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f*ck car repairs (pg. 3)
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| StanVoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Protege
pssh, cars are so 20th century. I use this to get around:
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of course ... gyration! it's so simple, yet genious! |
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| placebo |
| just fyi, see if you can find any honda mechanics who run independent shops next time, thats what i did, i saved a couple hundred and got the same quality of work done, WITH a better warranty and all, plus you support the local guy :) |
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| placebo |
| and my timing belt with installation was only 600...i dunno why you have to pay 750? if you tell them you are a student and you dont have any money they'll cut you a big break on stuff ;) |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by placebo
just fyi, see if you can find any honda mechanics who run independent shops next time, thats what i did, i saved a couple hundred and got the same quality of work done, WITH a better warranty and all, plus you support the local guy :) |
that's a really good idea, actually... i think i'm going to look them up for future reference. it's tough since i'm not really familiar with the area i live in since i'm not from here, so i don't know a lot of places like that.
google search FTW though... if only i thought of this before i told them to go ahead with the work, ugh.
thanks for the tips, placebo. :) |
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| D-res |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
total cost for repairs = $1903 + tax
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| placebo |
| quote: | Originally posted by D-res
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yeah..thats just standard maintenance
hondas will last over 300k if you get all the done on them
better then dropping 300 a month on a car that constantly has problems, like my volkswagen did ;) |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by placebo
yeah..thats just standard maintenance
hondas will last over 300k if you get all the done on them
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yeah, that's what i'm hoping for. i REALLY love my car... and i don't care about driving an old car as long as it runs good. i really want to be able to pay it off next year and still be able to drive it so that i don't have to make a $215 payment every month. |
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| placebo |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
yeah, that's what i'm hoping for. i REALLY love my car... and i don't care about driving an old car as long as it runs good. i really want to be able to pay it off next year and still be able to drive it so that i don't have to make a $215 payment every month. |
yeah
my friend has a 1993 civic with 293k on it
sure, it looks like a piece of junk, but hey...he doesnt make payments, and that thing has never even had the timing belt changed o_O |
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| Groundhog Boy |
If you can't replace your own spark plugs for less than $70, you've got problems. They're not very expensive and easier to change than your oil, which I think everyone should know how to do, too. It's one thing if you don't want to get dirty and do it, but it's another to have someone else do it because you don't know how.
Sucks about the converter, though. I had my transmission go on my high school car. That hurt the wallet and I had to get my parents to help out considering it was their old car and the transmission went 6 months after they gave it to me with 140K miles on it already. |
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| Wicked Neo |
whats the mileage on the car and when was the timing belt last changed ?
timing belt and tensioners should be changed out every 60,000 miles
a timing belt snapping will result in valve damage which will mean head work.
what car is it btw? |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
If you can't replace your own spark plugs for less than $70, you've got problems. They're not very expensive and easier to change than your oil, which I think everyone should know how to do, too. It's one thing if you don't want to get dirty and do it, but it's another to have someone else do it because you don't know how.
Sucks about the converter, though. I had my transmission go on my high school car. That hurt the wallet and I had to get my parents to help out considering it was their old car and the transmission went 6 months after they gave it to me with 140K miles on it already. |
the problem with the spark plus is that apparently i had aftermarket spark plugs in there which were causing a problem, i think the guy said they were misfiring.
i really don't know much about cars. :\
Neo - it's a '98 Honda Accord LX coupe, and the mileage is just over 127k miles. the timing belt has never been changed since i've owned the car, and i bought the car 3 years ago with 42k miles. so i knew beforehand that it had to be replaced, but i decided to wait and have it done somewhere else for cheaper instead. i told them to go ahead only with the repairs that were causing the car to run bad. |
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| placebo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wicked Neo
whats the mileage on the car and when was the timing belt last changed ?
timing belt and tensioners should be changed out every 60,000 miles
a timing belt snapping will result in valve damage which will mean head work.
what car is it btw? |
yup. had a belt snap in my jetta...lucky for me i was going about 2 mph when it happened
damn 98 accord with 127k...01 civic with 133k here haha |
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