Indie - hourly rates?

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:56 am

How much does your indie charge per hour?
I'm using a BMW / Mini Specialist -time served ex BMW engineers, charging £50 per hour (inc. VAT)

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:13 pm

£25-£60/hour depending which indy and for what car

£25 for Alfa indy working from his home garage
£50 for 'far away' specialist (although I get free overnight accommodation)
£70 for local BMW specialist (with coffee, reception area, courtesy car, etc.)

philbo909 · Post by **philbo909** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:48 pm

50/h seems the going rate round here near swindon, bit expensive I always think but so is everything else

thecremeegg · Post by **thecremeegg** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:30 pm

£60+ VAT here in hampshire!

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:38 pm

£40 per hour. BMW specialist, but does all our cars. Good on parts pricing too, tends to be less than I can buy for, offen fitted.

skelters · Post by **skelters** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:13 pm

I use different garages for different things and supply any parts / servicing parts myself to keep the costs down. Always give them the chance to better the prices though.

Suspension, alignment and tyres in one garage. £65 per hour.
Servicing in another. £25 per hour.
Interior cleaning at one of the local detailers usually around £30 - 40 for the cleaning.

Truth · Post by **Truth** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:12 pm

mmm-five wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:13 pm £25-£60/hour depending which indy and for what car

£25 for Alfa indy working from his home garage
£50 for 'far away' specialist (although I get free overnight accommodation)
£70 for local BMW specialist (with coffee, reception area, courtesy car, etc.)

Free overnight stay. Who’s that sounds good!

G600 · Post by **G600** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:21 pm

£60 + VAT, German/"prestige" specialist, the old Ferraris on ramps are reassuring.

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:49 pm

Truth wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:12 pm
mmm-five wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 12:13 pm £25-£60/hour depending which indy and for what car

£25 for Alfa indy working from his home garage
£50 for 'far away' specialist (although I get free overnight accommodation)
£70 for local BMW specialist (with coffee, reception area, courtesy car, etc.)
Free overnight stay. Who’s that sounds good!

It's a engineer/mechanic who I've become friends with after about a decade of him being close to work in London.

He moved to Devon/Cornwall border so I thought I'd have to stop using him, but he's converted one of the outbuildings to a holiday rental, so I'm free to use it when I take the car down there.

I try to make it worth his while by getting a few smaller things done along with something major. For example, he'll do my pre-Ring inspection/alignment/brake pads/service/etc. and will also do an Insp.II every year (for not much more than the Insp.I, so might as well do the big one) and a suspension service at the same time.

He's got a few e34 M5s and a R33 GT-R - and has rebuilt all of them. He's also an ex- Aston and Cosworth calibration engineer and road tester...and has a few more Ring laps than me...so acts as personal Ring instructor.

Truth · Post by **Truth** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:10 pm

That sounds sweet. It’s good when things align like that. Looking to go back out to the ring this year again but the first time in the ///m

Jembo · Post by **Jembo** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:23 pm

By the hour!!!! WTF

I normally ask how much for the job(s) & agree the price for that in their appointment book.

If they were to find something, make a decision over cost at the time if something u can do yourself or if the price with the car on the ramp can be sorted for a good price

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