Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: Vikas
That is over $10,000 in less than three year of owning the vehicle!
Wife's C300 would have racked up significantly more than $10K in repairs over the 4 years that she owned it, had it not been for an extended warranty.
It's easy to do that at the dealer, but it probably would have been less at an indy. Local dealer likes to charge $200 for a diagnosis, some indys do it for free and the labor rate at a dealership is in the $125-$150 range, but indys can be in the $75-$90 range, sometimes you find guys working out of their own garage for $30-$50/hr. Plus aftermarket prices can be 1/3-1/2 of OEM prices, just depends on what you're replacing.