What is reasonable?, I have been very patient Options

[keske968]

So here is the story *sigh* I bought a 914 with a "rebuilt" engine in it. Well the rebuild was not done propperly and low and behold it dies on me. I take it to a mechanic that is highly recommended by the local Porsche Club for aircooled engines and such. I tell him that I would like him to find out what is wrong (turns out it spun a bearing as it only had 2 of the 5 bearing dowles installed) and to fix it for me. This was in April of 2010. I wanted to drive teh car to my wedding in June and made him aware of this. I paid him $800 up front and then called or stopped by every week to see what kind of progress was being made. Let's just say that it was not ready in time for the wedding. Or even a year after that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) After he had the vehicle for a YEAR and three or four months my Dad and I collected the engine and have it rebuilt. We recently called him and told him that we will be picking up the rest of the parts and the car in a few day.

He respondes by telling me that he will get a bill together for me. Now to be fair he did purchase a new flywheel, new main bearings, and did take the engine apart. On the flip side I know that we will not get all the nuts and bolts etc. What is a reasonanble amount for this kind of work or rather the lack thereof? I do not want to run this guy through the mud (hence no name is given) but as I see it has has taken an engine apart, bought a flywheel, and some meain bearings and nothing else. To me this sounds like a small amount for $800.

So what would a reasonable person do in this case? I know I have been more than patient. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)

[JRust]

Holy crap have I been there. Although I was out no real cash for the year to speak of. I have had alot of extra work I shouldn't have had. Having my freshly painted car sitting outside for a year did not do it much good. I am dealing with some misc surface rust because of it. Just a big huge PITA but stuff I can fix myself. Best thing I ever did was just go pick it up. A year wasted & not much to show for it but some rust (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

Unless the guy give's you some insane bill. Try to work with him & just pay it. It's not worth the hassle. Especially after him having it for a year. Just move on