Outer CV Joint replacement

londonTiger

salubrious wrote: »

He might be a mobile mechanic but he is charging garage rates.

If he comes highly recommended then that is the way to go, but the price isn't cheap at all.

why? is a mobile mechanic meant to be cheaper?

CV joint is not a nice repair to do mobile. For better access it's better to have the car on a ramp. If the car is so bad that it cant be driven to a garage then mobile repair is probably cheaper than getting it towed to a garage.

in any case mobile mechanic should be more expensive than a garage not less.

salubrious

londonTiger wrote: »

why? is a mobile mechanic meant to be cheaper?

CV joint is not a nice repair to do mobile. For better access it's better to have the car on a ramp. If the car is so bad that it cant be driven to a garage then mobile repair is probably cheaper than getting it towed to a garage.

in any case mobile mechanic should be more expensive than a garage not less.

It's a thing called overheads - If you think a mobile mechanic has anything like the overheads a garage has then there is nothing else to add.

londonTiger

salubrious wrote: »

It's a thing called overheads - If you think a mobile mechanic has anything like the overheads a garage has then there is nothing else to add.

there is something called time. Agarage based mechanic can park clients vehciles on his/her propert and complete the jobs 1 by 1. They also have access to ramp, fast air tools etc which speeds up job.

Mobile mechanic has to travel to customer which is a cost to him/her. They need to travel say 30 minutes between jobs and the job has to be slower due to lack of tools which makes them more expensive.

colino

We are still talking about a 20 minute driveshaft swap? Mobile Mechanics don't have a fraction of the overheads of a garage, neither do sensible ones take on work that needs extensive equipment. but they do come to you and ultimately are more convenient for some.

londonTiger

colino wrote: »

We are still talking about a 20 minute driveshaft swap? Mobile Mechanics don't have a fraction of the overheads of a garage, neither do sensible ones take on work that needs extensive equipment. but they do come to you and ultimately are more convenient for some.

a light industrial unit, say arches rented from network rail really isnt expensive. £1200pcm shared between 3 mechanics. very small cost if you apportion i over all your jobs/

my garage based mechanic also does callout jobs for cars that wont start. mobile mechanics aren't necessarily all doing it full time.

colino

You really think that googling for the lowest cheap shed gives you a clue as to the overheads of running a garage, or any other serious bona fide business for that matter? Dream on.