Originally Posted by picus

Before a lot of people chime in with "wtf that's crazy" let me say again; this is in SoCal, this is skilled work, and it probably *IS* approaching a repair. Paint repair can easily be as tedious and labor intensive (and skill intensive) as a re-spray. Again, I don't think the hourly rate is at all excessive, I just think the hours they quoted are.

Think of it like this. Is $100 an hour labor overpriced for a BMW dealership? Not at all, it's regular... is quoting 3 hours for an oil change over the top? Yes.