killagt

iTrader: (3)

Must be E3 plug

twelver12

iTrader: (3)

wow im so glad ive never had to take a car to the shop for anything before (other than tuning)

but i guess thats the price you pay when you dont wanna learn to do it yourself, man i would be pissed off about that price though

flintwrench69

iTrader: (11)

Well at least they got a "safe tune" on the car so they could drive it in & out of the shop. If they charged $250 for just a before dyno, I wonder how much theyre charging for the dynotune? That entire bill is VERY hard to imagine. Must be the worlds hardest vette to work on

TAtoad

iTrader: (22)

he could of bought an Fbody for that much

floormatman

Feel really bad for this guy, shops like this see someone with a Corvette pull up and know they can really rip him off.

LS1stunna

iTrader: (1)

Heyyy they got money in their pocket, so that probably makes it even more comfortable for them to sleep at night.

oberth1

iTrader: (6)

jeez...they told him to leave the lube home when he came to pay the bill!

Black FormulaLs1

iTrader: (10)

if that was me they would be eating a fkn torque wrench...

proporio

There is nothing wrong with taking your car to a shop,
the problem is people that are too stupid to get a written estimate
and do their homework on what the work and parts should cost.

fccs

iTrader: (26)

WOW, this post is just WOW, i dont have words lol

Jersey Mike

iTrader: (9)

I saw that thread when it was first posted, so I may be wrong, but...


..didn't the guy, in fact, DO his homework? He said something about it being more than 2x what his "worst case scenario" price was, based on his research..

...I think it comes down to two things: 1) getting shafted by a scummy shop and 2) not getting a written estimate before the work was started.

RsSean

iTrader: (27)

Well said.

samson_420

iTrader: (1)

Does that include a new LS3 maybe a LS7?

WTF, that is a insane price. . . . I harass shops all day long. . .

Last time I took a car to a shop was about 3 years ago. It was a brand new VW (POS), I had them do about 2k worth of work. I just did not want to do it myself, it would have cost me about 400 Bucks to do it all myself.

I gave them a Grand in cash, the owner dude was happy with that. . . It came out to be about 55 Bucks a work hour.

qwk93ta

iTrader: (13)

WOW, I really feel sorry for that guy!