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Noley
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 Posted: 03/16/06 - 10:32 Post subject: Most expensive car repairs?
What's the most that you've spent on car repairs in a given time? Can you remember?
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karlene
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 10:33 Post subject:
$695 to replace a bumper and paint it...
I would have had to pay $2200 for a new Transmission but thank god my car was still under warranty
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andydp
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 10:34 Post subject:
Its the one where the mechanic looks uder the hood and gives a looooong sloooow whistle.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 10:34 Post subject:
$4000 between two repairs for a blown head gasket on a 1995 Ford Windstar.
Ford originally told us to have inappropriate relations with ourselves when we asked for compensation.
About a year later, they admitted fault and cut us a check for the total amount.
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Noley
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 10:35 Post subject:
I dropped off my van the other day. The bill kept growing and growing.
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 10:36 Post subject: Re: Most expensive car repairs?
| nolefan85 wrote: | What's the most that you've spent on car repairs in a given time? Can you remember?
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$1800 - Ford Crapstar (er I mean windstar) ABS module melted and shorted out half of computer/electrical sys....
(needless to say we don't have that one anymore, and I've sworn off Ford since then)
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 10:36 Post subject:
$275 to have a transmission rebuilt. I pulled the transmission and re-installed it myself.
$400 to have ball joints and tie rod ends replaced and then a re-alignment of the front end.
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 10:54 Post subject:
| karlene wrote: | $695 to replace a bumper and paint it...
I would have had to pay $2200 for a new Transmission but thank god my car was still under warranty |
My old corolla had 122k on it when the trannie was going. So I just got a new car instead. 
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Noley
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 11:05 Post subject:
You know...I could have bought 2 really nice bikes and a lot of good gear with the money I spent!!!
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 11:17 Post subject:
| nolefan85 wrote: | You know...I could have bought 2 really nice bikes and a lot of good gear with the money I spent!!!
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Yeah...but think of the inconvenience of trying to haul groceries home on a bike...in the rain.
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Noley
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 11:19 Post subject:
| msparks wrote: | | nolefan85 wrote: | You know...I could have bought 2 really nice bikes and a lot of good gear with the money I spent!!!
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Yeah...but think of the inconvenience of trying to haul groceries home on a bike...in the rain.
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Rain...rain? Take the rain out of this equation!!! And my backpack would suit me just fine hauling groceries.
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 11:21 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | $4000 between two repairs for a blown head gasket on a 1995 Ford Windstar.
Ford originally told us to have inappropriate relations with ourselves when we asked for compensation.
About a year later, they admitted fault and cut us a check for the total amount. |
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 11:25 Post subject:
$800 for a new exhaust system on a volvo. Sold it a week later for $800
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 11:31 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | $800 for a new exhaust system on a volvo. Sold it a week later for $800
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What, the exhaust system?
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j1miller
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Posted: 03/16/06 - 11:33 Post subject:
| msparks wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | $800 for a new exhaust system on a volvo. Sold it a week later for $800
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What, the exhaust system?
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no, the entire car!
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