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Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR
Alot of it has to do with the fact people want so much in modern cars, that datacoms had to advance. And every manufacturer uses there own code. Now you can understand why small shops now have to charge $65-80 an hour just to keep the doors open. Between the taxes and government hurdles to overcome as a small business, then to keep up with current technology and tools, you spend more than you could ever hope to make.
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Yep. Heck in NJ if you want to be an inspection site you have to buy a special exhaust analyzer... $24-30,000 outlay just for the machine... and that's before you get the first customer through your door. I totally understand. Oh, and here in NJ most shops are charging 75-95 an hour. It's actually getting cheaper to swap out an entire engine rather than fix one...
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