Watch Your Head
So I've been trying to post this for the last week, but unfortunately the feature to post original images seems to have been broken. So click on the link above for the non-jaggy version if you care. DNS changes may still be an issue so ... be patient; I just recently migrated to a new system with PwebTech (Pegasus Web Technologies).
Anyway, this is the story of how $1600 turned into $3400. I'm talking about how expensive it can get if you don't watch your head ... gasket. Not that watching it would have helped me, but in any case I'm talking about how I had to get my car repaired. See I've been taking the bus for the last 2 and a half months. Thank god, maybe that helped me save some gas money... because my repair bill sure opened a gaping sucking chest wound in my wallet.
This car place was recommended to me by two different unaffiliated people, so I take my car there. They say it will likely cost $1600, maybe as much as $1700. The owner stresses that he likes to estimate high so there are no surprises. Well the next week I call but their place is closed. So the week after that I call, and he says "Oh yes! Your car is ready!".
Boy was it.
So I drop by, he goes on to detail all the things they did to fix my car up - quite a list as they had opened it up (removing the head) and replaced most of the gaskets etc. He hastily covers the "total" portion of the list and tells me not to look yet.
Not a good sign.
The total reads $2800. I'm thinking, what the?~! But at least I already put down $600 so I should just have to pay $2200... right? Wrong. That's AFTER deducting my down payment on the repairs.
I can just think of all the used cars that I could have BOUGHT with that much money.
posted by Blight @ 10:01 PM
7 Comments:
Shit, man...
I'm sure you've heard about all those crooked garages that overcharge and repair things that don't need to be fixed.
How much is the car worth? You could just abandon it!
Yeah, sounds shady to me. I'm just glad I don't have to maintain a car. Though, it would be nice to have on hand.
Yeah, I always think it'd be great if someone else owned a car, and you could just drive it whenever you wanted.
That's exactly what we all had living at home, though...
Well now the car is hopefully worth at least $3400...
I just got an estimate for my van. Apparently the van started howling so my wife took it to where we normally go. Power steering pump and rack and pinion steering rack. $1200 estimate. It is getting to the point where it doesn't make sense to spend that kind of money on a vehicle worth probably $3000...if I'm lucky.
i drove my mom's car...hehe, it would be great to have my own car...but...it sounds complicated to maintain a car...
Yeah, you should just buy a used car instead of going for repairs. That way you can accessorize your clothes with your car. OR is it the other way around?
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