# Flying high

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 29, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343 "2008-03-29T19:47:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ltkernal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@ltkernal](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ltkernal)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343/1 "2008-03-29T19:47:36Z")

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Hey  
  
 Is $60. per hour the going rate for a mechanic? Thanks. Ron from New Haven, In.

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**Author:** ![wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wizard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wizard)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343/2 "2008-03-29T19:52:12Z")

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That is about right where I live.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343/3 "2008-03-29T20:12:33Z")

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If you can get a good mechanic for $60 per hour including overhead, lucky you. Where I live it’s considerably more.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343/4 "2008-03-29T20:24:43Z")

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That rate may actually be near the low end of the scale. Consider yourself fortunate.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343/5 "2008-03-29T22:59:14Z")

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That’s very low where I live…New Hampshire…

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**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343/6 "2008-03-29T23:31:09Z")

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Around here it’s closer to $100.

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**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-high/12343/7 "2008-03-30T00:38:11Z")

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In central IL. it’s about $80 an hour.