was 5w-20 now What people charge.

[George Roffe]

Michael Jez wrote:

>What I don't get is... its perfectly fine for a doctor to charge 400 for
>10 min worth of consultation, but its NOT ok for me to charge 8 hours for
>a trans job and do it in a hour.

How easy is it to become a doctor?  How easy is it to become a
mechanic?  What is the cost?  What is the risk?  If something happens to
you and you don't work as a mechanic, how much does it cost you to pay back
your schooling?  How much does the doc have to pay back?  How many
mechanics are there in this country?  How many doctors?  Are you on call 24/7?

Look, it's simple economics.  If it was as easy and cheap to become a
doctor as it is to become a mechanic, I guess the doctor would have to
charge less.  Furthermore, if you don't think a doc works on a flat rate,
you're nuts.

>...yet brakes for a 745iL the rotors are 189 each plus 160 bux for pads. I
>guess with the premium price tag of 80K bux for the car U got the $$$ to burn.

You know, that kind of attitude about people who can afford premium things
really pisses me off.  I have a 328i.  I don't have money to burn.  You're
right about the price of pads though.  Just bought a set.  I'm even doing
my own maintenance on my Bimmer.  I don't know if that makes me a cheap
bastard or a dumb bastard in your eyes.

>But then again those people do not keep the car long enough to afford
>maintenance on it. Cheap bastards.

Yeah right.  BMWs come with 36/36 free maintenance.  I just bought one
off-lease.  A 3-year lease.  Smart, I think.  If I didn't rack up a ton of
miles a year, I would have leased a new one.  For 3 years. :-)  Smart, not
cheap.

George Roffe
Houston, TX
http://www.nissport.com