How to get the right estimate of your auto repair costs? Check out
When you buy new car, hardly you do any effort to know the cost of car servicing. Your car is under warranty, and you car manufacturer ensures that you need not to pay anything extra except for oil and consumable.
Once the warranty gets expired, the cost of servicing become high at the same authorized service station. That is the time you need to compare cost at other service station. About 45% of car owners in India, still visit to same service station and do not worry about costs until somebody refer them other service station or they came to know that they are charged “extra” for what they may not require or any other un-happy expereince.
Charging extra for the work/parts that may not require is very common. Globally, car owners worried about charging extra. For example, you brake pads are still to run for another six months, but mechanics ask you to get it replaced now. You can relate these phenomena with doctors asking you take precaution medicine before it happens. It may be good for you if you forget changing your brake pads or not good for replacing things which is still working.
For car owners, you must have cost estimation. Getting car check up at two service station is good idea, but consume sometime. Labour charges have been standardized by car manufacturer at dealers, but fixing at other workshop is not easy thing. Corporate are coming forward to build authorized service station, but standardizing car servicing prices are still a challenge as labour charges varies.
Here are few guidelines:
1. Visit to nearest car servicing center and ask for cost estimation. All car workshops owners do not mind giving estimate.
2. Call to MeriCAR.com Customer executive center. Ask them to give you two choices of car service station. MeriCAR Helpdesk take your call on conference and introduce you to service stations. You will get some idea while talking to works manager.
3. Check out MeriCAR Review Section, you can have fair ideas from car owner’s feedback where you get fair idea of right car service station. You can also try asking question to automotive experts at Ask The Expert.
We are not saying you will get exact cost estimation, but yes, you can get some fair idea of your car servicing and repair. In rare cases, your estimation gone wrong because your car fault can not be detected until car engine is not dismantle, that you can not help it yourself. You have to rely on car service station.
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