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Rough price on labour cost?

John2009 · 2013-07-10 11:47:52

Hi the girlfriends 2010 Ford Ka has a broken suspension mount on the front passenger side from hitting very bad potholes over the past few weeks, got quoted around €63 for the part from Ford, local mechanic says it'll take about 2.5 hours to do the job at €50 per hour, does that sound reasonable?? Based in Cork City

10-07-2013 11:47am

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John2009

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Hi the girlfriends 2010 Ford Ka has a broken suspension mount on the front passenger side from hitting very bad potholes over the past few weeks, got quoted around €63 for the part from Ford, local mechanic says it'll take about 2.5 hours to do the job at €50 per hour, does that sound reasonable??

Based in Cork City

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#2 10-07-2013 12:12pm

naughtysmurf

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Don't know how long it will take to do that job but €50 / hour seems to be about average from my experience

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#3 10-07-2013 12:14pm

wandatowell

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I pay €60/hour with my mechanic,

€50 seems reasonable.

It does seem that everybody charges around €50 /hour for everything nowadays

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#4 10-07-2013 12:17pm

biko

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That sounds like a lot of time to replace a suspension mount but there could be more to it that we don't know about.

Pics?

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#5 10-07-2013 12:49pm

bobin fudge

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cost 0.9 of an hour for one and 1.6 hours for both

2.5 hours seems a little dear

actually wheel alignment will need to be done as well? that would be another hour

perhaps 2.5 hours isnt that unreasonable afterall

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