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Originally Posted by Tsar
Well I dunno how much Hyundai techs charge per hour, but most likely its nothing close to 60 bucks an hour, or do they? I've never been there. From my dealership experiences, they (dealers) usually charge 85 - 100 bucks an hour, seems high to me, so I go elsewhere.
I buy all the parts from summit racing, they are routinely cheaper than parts from the dealer. But hey of you are happy with the work, and you have the money than who am I to tell you where to go.
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I think it was $70 an hour for labor, but not positive. Which, when you consider how long it would take James (regardless of whether he had help from more knowledgeable people), and how much I"d be spending on renting a car and paying for extra parts when he messes up, it's actually cheaper for us. My feeling is we're lucky with this dealer, but I"m happy with them.
Obviously if this were a race car or something I probably wouldn't be going to the dealer. But it's a Hyundai.
That's really only for major work though. The minor stuff James can do (brakes, PCV valve, EGR module, replacing exhaust, spark plugs/wires etc), the maintenance stuff he does or I take to the local lube and car wash place (I do know how to change my own oil, I just find it easier to take it in and I get a free car wash as well). Tires we get installed RS Strauss cause it's pretty close to the house. Like I said, it's really just the major/time consuming/complex/electrical type stuff that I go to the dealer for. And occasionally we have purchased parts (spark plugs and wires...the generics we bought that were supposed to work for my car didn't work, so for about the same price we bought 'em through the dealer...egr module and pcv valve have also been purchased through the dealer) for about the same price we could have gotten 'em online or from the local chain store.