Auto mechanic rip off

Posted by Janice on June 30, 2009

I get so upset when my younger sister calls me and tells me that her car has broken down (again) and when she took it to the shop they quoted her a huge amount of money to fix it! I tell her to fax the estimate down to me, and I have my hubby look at the estimate. Invariably my hubby ends up fixing her car for about 30% of what the estimate was for. I understand that the repair shop has a higher overhead, but I think that they take advantage of the customers who are not as knowledgeable about cars.  Like the time that I took my car for an oil change to a big name “quick” oil change company and they tried to convince me that I needed a new battery (four years ago and my battery is still going strong!)