before going to meineke, make sure that you do your research.
I got ripped off from there. I am sure this is not all the meineke, but I would like to share my story.
I needed to replace exhust pipe, muffler, and tail pipe to pass inspection on my mazda truck.
Anyway, I had warrenty covering muffler, so I decieded to go to meineke to get work done.
Total came out to aroud $150 replacing exhaust pipe, muffler(free under warrenty), and tail pipe. $40 labor and $110 parts.
After the job was done, I went to CarQuest to pick up a headlight, and while I was there I checked the price on all the part need to do same work on exhaust system. And the total part cost came out to around $80 including muffler.
So what is going on here?
I understand that labor was $40.
I compared price on the parts, and they ripped me off extra $30 on the tail pipe. dang... and few $$ here and there on other parts.
I thought that with warrenty on the muffler, I would save money.. I guess not..
basically
CarQuest
Tail pipe, muffler, exhaust pipe, and other extra parts (screws, bolts.. etc) = $80
Meineke
Tail pipe, muffler (not included:warrenty covered), exhaust pipe, and other extra parts (screws, bolts.. etc) = $110
I am not sure how good the parts from meineke are, but they just lost one customer + all my friends.
oh well, they have skills that I do not have so......