Ask HN: Auto Repair Costs
&gt; How would you find a list of different types of auto repairs?<p>IMO, it&#x27;s a badly formulated question because the type of repair affordable by a service depends on at least (a) the service&#x27;s diagnostic ability, (b) a mechanic qualification and (c) the service&#x27;s repair policy (would they be willing to dig deep into the issue to find a failed cheap component easy to replace or they&#x27;ll just say &quot;engine issues? lets replace the engine as a whole&quot;). All this things combined brings in a situation where all the same breaking takes $$$$ to fix in a one service using process A (&quot;type of auto repair&quot; in your terminology), and it takes $$ to fix in another service using process B.<p>What should you do then? I&#x27;d say you should elaborate first what&#x27;s the purpose of your interest. What are you going to do with the info? May it&#x27;s possible to solve in some way with enumerating a possible breakdown points. But generally, if you remember, that repair is a service, not a product, you&#x27;ll understand why it&#x27;s hard to compare autoservice A to autoservice B, as well as their prices. Too many hidden vars inside.