[V6-12v] Fw: Drinks Are On Me

[Casimiro Izquierdo]

Sorry for the typo.  The quoted price was $450.  The unit retails for $156.36 and I bought it for $59.35 from AutoHausAz.  The dealer figured about 2 hour for labour.  Around here the labour charge is about $125.00, plus tax for the part equals about $450.



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From: Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
To: Audi Fans <v6-12v at audifans.com>
Sent: Sat, February 27, 2010 1:18:15 PM
Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Drinks Are On Me

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!

-- 
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"

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