[slartyblarfast]

Originally Posted by MX-5

Consider the cost of the tools, equipment, training, building & support staff, and overhead (like liability insurance)............ These costs remain the same whether a fault is repaired or not.

The bill is for expertise above the norm, and time spent.


The difference between the doctor and mechanic are clear......
1: They live in different neighborhoods with different standards of living.
2: Doctors only have to work on 2 models, with all the parts in the same places. Mechanics work on 300+ models from 100 years of production. These have parts hidden in all sorts of strange places!
3: Doctors 'usually' do their work with the engine running.
4: If a doctor makes a mistake, they bury it. A mechanic's mistake will come back forever and ever!

Could not have said it better!!!