Originally Posted by 3M TA3

yeah, it's a pricing war between car manufacturers. the luxury lines don't like to be super high priced, in fact it's a selling point for them to keep their rates low. no one wants to buy a $50,000 car and see a labor rate of $125 on the wall. What they do is adjust the amount of time it takes to complete a repair.

I saw one Porsche dealer that charged $100 an hour, however, their oil change was listed at $750. $250 for parts and 5 hours of labor.

Not one oil change took more than 2 hours.