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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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| marina estate wrote: | | Garages average £30 to £40 an hour but its usually apprentices doing the work who are only getting about £6 an hour where fully qualified mechanics can earn up to £15 an hour .So thats another saving. |
I can't believe qualified mechanics earn less than £30 k per year? (£15 ph) 
Our engineering "on" costs with margin is around 2.5 * base salary, so if a mechanic earns £45k per year, that would equate to about £23 per hour, making £60 the sort of rate that a garage should be charging, with the dreaded vat that would be over £70 per hour.
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PAUL BEAUMONT
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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Location: Barnsley S. Yorks
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| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:05 am Post subject: |
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In my humble but accurate  opinion the answer to the original question is scrappage!!
Get a grand for trading in your 10 year old 40K miles metro for a nice new Kia (manufacturing jobs exported to Korea) 7 year warranty (maintained by main dealer only) and what do you expect?? 
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