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Bob wrote:
> 
> Lawyers do not necessarily overcharge. Compare their rates
> to an auto mechanic(drops out of high school and charges
> $60/hour) 

You must be thinking about auto repair shop rates, which can
be upwards $60/hour.  Mechanics, on the other hand, do not
get that.  Generally, dealer-based mechanics are paid a
percentage of the shop rate based on their experience, accuracy
and speed.

A good day for a dealer-based mechanic would be to
turn 15-20 hours a day.  (They get paid by the shop hours turned,
not clock hours.  If a particular job takes two shop hours, that
means that it *normally* takes two hours to perform that repiar.
You, the customer, gets billed for two hours.  The mechanic
(Now called maintenance technicians in a lot of places) gets
paid for two hours.  If he does it in less than two hours, he
goes on to the next job, and still gets credit for two hours.
If it takes longer than two hours, he still only gets credit
for two.

My dad's worked on Chryslers for nearly 25 years now; that's
my experience base.


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