Dealer Service... Ouch

[Penland]

I'm so glad I do all my own work, saves me alot of money, and makes me feel more in touch with my car.

[schnellman]

Well, M1ARK, now you know why we call them Stealerships. But in their defense, I"m sure they use very nice shop towels.

[Coffinhunter]

Originally Posted by schnellman

Well, M1ARK, now you know why we call them Stealerships. But in their defense, I"m sure they use very nice shop towels.

Only the finest Egyptian cotton!!!

[Frodo]

$101.50 labor to replace the battery?? What did that take, 5 minutes tops?? $1200/hr! Great work if you can find it!

I learned to avoid stealerships if possible after working on my alternator. Had only had the car a few months and didn't know a lot about it, but I followed the DIY tutorials and everything went fine, except I opted to remove the passenger seat instead of just pushing it as far forward as possible. Removing it entailed disconnecting the harness under the seat which triggered the CEL. Went to the local Porsche shop where I was charged over $100 to "check" the airbags. The airbags were, of course, fine---I just wanted the damn CEL reset.

That was more than the old, old automotive electric service shop I had rebuild the alternator charged me to do some actual work.