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Originally Posted by quick5pnt0cobra
Auto Mechanics: Not all of them are trying to rip you off, but you may be charged much more than you should have been. For example they go off a flat labor rate which means even if it takes them twenty minutes to change your brake pads they will charge an hour+ worth of labor. It's also very common for shops to "guess" what is wrong with the car, throw a part at it, and hope that solves the problem. It doesn't really matter if they had to put unneeded parts on your car because when you come to pay they'll tell you it was all required.
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They'll also get you on the towing fee. We got a quote from a tow truck saying it would cost $90 and when we got the car fixed and everything the towing fee was $135. Pay the towtrucker up front so you don't have to deal with that.