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Originally Posted by barry12345
Sad evolution of braking systems. At least people should check if it is required before doing brakes on their newer cars. Not so new either with the correction posted.
Brake work is a large component of car service today. Unfortunatly the commercial shops are really overcharging to pay their bills. Doing it yourself enables lower costs for the parts usually as well. For the same quality of parts.
Everyone has to make a living. I have no issue with that. At the same time some garage bills seem to go well beyond that.
Fortunately there are plenty of videos on how to do them properly yourself. It is not rocket science. At the same time not all the detail items are intuitive.
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I agree.
I talk to many MB mechanics wearing coveralls when I go into dealerships for parts that I install.
That's when I found out that one local dealer charges $265/hour for work.
Some stuff is overdone. A guy I know went into a dealership to get the AC checked since the cooling power was a little low. This was on a 1980 240D. It cost him $3800!
That's more than the car's worth. I would have told them that they did work not required and requested. They supposedly replaced the AC compressor but it didn't look replaced when I saw it a week later.
The guy took it to the state's Bureau of Automotive Regulation.
We'll see what happens.