garage labour rates

[andrew1608]

i went to my local dealer saturday get a price for my door card lights to be activated on the cars computer and i was quoted 1 hrs labour £55 + vat at verve peugeot & then i went to evans halshaw and got quoted 1 hrs labour at £70, why does a simple thing need to be expensive

[jasper5]

Why not try a local auto electrical specialist? They may be cheaper, they may not.

[andrew1608]

i don't know if a small local garage would have access to the the computers required to do the job

[jasper5]

I was really talking about an Auto Electrical workshop, that's different to your local garage, but some local garages do have the equipment, the problem would still be the cost, these computers cost thousands of pounds, therefore, just to connect it up will cost money.

[Doggy]

I'd be very interested to know of anybody, apart from dealers, able to re-programme BSI, reset additive ecu counters etc. I share everyone's mistrust of stealers - you could probably swallow the huge cost IF they knew what they were doing. I've heard / read that this type of work requires very specialised diagnostic kit/software, but if there's an good independant expert out there, the club ought to be able to give then some business. Suggestions, anyone?

[mjb]

1 hrs labour £55 + vat at verve peugeot

That's cheap for a dealer. Mine charges £100+VAT per hour

[Welly]

Damn that pesky BSi

[adamp02v6]

It's £90+vat at Broadbridge Heath Peugeot and £80+vat at Becks in Hove!