I do like the Ferrari, I think it's one of those need to see it in person cars, but I think in Ferrari's gold yellow colour it would look good, but the AMG also looks odd however it looks sleek and sexy odd. From looking at the two in videos I would take the AMG too I think. But that Ferrari's interior is sublime. Actual buttons!!!
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I do like the Ferrari, I think it's one of those need to see it in person cars, but I think in Ferrari's gold yellow colour it would look good, but the AMG also looks odd however it looks sleek and sexy odd. From looking at the two in videos I would take the AMG too I think. But that Ferrari's interior is sublime. Actual buttons!!!
diamond.g
macrumors G5
What I think is so cool about the Luce interior is pretty much everything is metal, glass or leather. no plastics on anything you would touch. Very few vehicles can say that. So to me that along with such low vehicle count (Ferrari sells like 13k vehicles a year), makes the price make sense to me.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Question for you all.
I went to a local mechanic, who had a good reputation. I needed two inter-related things, a brake job and what I thought was a broken emergency brake. I paid 1,925 for both axles and the emergency brake repair - That seems pricey. What do you folks think?
Two other items that seem to rub me the wrong way. First, I were to use my credit card, he told me I'd have to pay a 4% fee on top of the bill, that seems wrong in 2026. I needed to pay cash/check if I wanted the 1,925 price.
Secondly, there was a 70 dollar "Office Admin" fee on the invoice. That seems like they're just adding fees for no reason.
I normally have my work done by the dealership and of course they're never cheap. I was expecting about 800 an axle from the chevy dealership plus the work to fix the emergency brake - that puts me in the $2,000 neighborhood. If I wanted to pay dealership prices, I think I would have gone to the dealership.
What do you folks think?
I went to a local mechanic, who had a good reputation. I needed two inter-related things, a brake job and what I thought was a broken emergency brake. I paid 1,925 for both axles and the emergency brake repair - That seems pricey. What do you folks think?
Two other items that seem to rub me the wrong way. First, I were to use my credit card, he told me I'd have to pay a 4% fee on top of the bill, that seems wrong in 2026. I needed to pay cash/check if I wanted the 1,925 price.
Secondly, there was a 70 dollar "Office Admin" fee on the invoice. That seems like they're just adding fees for no reason.
I normally have my work done by the dealership and of course they're never cheap. I was expecting about 800 an axle from the chevy dealership plus the work to fix the emergency brake - that puts me in the $2,000 neighborhood. If I wanted to pay dealership prices, I think I would have gone to the dealership.
What do you folks think?
- The price seems a bit on the high sde for a local mechanic (vs. dealership)
- The credit card vs cash
- The Office Admin fee
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diamond.g
macrumors G5
for the brake job they did rotors and pads? 500 per axle in parts seems like a lot unless they are using like top tier brand parts.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
The parts listed were Bosch Blue ceramic brake pads ($129) and Durago Titanium series DTS Disc Brake Rotors ($358) and misc parts for ($19 dollars)
Not being a car guy, I have no idea if these are top shelf or not
diamond.g
macrumors G5
I am gonna let someone else pipe in about that pricing, cause what I am seeing versus what you paid, would come across as a ripoff. Maybe someone else would have a better opinion.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I think I was over-charged.
I googled/asked chatgpt Bosch Blue ceramic brake pads - I found that they are considered entry level, and the price listed was a lot lower then what he charged me.
This is why I tend to go to the dealership. I know I'm paying $$ but I'm also getting GM parts, and GM quality.
The more I look into it, the more I feel that I was ripped off
They got me for nearly 2,000 but I won't be going back
Yeah... total gouge. Those are not high end parts. They are fine, but certainly not what anyone would call high end.
Those pads run around $40-50 for an axle, and the rotors are about $70-80 each. Even with a bit of a markup for added profit, they are way overcharging.
I have seen a fee for shop supplies (like rags and cleaning fluids etc) but never an office admin fee. Just a pure profit add.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Yeah, that's what its looking like.
The frustrating part, is I had asked around. Another mechanic who couldn't do the work recommended him. My other car was in an auto-body shop. The owner of that shop went to school with my wife - so I trusted his judgement. Various reviews online were glowing.
Oh well, live and learn.
I am happy with the work, for the first time since owning this truck, my parking brake is working
Apple fanboy
macrumors Ivy Bridge
Was the CC Amex? They charge the vendor more than other cards so I could understand the increase. But 2% is more like it.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I only asked what do they take. Yeah, Amex does charge more, and maybe its a small business thing, where you offer a discount for cash, and a higher price for credit cards, but overall in 2026 I've not run across any other business that does this.
I get this all the time...
They get charged a vendor's fee, so they don't want to have to pay it. Big companies don't mind eating the cost, but smaller local companies do. You have seen gas stations that charge a higher price for CC purchased gas right?
Also, I think it depends on where you live if your price for the brakes is crazy or normal. Where I am, what you paid isn't out of the world of normal. Shops make money on parts too, this is why a lot of times they will charge you an extra fee if you bring your own parts.
This is why before I went full EV, I started doing brakes myself. I would get top tier parts, and do it for less than the cost of parts alone at a shop.