I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
Friend Got An Outrageous Quotation From A Chain Muffler-And-Brake Shop
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Don't tell guys on here that's the average price. It's far too much when you can do it your self in your drive way-then come on here and say your ABS light is on-what's the issue?
Not sure if I understand the issue -- market price for a service will definitely be multiples of what you can do it for yourself. So, what's the complaint about?
I've never paid for a brake-fluid flush, so the price sort of floored me - but as I think it through, $200 is not a bad price if a shop does it.
My complaint was the $1200 (plus tax) quote for the front brakes. That seems really high for here. Plus, I'll be surprised if I find anything wrong, especially with the calipers.
Arkansas. In our town we pay 11.5%.
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On my side - specifically the fact that muffler chains seem to systematically push for caliper changes. At prices with an extra zero at the end. I thought my case was specific, looks like it's not, if the OP's first post is any indication.
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No federal sales tax, right? Is that all state tax, or county and/or municipal as well?
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The price is not the problem - the problem is that a place that tries to wing new calipers at north of $1k prices will be likely to also sell you a French flush, and if you don't know the matchstick check - you'll never know.
If they cheat you on one thing - why not on the other.
A French flush being, of course, siphoning out the brake fluid tank with a syringe and filling it with fresh fluid.
I do my own work so $1200 seems crazy. New rotors and pads, clean and grease the sliding pins….$50-100 rock auto or amazon and an Hour of labor. I drive older cars.
In August 2023 I did pads and rotors all around on our '07 Dodge Grand Caravan. I bought the parts locally. Total cost with tax was not much over C$300. (Shipping costs on rotors can eat up the RA savings pretty fast.)
Wife's co worker brought me her Camry after the local Tires Plus quoted her a ton of $$$ for basic replacement parts.
Serpentine belt: Theirs $122. Mine $8 Rock auto Bando
Air filter Theirs $41, mine $6 Rock Auto Wix
Front brakes, rotors and pad Theirs $426, Mine, $100 with Powerstop ceramic pads and Raybestos rotors
Rear brakes , pads no rotors Theirs $220, Mine, $30 Powerstop ceramic pads
Engine Decabonization, $375, Mine $0, don't need it, runs fine.
Spark plugs, Theirs $234, Mine $32 for 4 Denso plugs.
I get I do not have lights to keep on, rent, paid employees or workers comp insurance etc to deal with but ****... their prices seem high. This is the tire shop that did not rectify her "!" tire indicator light after getting four new tires.
All the parts were just over $200 on RA, and she paid me way under what labor at a shop would charge.
Many of these clowns will sell you the Brooklyn Bridge if they though they could get away with it. Sad part is where people don't have the space, time or knowledge to work on their cars then get raked over the coals for maintenance by these con artists.
Serpentine belt: Theirs $122. Mine $8 Rock auto Bando
Air filter Theirs $41, mine $6 Rock Auto Wix
Front brakes, rotors and pad Theirs $426, Mine, $100 with Powerstop ceramic pads and Raybestos rotors
Rear brakes , pads no rotors Theirs $220, Mine, $30 Powerstop ceramic pads
Engine Decabonization, $375, Mine $0, don't need it, runs fine.
Spark plugs, Theirs $234, Mine $32 for 4 Denso plugs.
I get I do not have lights to keep on, rent, paid employees or workers comp insurance etc to deal with but ****... their prices seem high. This is the tire shop that did not rectify her "!" tire indicator light after getting four new tires.
All the parts were just over $200 on RA, and she paid me way under what labor at a shop would charge.
Many of these clowns will sell you the Brooklyn Bridge if they though they could get away with it. Sad part is where people don't have the space, time or knowledge to work on their cars then get raked over the coals for maintenance by these con artists.
I had a set of tires installed on my grand nieces beautiful '15 Mazda 3 iGrand Touring at a local Wheel Works (Firestone); they recommended brakes all around. So I ordered the parts at RockAuto and pulled the front wheels off. Brakes are at least 50%. Certainly no shakes, etc. Great pedal and stopping power. I will probably do the brakes in a year or so...
Very nice car, by the way.
Very nice car, by the way.
And who said the work was really done.. and if it was done, who said it was done correctly!
The other thing in this thread that got me, is the idea that $20-30 for a wiper blade is ok? C'mon.. I just bought Mazda factory blades for my friend's CX-5 that were about $24! And those will last a lot longer than the junk that muffler shop is selling!
No federal but yes city, county, and state.
Agreed, but combined with replacing both front calipers? A bit of double dipping there.
Bleeding the brakes is included in the labor operation.
Exchanging 6-10 oz of fluid per corner is not.
Is that to help cover Canadian Medicare?
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