Since you all are talking car talk, I have a situation for you
I take my truck to a small locally owned shop in St. Marys. I've been going there for many years for oil changes and repairs and the like. Probably close to 18 years, several different cars. I'm not a car person, they've always been very nice to me and I have no problems with their work.
Recently my truck had the check engine light come on and I took it in to find out why. It was the fuel sensor, $91 to find that out. OK. So they gave me an estimate of around $950 [minus the $91 already paid] to replace it. They were charging $290 for labor and $582 for the part, plus a supply charge of $48 and tax and stuff to make it around $950. Anyway I have a extended warranty on the truck so the company called the shop and I just had to pay the deductible. When I looked at the bill the part was reduced to $285 the labor to $180 and the supply fee to $20. So the bill went from $850 [$91 was for the computer stuff] to around $500.
So now I'm feeling icky about going back, when I have the chance I'll probably stop over there and find out why the big difference. Is this normal for a shop to greatly reduce the price if there is a extended warranty involved? Because it has really made me wonder about all the other repairs they've done over the years.
I take my truck to a small locally owned shop in St. Marys. I've been going there for many years for oil changes and repairs and the like. Probably close to 18 years, several different cars. I'm not a car person, they've always been very nice to me and I have no problems with their work.
Recently my truck had the check engine light come on and I took it in to find out why. It was the fuel sensor, $91 to find that out. OK. So they gave me an estimate of around $950 [minus the $91 already paid] to replace it. They were charging $290 for labor and $582 for the part, plus a supply charge of $48 and tax and stuff to make it around $950. Anyway I have a extended warranty on the truck so the company called the shop and I just had to pay the deductible. When I looked at the bill the part was reduced to $285 the labor to $180 and the supply fee to $20. So the bill went from $850 [$91 was for the computer stuff] to around $500.
So now I'm feeling icky about going back, when I have the chance I'll probably stop over there and find out why the big difference. Is this normal for a shop to greatly reduce the price if there is a extended warranty involved? Because it has really made me wonder about all the other repairs they've done over the years.