I'm blushing! Thanks for the votes of confidence.
As regards my scale of charges, I do my best to cut out things that don't matter - so there's no blonde receptionist, or even any receptionist at all.
Or reception.
No coffee machine, no sofa, no gleaming showroom, no employees, no management, no admin, no support staff, no salesmen.
I stopped paid advertising two years ago to stop myself getting overwhelmed.
I own my workshop, so I'm not paying out rent.
What I don't skimp on are things that really matter - so I use factory parts, fluids, and equipment.
I've got about £50K of diagnostic gear including a full SD2 kit, full Examiner Smart kit - the SAM accessories of which works very well on Maseratis - and even the obscure stuff like a Marelli multitest and Marelli Pro-1 tester for the six cylinder Maseratis.
I'm sitting here staring at 10 boxes of special tools, manuals, and software - cost new about £10K-£15K - that I've got as a job lot from a Fiat/Alfa dealer that shut down. I'll need about 10% of it, and the rest will never get used, but, I like to have it available.
I mostly have fixed prices for common jobs - all published on my website - but, for those that aren't listed, then my hourly rate is lower than any quoted in this thread.
If you want confirmation of work carried out from any garage - not just me - then ask for pics to be taken, and ask to see/take away the parts afterwards. I'm always happy to do both and always talk through what I've done to your car. In fact, it's often difficult to stop me doing so!
Mike.