DavidE
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Posts: 3814
Registered: 12-1-2003
Location: Baja California México
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Car Work USA vs. MÉXICO
California:
"Let's see, to replace the freeze plug (frenzied tapping on his calculator), and then there's (more tapping) and tax... We can fit you in Tuesday -
one hundred eighty-eight dollars".
Bahia Asunción
"Oh...trescientos pesos"
$23.80
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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sancho
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Posts: 2524
Registered: 10-6-2004
Location: OC So Cal
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Shop labor here is I believe $90 or so an hr.,
a few yrs. back, replacing a water pump in
a Toyota truck, this guy pulls out a book that
gives him how long it will take to preform certain
work on a vehicle, 2 1/2 hrs. labor, I bought the pump
and put it in myself, I don't think I'm going out on a
limb here, to suggest that living in Asuncion is a bit
less expensive than Orange County, Ca
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David K
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Posts: 64759
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Raceworks only charges $75/hr. ... and they build Trophy Trucks and Luxury Prerunners.
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DavidE
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3814
Registered: 12-1-2003
Location: Baja California México
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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No Hay Pregunta...
I slipped this in to make for some smiles (sorely needed in this day and age).
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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sargentodiaz
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Posts: 259
Registered: 2-20-2013
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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You're gonna love this!
I drove a 1964 Dodge 400 station wagon for more than 11 years that I bought from my cousin who had bought it from my dad who bought it new from the
factory.
I had a problem where the rear electric window stopping going up and down. I shopped around a lot of repair shops here in Vegas, to include some owned
and operated by Mexicans. The cheapest estimate I got was $1,400 with a two week waiting period.
I drove to Mazatlan to take care of some family business and one of my relatives suggested a small shop set up to one side of a house.
The mechanic/owner didn't even bother to check it out, just telling me to leave it and return later that afternoon.
I did. It was fixed! He'd opened it up, found a broken spring, replaced it and it worked just fine for the next 5 years until I sold it.
Oh yeah! The cost? $12.00 USD
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