Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Old Crow" <walliscrow@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vv6a005n7s7in4tbe97t9ndhv60fobes7q@4ax.com... > You can't blame the guys in the blue shirts for the lies that the > dude in the suit told you. oh i wasnt.......at all. this is my overview of the entire department in general. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Old Crow" <walliscrow@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vv6a005n7s7in4tbe97t9ndhv60fobes7q@4ax.com... > You can't blame the guys in the blue shirts for the lies that the > dude in the suit told you. oh i wasnt.......at all. this is my overview of the entire department in general. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Old Crow" <walliscrow@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vv6a005n7s7in4tbe97t9ndhv60fobes7q@4ax.com... > You can't blame the guys in the blue shirts for the lies that the > dude in the suit told you. oh i wasnt.......at all. this is my overview of the entire department in general. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
Jeepster <yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote in
news:b82900p8i88nd0rj11jrk3e33q8lfplo24@4ax.com: >>a typical dealership mechanic averages around $15-$17 an hour. the >>dealership has to pay for all the shop expenses including insurance >>and match the mechanics ss deductions but its still a rip to charge >>$75 an hour. they do it because they can. Of course, you have to remember that the mechanic gets his salary the whole time he's working, whether he's working on someone's car (billable), taking a break, cleaning up the shop, calibrating equipment, taking sick leave, helping another mechanic, or paid vacation. And someone has to pay for a well-stocked parts department, training, manuals, tools, diagnostoc equipment, the building, utilities, insurance, taxes, etc. The mechanic's take home salary is only a small portion of what you're paying for when you go to the shop. |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
Jeepster <yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote in
news:b82900p8i88nd0rj11jrk3e33q8lfplo24@4ax.com: >>a typical dealership mechanic averages around $15-$17 an hour. the >>dealership has to pay for all the shop expenses including insurance >>and match the mechanics ss deductions but its still a rip to charge >>$75 an hour. they do it because they can. Of course, you have to remember that the mechanic gets his salary the whole time he's working, whether he's working on someone's car (billable), taking a break, cleaning up the shop, calibrating equipment, taking sick leave, helping another mechanic, or paid vacation. And someone has to pay for a well-stocked parts department, training, manuals, tools, diagnostoc equipment, the building, utilities, insurance, taxes, etc. The mechanic's take home salary is only a small portion of what you're paying for when you go to the shop. |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
Jeepster <yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote in
news:b82900p8i88nd0rj11jrk3e33q8lfplo24@4ax.com: >>a typical dealership mechanic averages around $15-$17 an hour. the >>dealership has to pay for all the shop expenses including insurance >>and match the mechanics ss deductions but its still a rip to charge >>$75 an hour. they do it because they can. Of course, you have to remember that the mechanic gets his salary the whole time he's working, whether he's working on someone's car (billable), taking a break, cleaning up the shop, calibrating equipment, taking sick leave, helping another mechanic, or paid vacation. And someone has to pay for a well-stocked parts department, training, manuals, tools, diagnostoc equipment, the building, utilities, insurance, taxes, etc. The mechanic's take home salary is only a small portion of what you're paying for when you go to the shop. |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he is
working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to duplicate an impossible concern, etc.. Few people comprehend or care about the overhead of running a repair business. It is much more convenient to just whine about the cost. Like anything else, if you don't want to pay someone to do, gear up and do it yourself. Jerry "Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message news:Xns947069F5E8955eatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. . > Jeepster <yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote in > news:b82900p8i88nd0rj11jrk3e33q8lfplo24@4ax.com: > Of course, you have to remember that the mechanic gets his salary the whole > time he's working, whether he's working on someone's car (billable), taking > a break, cleaning up the shop, calibrating equipment, taking sick leave, > helping another mechanic, or paid vacation. And someone has to pay for a > well-stocked parts department, training, manuals, tools, diagnostoc > equipment, the building, utilities, insurance, taxes, etc. > > The mechanic's take home salary is only a small portion of what you're > paying for when you go to the shop. |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he is
working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to duplicate an impossible concern, etc.. Few people comprehend or care about the overhead of running a repair business. It is much more convenient to just whine about the cost. Like anything else, if you don't want to pay someone to do, gear up and do it yourself. Jerry "Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message news:Xns947069F5E8955eatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. . > Jeepster <yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote in > news:b82900p8i88nd0rj11jrk3e33q8lfplo24@4ax.com: > Of course, you have to remember that the mechanic gets his salary the whole > time he's working, whether he's working on someone's car (billable), taking > a break, cleaning up the shop, calibrating equipment, taking sick leave, > helping another mechanic, or paid vacation. And someone has to pay for a > well-stocked parts department, training, manuals, tools, diagnostoc > equipment, the building, utilities, insurance, taxes, etc. > > The mechanic's take home salary is only a small portion of what you're > paying for when you go to the shop. |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
Well, that's not so in most dealerships. The tech gets paid when he is
working on a paying customer's automobile. Tech doesn't get paid to clean the house, train the new guy, road test for hours to duplicate an impossible concern, etc.. Few people comprehend or care about the overhead of running a repair business. It is much more convenient to just whine about the cost. Like anything else, if you don't want to pay someone to do, gear up and do it yourself. Jerry "Barry Bean" <bbbean@beancotton.com> wrote in message news:Xns947069F5E8955eatmorecotton@207.14.113.17.. . > Jeepster <yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote in > news:b82900p8i88nd0rj11jrk3e33q8lfplo24@4ax.com: > Of course, you have to remember that the mechanic gets his salary the whole > time he's working, whether he's working on someone's car (billable), taking > a break, cleaning up the shop, calibrating equipment, taking sick leave, > helping another mechanic, or paid vacation. And someone has to pay for a > well-stocked parts department, training, manuals, tools, diagnostoc > equipment, the building, utilities, insurance, taxes, etc. > > The mechanic's take home salary is only a small portion of what you're > paying for when you go to the shop. |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
Roughly 1/13/04 18:19, Jerry Newton's monkeys randomly typed:
> There has been talk for years about how the automakers should "give" the > diagnostic information and schematics to anyone that asks for them. Do franchised dealers get this information for free, perhaps due to some oddball quirk of warranty law, or does the dealer also have to pay for this stuff? One could make the argument that the dealer pays for this material in the form of the money that changes hands between them and the maker... I have some difficulty grasping the logic that the manufacturer should offer this information for free, although I can agree that it should be available, including service bulletins, for reasonable cost. I've run into two types of independent shops that tend to be consistently better than dealers. The first is the specialty shop, and in every case I've run into, it was owned and operated by a very senior mechanic and/or service manager from a dealer. Have even been referred to these shops by the local dealers for particularly oddball problems. e.g. the Volvo specialist down in Torrance Ca, owned by Peter, a former mktg manager of Volvo, who has the original Car of the Year trophy for the turbovolvo on his desk. The other is the specialty high tech shop. These are typically owned and operated by folks with masters degrees in mech engineering [or better] who run the shop for the love of it. And tend to be cleaner than the typical hospital surgery. Tend to specialize in blueprinting, etc. etc. and are almost always higher priced than the local dealers. Then there are the in betweens, which in my experience have varied from really surprisingly good [oddly enough all of those level have had good relationships with the local dealers] to just flat out incompetent and occasionally ripoff. Not surprisingly, most of this bottom feeder class tend to badmouth the local dealers. |
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