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On 14 Sep 2006 at 15:37, Mark Healey wrote: > I called a shop and he quoted me about $300 for points, timing, > compression check, valves, rear brakes, oil change and maybe one or two > other things I forgot. > > Is that about the price I should expect of I shop around? Sure sounds high to me. I seldom check the brakes, since disks are self adjusting by their very nature, and the rears wear only very slowly. The other things I generally do in about an hour, so that would be under $50 here, including parts. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~