CAR REPAIR ESTIMATES
How To Calculate Car Repair Estimates
By: Ryan T & Jack Array
You want to repair your car at workshop? It’s better for you to get car repair estimates first. The advantage of having car repair estimates area:
- You can prepare how much the money to repair your car
- Get priority what kind of reparation you will do
- Control and manage the budget
- Compare car repair cost to another workshop so you can get the best deal of maintenance price
Car repair estimates usually consist of labor cost, part cost, and material cost. Labor cost is cost for technician skill, it’s depend on how long the reparation take time, in some workshop it’s called by Flat Rate, calculate in hour rate. Regular maintenance takes 2-3 hour rate; engine overhaul takes more than 48 hour.
Part cost in Car repair estimates is the cost of spare part replenishment. If you want cheaper, you can buy non genuine part, but we suggest you to buy genuine part for component engine.
Why you have to buy genuine part for engine? Because the engine is the soul of your car, genuine part has already done lot of material and metal test before. For accessories part you can buy at accessories counter, you can buy imitation part for cheaper price. Genuine part also has warranty agreement, as long as replace in authorized workshop.
The last component of car repair estimates is material cost like lubricants and other chemical product. Some workshop use brake cleaner chemical to clean your disc pad, other use super engine conditioner to clean up the engine. Ask for technician or workshop to give you estimates first, so you can use material that only needed by your car.
Repair time estimates
You have to ask the technician or workshop how long reparation will take time. You need it so you can arrange your transportation schedule while the car is being repaired. If you are not sure, ask the workshop to write car repair estimates document and you get guarantee about cost and time of your car maintenance.
