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<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 851945" data-attributes="member: 18044"><p>I don't know any of this for sure, but the Parts Tag on the Installation Kit Boxes says $825.</p><p></p><p>I'm told installation takes six hours. That's about $32 an hour in wages, plus $16 per hour or so in health insurance and pension contributions, plus other payroll expenses.</p><p></p><p> If a mechanic gets six weeks vacation plus sick days and option days and regular holidays, then he is only actually working about 43 weeks a year. So if he spends all year installing remote entry kits, you have to take those nine or so weeks' paychecks and apportion then evenly over the 43 weeks or so he does work. This is all part of the true cost of keyless entry. And don't forget, the mechanic may be doing some of this work at his overtime rate.</p><p></p><p>There's also the expense of training installers and drivers, and the expense of fine tuning all the installations that need tweaking or repair.</p><p></p><p>In my building the cars are being shuttled to Chema for the installation!!! That's well over an hour round trip. And the cars are out of service for a while.</p><p></p><p>If anyone has more accurate information about the true cost please post it.</p><p></p><p> We also need to know how long the installation is expected to last before it needs replacing. Only time will tell how long it actually does last.</p><p></p><p>And will any kits be installed on cars that will soon be junked, like with so many telematics installations?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 851945, member: 18044"] I don't know any of this for sure, but the Parts Tag on the Installation Kit Boxes says $825. I'm told installation takes six hours. That's about $32 an hour in wages, plus $16 per hour or so in health insurance and pension contributions, plus other payroll expenses. If a mechanic gets six weeks vacation plus sick days and option days and regular holidays, then he is only actually working about 43 weeks a year. So if he spends all year installing remote entry kits, you have to take those nine or so weeks' paychecks and apportion then evenly over the 43 weeks or so he does work. This is all part of the true cost of keyless entry. And don't forget, the mechanic may be doing some of this work at his overtime rate. There's also the expense of training installers and drivers, and the expense of fine tuning all the installations that need tweaking or repair. In my building the cars are being shuttled to Chema for the installation!!! That's well over an hour round trip. And the cars are out of service for a while. If anyone has more accurate information about the true cost please post it. We also need to know how long the installation is expected to last before it needs replacing. Only time will tell how long it actually does last. And will any kits be installed on cars that will soon be junked, like with so many telematics installations? [/QUOTE]
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