why,, main dealers charge too much per hour, get the aprentice to do the work and then charge for loads of little things that dont need doing,,, they charge for time on jobs that dont take that long, theres alot of bills on stuff customers dont want and the MAIN reason is they dont even make there parts anymore,, the contract them out to save money to other supplyers/manufactuers so why cant someone buy the SAME part for cheeper and get a mechanic to screw on a oil filter/change the air filter and plugs from a reputable garage with a mechanic who prob started out at a main dealers anyway just so when the window regulator fails hes covered under warranty or when the cambelt snaps hes engines warrantied

if main dealers never never ripped people off for YEARS before the block exemption then the wouldnt be in the trouble they are in now,, charge people 350 quid to change pads and discs when the parts cost 40 quid to have MADE FOR THEM then charge 3 times that to the customer, then labour ONTOP of that

wonder why main dealers are failing ??? GREED has killed the car industry from all sides,, the government/main dealers prices/credit companys who generaly are the main dealers "finance" company with there interest rates and design of cars with comon faults and not fixing them but rather making the parts for when the warrantys expire for them to get richer