# How much do you charge for auto work? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 12, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618 "2008-12-12T10:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ericvw7989](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ericvw7989/32/5070_2.png) [@ericvw7989](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ericvw7989)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/21 "2008-12-12T11:41:41Z")
> [@ldiablo233](#): > > Thats like telling someone who wants to get into an automotive job he needs prior experience. Its just like any other service you need to compare prices, not like I can go around saying 100 bucks an hour. just give up ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/22 "2008-12-12T11:48:08Z")
I hope you have a good dental plan because the owners of these cars are going to punch you in the mouth after they see your “work” ---
**Author:** ![ldiablo233](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ldiablo233/32/5035_2.png) [@ldiablo233](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ldiablo233)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/23 "2008-12-12T11:50:47Z")
> [@Jim1234664](#): > > I hope you have a good dental plan because the owners of these cars are going to punch you in the mouth after they see your “work” Really have you talked to the people who’s car I fixed? I thought when the car moves again its fixed but maybe I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/24 "2008-12-12T11:51:54Z")
ughhh consider being a makeup artist? Arnt you “that guy” :lol: ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/25 "2008-12-12T11:52:06Z")
I charge beer. I usually require to be fed as well. If they have boobs and want to show me them I would consider that a tip. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/26 "2008-12-12T11:52:10Z")
> [@jt76](#): > > After seeing your car, i wouldnt let u fix a roller skate. omg rofl :lol: ---
**Author:** ![ldiablo233](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ldiablo233/32/5035_2.png) [@ldiablo233](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ldiablo233)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/27 "2008-12-12T11:52:24Z")
> [@jt76](#): > > Yes, it would be a good idea to know what the hell you are doing before you go looking for a job in such a field. Prior experience meaning a job, its like all the craigslist posts for “landscaping”, I have yet to see one without prior work experience required, so how would you get the position if you need prior work experience. ---
**Author:** ![ldiablo233](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ldiablo233/32/5035_2.png) [@ldiablo233](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ldiablo233)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/28 "2008-12-12T11:54:15Z")
> [@jt76](#): > > ughhh consider being a makeup artist? Arnt you “that guy” :lol: Ya and ya know what I also ruined my nail polish last night installing a trans. But then again that would have required me to actually have installed the trans in the 2002 white dodge neon in the first place. And we all know that didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![jt76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jt76/32/5100_2.png) [@jt76](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jt76)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/29 "2008-12-12T11:58:38Z")
> [@ldiablo233](#): > > Prior experience meaning a job, its like all the craigslist posts for “landscaping”, I have yet to see one without prior work experience required, so how would you get the position if you need prior work experience. working on cars and digging holes in the ground are very different things ---
**Author:** ![ericvw7989](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ericvw7989/32/5070_2.png) [@ericvw7989](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ericvw7989)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/30 "2008-12-12T12:00:01Z")
why do you think illegals landscape it takes no fucking intellegence ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/31 "2008-12-12T12:00:55Z")
awe jim ^ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/32 "2008-12-12T15:28:04Z")
So if your talking about side work is it safe to assume that you are an actual mechanic? Ase/ factory and/or nysi certified? These types of things make a big difference. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/33 "2008-12-12T15:31:19Z")
I have worked on a few cars for friends / co-workers. Always nice about it and don’t ask for $$. Often this results in me getting nothing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/34 "2008-12-12T15:52:24Z")
> [@ldiablo233](#): > > Prior experience meaning a job, its like all the craigslist posts for “landscaping”, I have yet to see one without prior work experience required, so how would you get the position if you need prior work experience. > [@ldiablo233](#): > > Ya and ya know what I also ruined my nail polish last night installing a trans. But then again that would have required me to actually have installed the trans in the 2002 white dodge neon in the first place. And we all know that didn’t happen. WAT? ---
**Author:** ![speedped79](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/speedped79/32/7491_2.png) [@speedped79](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/speedped79)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/35 "2008-12-12T15:54:37Z")
> [@ericvw7989](#): > > do you and speedped fix cars together? fuck no, he works on neons at his house or w,e i work on cars for a living at a shop and fyi, f/u ---
**Author:** ![pipedreams96](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pipedreams96/32/5338_2.png) [@pipedreams96](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pipedreams96)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/36 "2008-12-12T16:16:44Z")
> [@ldiablo233](#): > > Prior experience meaning a job, its like all the craigslist posts for “landscaping”, I have yet to see one without prior work experience required, so how would you get the position if you need prior work experience. Uh schooling? being the shit head at a shop? yeah you have to go through all of that before you actually get experience, once you start showing them and learning from them then you advance and gain the experience? but this only comming from a toyota tech. . so who knows i could be wrong. seems like no matter how hard they argue, youl never change the view. > [@upstateclipse](#): > > So if your talking about side work is it safe to assume that you are an actual mechanic? Ase/ factory and/or nysi certified? These types of things make a big difference. also good points 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ldiablo233](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ldiablo233/32/5035_2.png) [@ldiablo233](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ldiablo233)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/37 "2008-12-12T17:09:28Z")
> [@speedped79](#): > > fuck no, he works on neons at his house or w,e i work on cars for a living at a shop and fyi, f/u No I work on cars,plural form, I own a neon that I work on also. ---
**Author:** ![ldiablo233](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ldiablo233/32/5035_2.png) [@ldiablo233](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ldiablo233)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/38 "2008-12-12T17:13:18Z")
> [@pipedreams96](#): > > Uh schooling? being the shit head at a shop? yeah you have to go through all of that before you actually get experience, once you start showing them and learning from them then you advance and gain the experience? but this only comming from a toyota tech. . so who knows i could be wrong. seems like no matter how hard they argue, youl never change the view. > > also good points 🙂 Not saying I know everything about cars, but general repair wise. Also when applying for easy stuff like lube tech, schooling shouldn’t matter as long as you have experience doing it whether it be at home or in school or at another job. Those type of jobs can get you into a higher up position but its easy to loose it to someone else who has prior experience or certifications. ---
**Author:** ![Estorvito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/estorvito/32/7234_2.png) [@Estorvito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Estorvito)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/39 "2008-12-12T17:14:21Z")
lol… ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618/40 "2008-12-12T17:38:54Z")
> [@ldiablo233](#): > > Not saying I know everything about cars, but general repair wise. Also when applying for easy stuff like lube tech, **schooling shouldn’t matter as long as you have experience doing it whether it be at home** or in school or at another job. Those type of jobs can get you into a higher up position but its easy to loose it to someone else who has prior experience or certifications. ok…so a shop would hire you because on your resume it says you have prior exp. than they would fire you when they find you spraypainting rotors for clients. ive seen my brother get back surguery 12 times. does that count for prior exp? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-do-you-charge-for-auto-work/59618.md?page=3)