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Re: MG Flat rate manual

To: FCheney@kinneyassoc.com
Subject: Re: MG Flat rate manual
From: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 23:26:10 EDT
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:11:23 -0400 Fred Cheney <FCheney@kinneyassoc.com>
writes:
>Good luck at finding an accurate flat rate manual for LBCs.  Most of 
>the
>books were written to provide estimates of the time necessary to 
>repair
>a vehicle if there are no "problems" encountered along the way (ie.
>rust, seized or sheared off bolts and studs etc.)  As this is the 
>case,
>and as LBCs are known for providing plenty of "problems" you will
>probally not find any book with information that is useful for
>estimation purposes.  If you are looking for this book as a way of
>basing repair estimates for customers I would recommend that just
>looking at the condition of the vehicle and using your knowledge of 
>how
>long the job should take would do.  If you need this book to insure 
>that
>you mechanic does not rip you off, you need to find a mechanic you can
>trust.

Actually, I was planning on using it to help in estimating customer's
jobs. 
I always caution my customers, that any estimate I do give them assumes a
"normal" job, and if any problems do arise, then I will be in touch to
aprise them of the new situation. And too, I try to, if possible, let
them know ahead of time what particular problems may arise.
 I just want to have a base-line figure that I can then adjust to suit
the particular car, so as to be able to give the owner as accurate an
estimate as I can.  

Rick Morrison (former Asst Service Manager - "BTDT")
72 MGBGT
74 Midget




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