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personal experience says that the best mechanics are small town shops.. but that could be due to the fact that everyone there knows one another and people dont get away with ripping each other off very easily. back home we paid $40 and hour for labour and no fees for diagnostics... here in london they charge you $90 just to diagnose your car, then parts and labour are on top of that after they figure it out... our ford dealer here wanted to charge me $60 to pull a cel code, then $90 to find what part is making it happen.... and thats not even fixing the problem...its insane.

it has made me adopt the policy, "i know my car is making funny noise, but until whatever it is falls off and I can see something missing...its fine."

unless you know someone it looks like your stuck paying the ridiculous 70+ an hour for labour. or as mentioned, learn to do things on your own..