[quote=bearishgurl]The repair I had done in Tulsa cost only $3.75 less than my mechanic in SD would have charged me for it (I checked). The garage in Tulsa recently expanded to 5-6 bays and got new expensive testing equipment for German makes where my longtime garage is SD (Japanese only) has had the same three bays for the last 20 years. Both garages have PLENTY of business, often having to schedule it out to fit it all in 🙂
I don’t know if it cost any less to do biz in Tulsa (the lease, maybe?) but DO know that the Tulsa garage definitely had a few more employees.[/quote]I do know that SD is not the cheapest place. I had work done on a mid 90’s mustang near Lake Isabella, CA. It cost about half what it would be in San Diego. Work was done correctly and quickly. It was one of those garages run by someone who has been doing it for years, with all those old yellowed pictures of older sometimes collectable cars.
