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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cadillacmak" data-source="post: 27413" data-attributes="member: 11338"><p>I have a lot to say about this! Inflation is a small part, techs who know their stuff is a big part, they are a high dollar and a rare skill these days. So to make up for less techs a lot of shops are just parts replacers instead of great techs like [USER=9438]@ORVietVet[/USER]. They will replace parts until fixed and put the cost on you, I have witnessed this a lot! The biggest cost is how they build vehicles today, $1000 mirrors, $1500 tail lights, $1200 door panels. If your armrest is broken on the door panel it is not a $50 armrest, its a $1200 door panel. The hidden expense that is not shown in the graph is how many people just wont fix because of the cost. I had a 2011 Lincoln Navigator that the amp went bad and would make ear damaging sounds even with the radio off. It was a $1000+ to replace it if I did the work. I pulled it apart to see if I could fix it and found it was a faulty design with pressure points grounds to galvanized steel and I fixed it with stuff on hand. No shop would do that!</p></blockquote><p></p>