[Davescort97]

A lot of shops don't go by flat rate on time. They will charge you what they need to charge to maintain a profitable business. The parts you get for $235 the shop gets for the same price, then they sell them to you at suggested retail for what the parts place lists them as. Many times a shop will add up all the individual flat rate times and that will be more than what a combined flat rate operation would be. Good luck if you can find somebody that will only charge what the flat rate is listed as. God help you if you try to point out that their flat rate charge isn't fair.