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My uncle who's a mechanic, bills 35/40€/h and it's not expensive. If you go to any retail mechanic the rate won't be lower than 70€/h.

• tpxl 4y ago
  So does my mechanic, but he does a harder job and has 100k€ in tools. Also, a mechanic can only charge when he has customers, where I can do 8hrs/day for a single customer for ages. That being said, I know the rate is low comparatively for the wider market, but it's still high locally.
  • Darmody 4y ago
    Who charges when they have no customers? Who do they charge to?
    • tpxl 4y ago
      A mechanic gets a customer for 2 hours, then needs to spend time finding another. I get a customer for a year, then spend time finding another. Nobody charges when they have no customers, but some spend way more time finding them.
      • Darmody 4y ago
        A mechanic has multiple customers at the same time. If they were to work for 2 hours and then find another customer they'd be broke.