Date:         Sun, 8 Dec 2013 11:56:24 -0600
Reply-To:     Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Speedy
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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Time is money.
I worked at a front end shop for 5 years, before that I was turning
wrenches on helicopters for the Coast Guard for a lot of years.
I was doing a good job, helicopter quality (more than just put
together correctly) on the a set of rear brakes when the owner of the
shop came back to remind me that some guy was paying the shop $40 an
hour for me to do more than was required for the job. "Time is money"
he said as he was walking away.

All the guy wanted was new brakes in back. If we saw something broken
then that was a different story but we weren't going to rotate &
balance the tires just because we had half of them off to do a rear brake job.
The last time I looked the shop rate was up to the $90 an hour range.
Time is money.

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com




At  12/8/2013 10:30 AM, Jim Felder wrote:

>At the average shop, if a van comes in and needs a master cylinder, is it
>the mechanic's fault if the speedometer cable doesn't get lubed or the
>ground stars get cleaned,