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Originally Posted by autozen
Now on the other side there are many good shops out there, but many of you are cheap bastards or really can't afford quality professional work... Many of you should be driving Toyotas, because you are out of your league driving a Mercedes.
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I wouldn't mind paying top dollar for top-quality work. Unfortunately, my experience has been that the biggest difference between low-cost and high-cost work is only that the high-cost work costs more. High-Cost does not necessarily equal High-Quality. Just look at the dealerships' service departments. Arrogance, high-prices, apathy and mediocrity. The high-priced shops can disappoint just as well as the shop that caters to the "cheap bastard". How much time and money and frustration should we expend on our quest for the elusive shop that does quality work?
Likewise, we can buy parts through this site (FastLane) or we can go to the dealership (or lots of other places) and pay more. The parts are the same. Would we say that someone who buys from FastLane is a "Cheap Bastard", too?
For me, it's easier all around to just do it myself, know it's done right, buy new tools with some of the money I save and enjoy a sense of satisfaction for a job well done.
Also, in my experience, it costs NO more to maintain a Mercedes-Benz than it does a Toyota. Years ago, maybe. But not these days. And I don't think Toyotas are more reliable. Show me a 200K-mile '90 or '91 Toyota that looks and runs as well as our two Mercedes. A fifteen-year-old Mercedes-Benz is a car you can be proud of. A fifteen-year-old Toyota? I don't think so.
And forgive me, but it's INCOMPETENCE, not "incompettance". To mis-spell that word makes one look, well, incompetent. With all due respect, of course.
Have a nice day.