Originally Posted by
Sirscrapalot
We're not talking 5 minutes to yank out an car AC ( I could be wrong but from what you(tater) cory, sledge, JG, all you awesome car guys I'm forgetting..) have said before...it can take hours to remove some parts.
You forgot me! What am i chopped liver?!
Ohhhh wait you said awesome car guys...
LOL all joking aside, you hit the nail on the head sir scrap. (so has everyone else) They have no idea what it takes to part out a car. Here's what i go through parting out cars.
First you need the tools to do the job. Those aren't cheap! Second is the time. Very few alternators or compressors do only take 5 or 10 mins. Very few... Most are buried under a mountain of crap. And some parts require a hoist. Ok now we have to push the car into the shop. Cause lets face it. Most don't run. More time and effort. Third would be storage of parts and time to list ads. Iv got a whole room dedicate to parts storage. That's valuable realestate especially in a repair shop. And listing ads takes lot more time than most people think. Gotta take pics and upload them, and do this multiple times for each ad. Time adds up!
I don't know about you guys but i don't work for free. Every car takes me about 3hrs to strip. I do gas, cats, rads, wires (attach them to the hitch of the ram and FLOOR IT) drums/rotors, calipers, rims and tires and the alt, ac, ps pump if they are easy. Same with any alum. If its easy i grab it. I factor all that into my prices. And most people just don't understand/don't know.
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