Max hourly charge for auto work

>>16701757
you are going to be charging whatever your competition charges. try flipping shitboxes first.

i pay mine about 3 50 an hour

>>16701757
Are you charging by official labor hours or hourly? What kind of area do you live in? $50/hr seems pretty fair for working out of your garage.

If you're going to open a real shop with a business front then you would probably need close to $75/hr to cover costs. Just remember it's your ass on the line if you fuck up and you will almost certainly end up fixing shit for free for lying sacks of shit who claim "it wasn't like that before" if you want to expand your customer base.

Get gud insurance
Get gud lawyer relationship
Invest in tooling and equipment

If you're lucky you may start to see a return of investment after a year.

How about being a women's only mechanic whos selling point is to be honest, and not prey on dumb chick ignorance like most mechanics. Pretty much all women drivers I know are paranoid about getting ripped off but never try to educate themselves about cars
Like those insurers who only serve women

>>16701757
$0 the fact that you post on /o/ means everybody should keep their car as far away from you

My shops labor rate is 109/hr.

Before a management position, I was making 50k a year as a master tech. Now 70k as a manager.

Learn your shit. Succeed.

>>16703170
legitimately good idea in the works here but some autist is gonna denounce this.

do it but dont be a general mechanic be a BMW or Mercedes or Lexus, premium class vehicle mechanic and do it for cheaper than all the other dealers and general mechanics.

>>16703170
>How about being a women's only mechanic whos selling point is to be honest

or you could just be honest to every customer. crazy idea i know.

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>>16703170
>How about being a women's only mechanic

>>16704467
Simple, pretend you're gay then they'll love you

>>16703170
>deny your services to a category of individuals defined by Title IX
>expect not to get massively railroaded by the feds

Good luck bud, if it takes off and you need a lube tech, hit me up.

>>16703154

Ama about insurance. I underwriter garages amongst other things.

Firestone in my area charges 120/hr. Most are 75-90/hr