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| Thread ID: 102037 | 2009-08-05 06:36:00 | cheapest mobile mechanics in Auckland | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
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| 798355 | 2009-08-05 06:36:00 | so who is the cheapest mobile mechanic service in the Auckland area? Not breakdown service, but mechanics that come and tune your car, change the oil etc? I have found a few that charge between $50-80 just for a callout fee. | lance4k (4644) | ||
| 798356 | 2009-08-05 07:05:00 | why do you need a call out fee, as far as I know they don't normally do it but upon request they can .. but like other professions if you know them well, and you have used them for sometime for your other vehicles the rates of jobs will be competitive and do a good job and they may charge a good call out fee. I would guess that if you can drive it out from being courteous clients should take the vehicles to them. For changing oil, our mechanic cost $35 not including the oil and not supplying the engine filter, we brought our own cos we just had a new used vehicle and you had to undo a tray to get to the engine oil valve nut. But we have been with them for 10+ years. With oil, decent quality mineral oil which I think is great, I don't think day to day commuting needs expensive $100 an application synthetic. For mineral oil I think that would cost extra $50 if they supplied it. Probably only cost $30 if you go to Repco. I would think if you don't know them or not establish a business with them before they may be expensive. For example AA breakdown service to jump a car cost $100 an occasion. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 798357 | 2009-08-05 09:13:00 | where are you? i do it if your willin to pay. Changing oil has got to be the easiest part of owning a car | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 798358 | 2009-08-05 09:21:00 | where are you? i do it if your willin to pay. Changing oil has got to be the easiest part of owning a car Nah that would be filling the petrol :thumbs: Many people wouldn't know what engine warning signs to look out for in the dash or ever opened up the hood once nor changed a tyre. I admit that I have practiced doing it but in 14yrs of driving never had to or anything incl a jump start. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 798359 | 2009-08-05 09:30:00 | I even know people who are not confident at the pumps. Or at the other end those who have put a saucepan onto fire (as I witnessed) or those who have never baked a chicken or fried an egg. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 798360 | 2009-08-05 09:56:00 | If you havent the ability to change your oil and filter you shouldnt be driving a car. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 798361 | 2009-08-05 10:22:00 | If you havent the ability to change your oil and filter you shouldnt be driving a car. What a load of codswallop! Would you care to justify that statement? Starting by explaining exactly why an elderly woman or man (for example, others come to mind) is not competent to drive a motor vehicle simply because they can't change their own oil or filter. Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 798362 | 2009-08-05 10:39:00 | Exempt psychical defects like being wheel chair bound, old age no excuse. If you are so mentally incapacitated you cant do maintenance on your car you would probably be a menace on the roads. Some people choose not do this work but they are still capable of doing it. A lot of women can do and do do car servicing nowadays. One lady I showed how to service her car tells me she cant wait till the mileage is due to service because she likes doing it. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 798363 | 2009-08-05 10:44:00 | Some extremely gifted mechanics serve largely as recruiters for panel beaters when they get behind the wheel. Different skill set. Would you suggest that an inability to deliver a baby precludes fatherhood? ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 798364 | 2009-08-05 12:12:00 | Exempt psychical defects like being wheel chair bound, old age no excuse. If you are so mentally incapacitated you cant do maintenance on your car you would probably be a menace on the roads. Well, I don't know what planet you are from Prefect, possible Bigotus Extremus from the Mortus Brainus galaxy, but it is quite clear that you could never become a pilot because you are too mentally incapacitated to service Rolls Royce turbo jets; you are not entitled to drive on our roads because you don't mend them, and may your God help you if you ever aspire to become a surgeon because performing the necessary brain transplant would be beyond even your extraordinary capabilities. Cheers Billy 8-{) :p |
Billy T (70) | ||
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