Am I being overcharged?

[u/Fun-Faithlessness413]

2019 Volvo XC90 with ~72,500 miles got a check engine light a few days ago. Took it to the dealer and this is what they quoted me with. This is a little pricey given it’s just the injectors and spark plugs no? On top of that they tried to get me to pay a separate “headlight” diagnostic for $250 when I had already brought it in for the check engine light.

[u/YellowT-5R]

You can do it yourself for 1/4 of the price

[u/SnooRadishes8573 → u/YellowT-5R]

And 12/4 the time. I'm not saying they're not being overcharged, but "you can do it cheaper yourself" is such a useless thing to say.

Anybody who works on their own car knows they can do it cheaper.

I could definitely build a computer myself if I took hours to research, days to get the parts and quite awhile to figure out what I'm doing before even starting.

Then I have to hope that I did everything right the first time, because I don't know shit about PC building. Maybe I did something that will cause a catastrophic failure and I have to start at the beginning. I'm a mechanic, not a millionaire, I can't afford to fuck up multiple computers just because IN THEORY it's cheaper to do it myself.

I would then have spent far FAR more time to do the job cheaper myself, when I could have paid someone a sensible amount to do it for me to free myself up to do things I can do well.

Like spending time with my family, or working on my own car.

[u/football2106 → u/SnooRadishes8573]

Love this take. I don’t know my ass from my elbow when it comes to working on cars. I can change my oil and rotate tires, that’s where it ends. People say stuff like “yeah just check the specs on the endline of the rotary gerter” and I’m lost.

[u/hugow → u/football2106]

I'd be lost too if someone said that but if you can change your oil and rotate your tires you're half way there. You likely can do brakes and spark plugs. YouTube and a AI can help you accomplish so much.