One of our customers faxed us an article from the Daily Mail recently, about the increasing cost of garage labour rates. Although this is bad news for motorists in general, it’s not so bad for our customers, as we charge significantly less than the average labour rate for independant garages in the UK. Always good to find out these facts through newspapers!

The cost of fixing your car reaches as high as £200 an hour as labour charges go through the roof

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:01 AM on 01st September 2008

Reed original article HERE

The cost of servicing a car can be as high as £200 an hour as labour costs soar ahead of inflation.

The average cost of labour at a garage is now £75.17 an hour.

Franchise dealers are charging an average of £94.70 an hour for work on vehicles compared with £87.91 in 2006 – a rise of 7.7 per cent.

car service

Expensive business: The cost of servicing cars is rising higher than inflation (picture posed by model)

The average rate for a mechanic at an independent garage has risen 14.9 per cent over the same period – from £48.43 to £55.63.

Greater London is the most expensive region at £94.26 an hour.

This compares with £68.70 for Edinburgh, £78.81 on Merseyside and £78.01 for Cornwall.

The survey, commissioned by Warranty Direct, analysed labour rates at nearly 2,000 garages to highlight price differences.

Duncan McClure Fisher, Warranty Direct managing director, said: ‘This is not great news for motorists who are already feeling the pinch at the pumps.

‘Car sales are falling, used car residuals are falling, and people are putting off that annual service.

‘As economic conditions worsen, prices could rise further to compensate.’

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