Mechanic / Garage rates per hour...

Post by **Orkney** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:44 am

Inspired by curiosity and a comment Kevin made in another thread just wondering what the going rate is ?
Also curious about what or if the same rate gets charged on restoration work?

£28 per hour here for jobs on the modern car i cant do through lack of facilities or tools. And thats in a great little garage / MOT station.

Post by **Kevin** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:10 am

£28 per hour here for jobs on the modern car

Thats fantastic

Smaller Garages from £45 ish depending on payment options

Main Dealers £85 ish to Volvo`s £120, no I dont have one just know someone who works there.

Post by **dunketh** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:20 am

I'm sure locally its around £40 per hour - yet another reason for owning a Minor, you never need to actually use them!

(well, accept for bodywork

)

Post by **chickenjohn** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:36 am

You don't need to use garages for bodywork, either! ;-) Only for an MOT and wheel tracking.

Post by **dunketh** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:55 am

You don't need to use garages for bodywork, either!

You've not seen my bodywork...

Post by **Kevin** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:00 pm

You don't need to use garages for bodywork, either!

How much do you charge for paintwork then John

Post by **chickenjohn** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:04 pm

I'm not professional Kevin. Flattered however, that you would ask

Dunketh (and his car) maybe could benefit from a little instruction and some practise, not that i've seen his car.

Post by **DaveC** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:12 pm

I use a small garage in a village in east Suffolk called Badingham Garage. I dont think he charges more than £25 an hour. Really helpful chap and he does MOTs as well.

His petrol & diesel is a bit more expensive than elsewhere, but I always buy it there as I think it is important to support these small local garages, as otherwise they disappear..

Post by **jonathon** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:08 pm

We charge £35 p/h for bodywork and £45 p/h for mechanical both plus VAT.
Local Alvis bodyshop ask £80p/h

Post by **Orkney** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:03 pm

Does Charles Ware have an hourly rate on resto work ? Suppose its teh ever diminishing thing of more staff lareger premises etc all = bigger overheads- come to that wonder what 'quickfit' has as an hourly rate?

Post by **Packedup** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:45 pm

chickenjohn wrote: Dunketh (and his car) maybe could benefit from a little instruction and some practise, not that i've seen his car.

Actually from 10 foot or more it looks fine to me. You only notice the slightly iffy paint finish when you know to look for it, or you're fairly close.

Unlike the job I paid a local bodywork "specialist" to do on the Midget - 3 different shades of badly prepped oversprayed full of runs and reaction bubbles rattle can, and none of them match the car!

Post by **MoggyTech** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:23 pm

I charge nothing except parts

I just love the work...

Post by **aupickup** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:30 pm

well moggytech, you can do up my van and i will supply the parts so i get it done free

Post by **dunketh** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:23 am

Actually from 10 foot or more it looks fine to me. You only notice the slightly iffy paint finish when you know to look for it, or you're fairly close.

Function over fashion eh?
If it keeps the rain off the steel that's all I'm worried about.

I charge nothing except parts. I just love the work...

Famous last words!!
Holidays in Scottyland next year methinks.

Post by **Orkney** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:33 am

I charge nothing except parts icon_biggrin.gif I just love the work...

Oh dear - how to destroy your free time for the next ten years in one sentence

Form an orderly que now no pushing

Post by **Furrtiv** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:16 pm

Me next, me, me, me!

Think my local place charges around thirty quid an hour, but I'm allowed to pay what I can, when I can, as he knows how skint I am (still stuck in cheap factory work at the mo). So, although I now owe him seven hundred quid, he'll keep getting cheques from me every month until it's paid off.

Post by **IaininTenbury** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:37 pm

Then me please! I'll drop one of my 'sad cases' off next time I'm passing!!!

I'd like to work on this principle too, but have bills to pay and a bank to support...

Mind you, reading this thread I think I'm too cheap. May have to reconsider the pricing structure in the New year

Post by **alex_holden** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:00 pm

IaininTenbury wrote:Mind you, reading this thread I think I'm too cheap. May have to reconsider the pricing structure in the New year

One arm, two legs, and a first-born-son? ;)

Post by **les** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:34 pm

I charge nothing except parts I just love the work...

Nurse,nurse, he's out of bed again!

Post by **KirstMin** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:13 pm

Back on the topic of how much places charge I think that Minor Mania in North London charge £25 p/h. When it comes to bodywork (which they contract out) they charge much more.