I'm still under the 50k warranty and so far have had all free work. For those out of warranty, what are MINI dealer's service department charging for hourly rates? I'll take your responses sitting down.

 

Where are you at? I think EB mini is $135 an hour.

 

That's where I take my MINI. Like to hear form other folks, especially in Northern Calif.

 

Last I heard Mountain View was the least expensive at $125 and San Francisco the most at $155

 

Wow, $155!!! I work close by but at that price I'm buying a manual and giving it the ole college try...

 

Most USA MINI Dealerships hourly labor rates are obscene! They charge the same for the MINI as they do for the BMW! Does General Motors charge the same for Cadillac labor as it does for Geo labor? I don't think so! Hello BMW, are you listening? Although there are exceptions, the average MINI owner cannot afford a BMW and cannot afford to pay BMW labor rates. If MINI dealerships don't soon figure this out, they will get little or no service business after our warranty's expire.

 

Long Beach Mini is $99.00 an hour.

 

I think I will need them to do some paint work in the future.

 

Good lord!! I thought Tate MINI was expensive at $95/hr!!!

-Paul!

 

Damn. I thought that in the States the cost would be lower, 'cause up here in the great white north, it's like $96/hour....Canadian. So like $150-USD, would be like $194-CDN. That's almost $200/hour to work on a MINI???!! Whoa! If you happen to expect any problems with the car in the future, maybe it'll just be cheaper to take the MINI tech course, so you can work on your car yourself for free.

Cheerio

 

Last time I was in for service at Westchester MINI/BMW the labor rate was $98/hr.

 

$96 at Prestige in NJ. I THINK Morristown MINI (NJ) is $98, but not positive.

 

The service I've had at Mini of Peabody was $78.00 /hr.(North of Boston)

 

For everything other than warranty work I will be going to the independent shop that services all my other cars. The way most dealership mechanics are compensated incents them to work as quickly as possible and cut corners. I'm sure there are some good, honest mechanics working for dealerships, but I have no way of picking the good ones from the bad ones so I will stick with my independent shop.

 

Looks like there's quite a wide range in hourly rates: $78 to $155 (in San Francisco). The Bay Area is and always has been a very high cost labor market.

 

I guess it goes hand in hand with the high cost of housing and gasoline.