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Originally Posted by JackDidley View Post
If a guy is willing to pay the normal hourly rate why does the shop put other jobs ahead of specialty jobs ?? My buddy took his Mini to the local German car shop for a misfire. After 2+ months they charged him $5k for a valve job. Should have been a week turn around I'd think. I had high hopes for this shop in case I need work done on my Porsche but when it needed a clutch I took it to a GM mechanic and he had it done in 2 days.
My guess is that there is more problem solving/thinking involved with chasing down a bad ground than say an oil change, valve adjustment, or other routine maintenance procedure.

I would have taken the car to my Lotus guy but I was cognizant not to overload him with work at his small shop which I realize now was a mistake. He would have had this knocked out pretty quickly.
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