> of  quality
> people and competition coupled with a reluctance to pay stupid prices  for
> labour means it is all kept reasonable.
>
> Regards,
>
> Britt


Britt, that was an inspiring write up. If only that could be the same here
in the US!

Just curious, in a related note, how expensive is custom work in general?
This could be bodywork, interior stuff, a/v, etc.

FG

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