Re: [T3] Newb Exhaust Question

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

> $23.10 for the muffler, and 4.85 for the damper pipe, and 4.85 for the
> tail pipe wasn't too bad.
> Of course back then, the shop only charged $9.00-11.00 hour labor too.
>

So what is labour/hr now in the USA, Russ?

I don't recall the parts prices over here back then, but everything from VW
dealers tended to be a lot more expensive than the aftermarket specialists
charged (and still are).  I think prices in the USA were probably much more
competitive.
A UK VW dealer 3000 mile inspection service on my Beetle in the '60s was £3
($7.20); it's probably 40 times that now, so that would make the VW muffler
around $900 today.    I'm not sure what that proves though!  Fuel has gone up by
about 30 times or so I'd guess since then over here.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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