Funny you should ask....Was it a $6.99 sandwich from Subway, a $16.99 sandwich from the local gourmet shop, or perhaps a sandwich made from parts sourced at a local dealer then assembled at home?
The dealer might not earn the money they are used to with other brands. So some of them seem to gather as much money from the costumers as possible.Not sure if the 4.5 to 6.5 percentage margin rule is what we need to look at. The fact that it takes less than an hour to install the checkers and costs $600 is ridiculous! So does this mean that they have to make between 4.5 to 6.5% profit based on the checkers installation? I think the bigger factor in charging the installation cost is the hourly rate based on the geographical location. I'm not sure a guy that can install checkers should make more money than a seasoned attorney or surgeon. If that is the case, the doctors and lawyers spent lots of money when they can just be checkers installers
Options in the US are like restaurant food. The dealer profit is 60% of the cost. Then they want a tip. (just joking about the tip)
quoted 225/hr labor rate. 675 for the roof rack (3hrs), 450 for the five bar (2hrs), and 225 for the sliders. 1.5% the cost of the truck I ordered. I'm not questioning the time if one includes staging, waste disposal and being meticulous, so, time theft isn't an issue. They have to bill rate, but that's almost my engineer rate for essentially building IKEA furniture and not skilled work requiring a trained experienced mechanic. Consider, Laborer union rate is 17.90 plus bennies in PA.
FYI.
RDS in Filthy... errr... Philly
As planned I'll be doing it myself.
Notice that the 5 bar price/time would coincide with the price/time the California dealer quoted if the rate were adjusted to 300, which may indicate they have factory book for the time permitted and the elevated cost has to do with the type of luxury dealer and cost of living in the area. RDS sells Lambos and McLarens.
I like the labor rates in Florida! It's like 3x cheaper! Still not cheap, but...
I think that is a record! Most of us on the forum like our Urban side runners, but seems we have all struggled a bit with installation. While only about 1/16-1/8 inch off, what should have been a simple installation turned into a wrestling match. Sounds like they fixed the tolerance issue on the latest production.
Wrong thread my man but I wanna see those wheels on the truck...show some pics.
The hourly rate has very little to do with what the guy doing the work is getting paid.FYI.
RDS in Filthy... errr... Philly
As planned I'll be doing it myself.
Notice that the 5 bar price/time would coincide with the price/time the California dealer quoted if the rate were adjusted to 300, which may indicate they have factory book for the time permitted and the elevated cost has to do with the type of luxury dealer and cost of living in the area. RDS sells Lambos and McLarens.
Normally here it would be around AUD $250/hour even at mercedes.
I hear toilet paper at a Bentley / Ineos dealer is super expensive and the toilet seats are lined with baby seal fur
