DIY Auto Repair – 73rd and Federal in Denver.
They'll rent a bay, lift, and tools to you and will do 0% of the work for $25/hr.
They'll provide you "over the shoulder" assistance (third hand, technical consultation, acting as an instructor while you do the actual work, etc.) on your job for $45/hr.
They'll do 100% of the work for $89/hr.
I replaced the water pump, waterpump housing, and thermostat this morning, and in the process did a coolant flush, an oil change, and a popular "fan delete mod" which removes an engine driven fan behind the radiator that is prone to spectacular sudden failure (and taking a bunch of stuff with it in the process), and replaces it with lower temperature thermostat and a switch that turns on the existing auxiliary cooling (that sits in front of the radiator) fan sooner in hot weather.
Worked like a charm, and I was in and out for $315 in parts (with a big shout out to PelicanParts.com, and Amazon Prime), and a paltry $139 (including tax) for three full hours of labor.
DIY Auto doesn't explicitly know EuroCars the way they know domestics and asian imports (and they'll tell you as much), so if you've got a VW, Audi, BMW, or Mercedes, you'll be wise to buy a Bentley Manual and hit up YouTube and Google to create your own step by step documentation for the job you want to tackle and bring it with you. Of course, if you're heading to DIY Auto with one of those cars, it's because you already have the know how to tackle your project.
Bimmerhaus charges $110 for a single hour of labor, and their insurance prohibits you from being in the work area for pretty much anything except them showing you bits of the car and the work they're doing.
Not bad of an idea. Probably great for dads who want to show kids how to fix a car too.
Great place. In 1994 my three brothers and myself tried to do this very thing. We wanted to use the Auto Hobby Shop idea from the military as our model. We did a financial analysis and realized with four VA loans we could pull it off easily. The deal breaker was insurance. Nobody was willing to insure a business that allowed customers to do their own work. Too bad the DIY craze hadn't hit cable then, or we might have been pretty successful.
I just use my driveway and curse my way through.