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Re:The Rise of the Disposable Car by doubled112 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @02:52PM (#40515436)
Dealers are charging about $200/hr labour in my area. Independent shops are $150/hr and up.

I don't think anybody is replacing my transmission for $500.

Did you mean the whole job for less than $5000?

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Re:The Rise of the Disposable Car by talldatethrow on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @03:01PM (#40515553)
The entire comment seems off. They said thanks to automation labor will be $500. What automation is there in replacing a used transmission in a garage on an oily rusty 200k mile car on a lift.
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Re:The Rise of the Disposable Car by doubled112 on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @03:29PM (#40515911)
I caught that too, but decided to ignore it.

There isn't an automation in the world that will take enough of the car apart for you. Or at least my mechanic friends haven't found it.

Will keep waiting for AI to grow itself some arms.

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Re:The Rise of the Disposable Car by fragmede on Friday May 31, 2024 @06:26PM (#40540972)
We're still a long ways from that level of automation, but pitpro automation is picking up after robotire had to file for chapter 11, and is working on automating the tire swap end of things.
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