[V6-12v] Drinks Are On Me

[Kent McLean]

Casimiro Izquierdo wrote:
 > Well, it took me a whole of one hour (probably more like 40 minutes) to change
 > the cam position sensor.  The VW dealer had quoted $45 for doing this work.

At $90/hour dealer labor, that was probably 1/2 hour in labor. But the
ace mechanic doing the work, who has done it a dozen times before, might
take 15 minutes. The dealer still charges you for the 1/2 hour, and the
mechanic can bill another job in the remaining 15 minutes. Ka-Ching!
Profit!

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Kent McLean
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"