Question about independent shops - Did I get ripped off?

[algiorda]

I would recommend you start learning how to perform these tasks yourself if your going to keep the car.

The kind folks here will help if they can and there are already many DIY videos and articles on everything on your list!

I've already tackled most of the items on your list for 1/4 of the price you paid. Chalk it up to life's lessons.

[marcoc]

Originally Posted by algiorda

I would recommend you start learning how to perform these tasks yourself if your going to keep the car.

The kind folks here will help if they can and there are already many DIY videos and articles on everything on your list!

I've already tackled most of the items on your list for 1/4 of the price you paid. Chalk it up to life's lessons.

Well said.

[Giller]

https://www.yourmechanic.com/estimates/porsche/boxster/water-pump-replacement

This is an interesting site I've used from time to time to get a rough idea of what something might cost. Way way too many variables to make it truly accurate, but does give a general sense.

I also see $120/hour labour - that's very high - that's dealership labour pricing in these parts up North! ouch. My indy is $95 and he knows his stuff.

[bwdz]

Not sure what they did for 8 hours on it that did not include any parts. I see about $1000-1200 worth of parts if you bought them at Pelican from oem supplier and 6-7 hours labor for everything that was installed which should be in the 85-95 per hour range for an indy shop as the dealer is just over a 100. So not sure how they came up with 14 hours worth of work on your car and the parts prices are higher than dealer. This is one of those things that you can anonymously call the dealer and ask to have all those items replaced and ask for an estimate and compare.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by algiorda

I would recommend you start learning how to perform these tasks yourself if your going to keep the car.

The kind folks here will help if they can and there are already many DIY videos and articles on everything on your list!

I've already tackled most of the items on your list for 1/4 of the price you paid. Chalk it up to life's lessons.

this advice makes sense if you have already have the space, tools and the cost of your free time is below the shop's hourly rate. All those things cost $$$$ to posses. And after having spent over $30k in running costs over the course of 13 years (not terrible I suppose) I find that labor is very rarely more than 1/3 of the repair bill. The costs of mass produced car parts do not scale down over time, only the resale value of mass produced cars.