Re:Car rental firm Hertz to sell 20k EVs for gas powered veh...
by kbos87 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:36PM
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This is pretty common among more expensive brands from what I understand. When I had work done on my Tesla it was the first time I had encounter it, but the couple of repair shops I was referred to by Tesla also had individual hourly rates for BMW, Porsche, Land Rover, etc.
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Re:Car rental firm Hertz to sell 20k EVs for gas powered veh...
by bluGill on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:04PM
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A lot of that is those vehicles require special tools that are expensive. Nearly every car needs a 10mm socket to work on it, so every mechanic has a few and in turn they are cheap. Only VW and BMW need a triple square socket, so they are not common and more expensive, and you only work on a few cars that need that so you have to charge more. Mercedes requires all mechanics have a 4 wheel dynamiter and some repairs require the car be on that for calibration making those repairs more expensive. (Note that I haven't been in the business for 15 years so the above is probably out of date)