jerry3167 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 A good friend of mine has a S reg Boxster and was charged a fortune for a couple of hours work through and independent, and Porsche were even more. my perfornace specialist charges £30 an hour and then what ever the parts are in cost. i suppose it depends on where in the UK you are. you're london based jerry, and costs can often be higher. True m8, London rates always a premium!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 A good friend of mine has a S reg Boxster and was charged a fortune for a couple of hours work through and independent, and Porsche were even more. my perfornace specialist charges £30 an hour and then what ever the parts are in cost. i suppose it depends on where in the UK you are. you're london based jerry, and costs can often be higher. True m8, London rates always a premium!! Pah - its bad enough up North.....I had to pay 80p for a can of coke the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 A good friend of mine has a S reg Boxster and was charged a fortune for a couple of hours work through and independent, and Porsche were even more. my perfornace specialist charges £30 an hour and then what ever the parts are in cost. i suppose it depends on where in the UK you are. you're london based jerry, and costs can often be higher. Thats very cheap IMO. Down here the best you can expect it £50 cash in hand "mates rates" or £50+VAT for official inderpendant work. I think the most problem with Nissan and the Zed is I beleive they ship most of the parts in from Japan. Some come from Belgium, thats where my BCM came from, but I think any engine parts will likely come from Japan. Wonder if we could get the parts from Renault if you know their part numbers for the cars that use VQ engines (Leguna and Espace are ones I seem to remember) my MR2 needed a new floor pan from toyota, they ordered it in from japan, took 2 attempts as the first arrived bent. so shipping in costs aren't cheap, but they should have a surplus of parts for the usual stuff. but then all suppliers ship their parts in doesn;t make nissan special. as for the cost of my specialist, i am lucky that i have a good place at a sensible cost, most of suffolk charge about £30 an hour ex VAT, but we're off the beaten track a bit. same reason we only pay £1.30 for a litre of normal fuel, we're 3p cheaper a litre than essex on average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 i think the BMW garage charge £60 an hour for labour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 i think the BMW garage charge £60 an hour for labour A dealer is £100-120 an hour up here Motortune is Shotts (Scotland) is pretty decent. I think Manchester or leeds has Porshceapart. There is only one trader really doing parts thats zman but with porsche's there is many and competition leads to lower prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 porsche's there is many and competition leads to lower prices. amen to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Porsches are rubbish. All of them. I agree. So when are you getting a GTR? Wouldn't want to downgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I think part of the reason i can get away with owning a zed is Alex and my personal mechanic who charges me £15-20 an hour labour if that...usually its a minimum of £80 labour at most independants and they will strecth the job out down here...if i didnt know better i would have spent well over grands on the zed instead of hundreds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 i think the BMW garage charge £60 an hour for labour A dealer is £100-120 an hour up here That probably explains why all my mates get me to work on their cars. A pint of beer is much cheaper than a dealer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 i think the BMW garage charge £60 an hour for labour A dealer is £100-120 an hour up here That probably explains why all my mates get me to work on their cars. A pint of beer is much cheaper than a dealer! You should move down here. Nissan rates are £75+VAT and Audi down the road charge anywhere up to £120+VAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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