Keep That Car!!
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
Brakes, rotors, had a leaky air bag in the suspension so I had to end up replacing both complete front struts, a faulty turn signal, and a faulty door lock. The dealer quoted me $5,600 for new brakes and rotors alone when I took it in for annual service last year and everything I fixed cost me $1,187. I think they wanted $700 to fix the turn signal, I fixed it on my own for $160. I can turn a wrench and thank you YouTube.
My point of this post is:
1. Some parts were hard as shit to come by, I’m guessing parts for cars (especially older cars) are becoming harder and harder to find since people are keeping their rides on the road longer. For example all I needed for the turn signal (in the side view mirror) was the wiring harness. I had the part number and couldn’t find it anywhere so I had to buy another complete side view mirror which was used and cost me $160 just to rip out the wiring harness then toss the mirror. I’d imagine that wiring harness should have been $20-$50 if I could actually find one.
2. Thank you YouTube. Amazing how much I’ve learned down to the special tools I may need for a job.
Also you need car parts? Check out Rockauto.com I was prepared to pay $800 for my rotors and thought “I’ll check rock auto for the heck of it” and they were $206 cheaper. I usually just go to advance auto or autozones websites and sometimes forget about rockauto. When all else fails eBay for used parts.
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Pre-Covid I was somewhat considering buying a new car mainly to just have something nicer but it was only a somewhat mild consideration b/c cars have just gotten too expensive plus insurance downhere in Miami is very-expensive (2x what I paid when I lived in Dallas) - now that the economy seems on shaky-ground I'm def in the camp of holding on to what I currently have till the (economic) dust settles although it's always in the back of mind that if there is a bad-recession and good deals can be had then I may take advantage of the opportunity.
That's the thing about having a really nice car, the maintenance (service/parts) is like paying for a regular used car - if I got into an expensive/exotic car it'd be as @jackslash where I'd be wary about owning one outside of warranty (unless I had a trusted mechanic that charged-fairly and knew how to work on those cars but even then IDK if I'd pull the trigger on having an expensive car out-of-warranty).
^ 🤣🤣🤣 This is fucking hilarious! The resident furniture mover/ garbage man can't fathom the costs of ownership and repairs on a nice car! I hope you are looking forward to eating Alpo when your socialist security doesn't work out
My local guy has all the equipment as the mercedes dealer, and the quality of his work is top notch, the only real noticeable difference is the dealer will give you a loaner vehicle, but that isn't very important as my mechanic services your vehicle by appointment and is usually finished in 2-3 hours.
LOL Faggit
A while later 25 talks about his AMG E63. Now that is a legit classy guy! Nice going 25
Weasel words don’t eliminate gambling debt, pay her you spineless faggit.
YouTube is a real help when figuring out how to repair something.
I had a friend who always bragged about what a great mechanic he was but he had to take his vehicle in to get brakes done. Brakes are simple compared to other mechanical repairs. I kept giving him crap until he finally went and bought parts to do it. I am not sure what his mental hang up was. He spent about 20 or 25% of what he was quoted for the repair on his parts. He raved about how easy it was and how much he saved. Back then he drove a Ford truck. Now he has a an E class Mercedes and still does his own work.
Once you work on your vehicle a few times it gets easier. The last thing you want to do is get a different vehicle where you go through the learning curve all over again.
you just came here to troll me
Put me on ignore troll.
These days I just find it easier going to eBay or Google.
My power lock was $153 used on eBay. The new part was $371. There was only 1 of my used lock on eBay, and they are specific for each door (so I’m told) so that’s a less common part is guess.