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On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 07:19, Dave Hall wrote: > > $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. > Independent shops now days charge about $60 an hour. When I quit working on them for other people back in 1989, I was charging about $25 an hour, but I went mostly by flat fee for certain jobs. I think "Authorized Dealers" now charge about $70- $80 an hour. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~