What the hell is going on with shops?

The real problem is that it’s gotten too expensive for businesses to do the work at a reasonable cost and the fact that customers’ (working people) wages have not gone up.

I can sympathize with businesses...and I can relate to the wage situation.

I don't know about the original estimate...maybe that's the cost of doing business in that part of the country? I usually try to get 2 or 3 estimates for anything these days...just to feel safe.

Seems like every time I need something done on my daily driver car it costs me $1,000.

It sucks because now if something breaks on my car, if it's not essential, it doesn't get fixed...I just can't afford it.

Paul