What are the shop rates???

[pglaves]

Question: For people with recent service from BMW dealerships or independent shops; what are the HOURLY shop rates.

The rate is critical. The name of the shop is important but not critical.

 

[88bmwjeff]

Question: For people with recent service from BMW dealerships or independent shops; what are the HOURLY shop rates.

The rate is critical. The name of the shop is important but not critical.

I think the location is critical as well. The cost of living varies greatly across the 50 states and Canada for that matter.

 

[pglaves]

I think the location is critical as well. The cost of living varies greatly across the 50 states and Canada for that matter.

OK - what are the rates and what are the locations??????

 

[brownie0486]

Independent, Chandler, Az. 125.00

 

[purm1200gs]

OK - what are the rates and what are the locations??????

$139/Hr at BMW dealer in London, On (SW Ontario), Canada

Very good dealer with excellent service.

 

[k1200lt00]

Shop rates is one thing, but it's how they bill it out and the work the is done that counts in the end. One shop can work on a problem for hours and get no were. Another shop can luck out and fine the problem in no time. Who is the better shop. As far as for common service it all depends on their overhead and who wants to make money. If they work flat rate how many shorts cuts are there taking. I just talk to one guy that gets paid $25 an hour and ends up take home on the average $ 4000 to 5000 a week. I'm not saying he does bad work, but would you want him working on your bike. You can go round and round on this all I can say I the end you have to find someone that you are happy with.

 

[stevenrankin]

Recent

My recent problems with my BMW car took me to an independent shop nearby. Their rates are as follow. $175 regular shop rate. $199 if you supply the parts. $225 for exotic cars. My local garage is $125. As for the BMW car delaler, I am not sure, I could never get anyone to answer the phone to make an appointment.

My local airhead shop charges $80.

My shop rate is $80 if you do the work. $100 if I have to help. $125 if I do the work. $200 if I do the work and you watch. LOL, this was put up on my wall to discourage a pair of neighbors who beat their cars and were too cheap to go up the street to the local garage. St.

 

[lee]

Question: For people with recent service from BMW dealerships or independent shops; what are the HOURLY shop rates.

The rate is critical. The name of the shop is important but not critical.

Do you know the current rate at Kansas City?
Late 2021 it was $120/hour.

 

[etiennelau]

The shop rate here in Plano, TX is > $200+ per hour.

 

[pglaves]

Do you know the current rate at Kansas City?
Late 2021 it was $120/hour.

I don't know what it is now. The last work I had done was $85 but that was several years ago.

 

[tx_mike]

The shop rate here in Plano, TX is > $200+ per hour.

2 years ago, they were around $140 an hour.

 

[motodan]

Fort Wayne shop that has Royal Enfield, Triumph and does a lot of Harley work, $150.00 an hour. However they’ll work on anything with good results.

 

[motodan]

Shop rates is one thing, but it's how they bill it out and the work the is done that counts in the end. One shop can work on a problem for hours and get no were. Another shop can luck out and fine the problem in no time. Who is the better shop. As far as for common service it all depends on their overhead and who wants to make money. If they work flat rate how many shorts cuts are there taking. I just talk to one guy that gets paid $25 an hour and ends up take home on the average $ 4000 to 5000 a week. I'm not saying he does bad work, but would you want him working on your bike. You can go round and round on this all I can say I the end you have to find someone that you are happy with.

Wow! $200,000 to $250,000 a year for wrenching. Did he use to be an M.D. but then saw the light?

 

[fmdualexhaust]

The math doesn't add up to me.
If you worked 10 hr days at 25, thats 250 per day. times 6 is 1500.
How do you end up with 4-5 thousand a week?

 

[83014]

The math doesn't add up to me.
If you worked 10 hr days at 25, thats 250 per day. times 6 is 1500.
How do you end up with 4-5 thousand a week?

He went to law school, obviously.

Doug

 

[beemerchuck]

The math doesn't add up to me.
If you worked 10 hr days at 25, thats 250 per day. times 6 is 1500.
How do you end up with 4-5 thousand a week?

Ask any lawyer about billable vs actual hours.
If you can do a 4 hour flat rate job in 1 hour, you get paid for the 4 hours it was supposed to take.

 

[Rainman48]

Wow! $200,000 to $250,000 a year for wrenching. Did he use to be an M.D. but then saw the light?

Even bigger Wow, he's working 200 hour work weeks if being paqid $25 an hour. Something is fishy with the math being quoted here.
(Not Motodan, but the guy who posted those rates.)

 

[Omega Man]

I think Paul was looking for real, first person accounts of someone who actually paid a bill and can completely verify what the shop rate is at the dealership they personally had work done at.

OM

 

[WWeldin]

Wooly's Cycles of Atlanta in Marietta, GA is $150.00 / hour.

 

[maxscycle]

The math doesn't add up to me.
If you worked 10 hr days at 25, thats 250 per day. times 6 is 1500.
How do you end up with 4-5 thousand a week?

It billable hours, not clock hours.
If you can do a flat rate one hour job in 45 minutes, you get one hour of pay.
I know techs that can bill 12 to 15 hours worth of work in one eight hour day.
Of course any come backs were not paid to the tech as he already was paid for for task.
I was on the other end of the scale. I would take an hour and 15 mins to do a one hour job.
And I got paid less than they did. I was ok with that.