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    A THOUSAND FUCKING DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!





    Took the Mustang in to get the brakes looked at today... You can imagine what i got hit with. Turns out i need three rotors, new pads bumper to bumper, new front and back 'calopers' (whatever the fuck that is), and hardware kits, as well as everything flushed out...

    All this less than two weeks after 600$ went out for a new battery and a new alternator... 1600$ auto repairs in less than a month!

    And i'll tell you right now, the way i drive i'll need 4 new tires by summer...

    It's not that i don't have the money, i do, but this is so goddamed annoying that my eyes could pop... I know people that drive whole cars that didn't cost them that much.

    Who the fuck decided we needed more than a horse and buggy? At least you don't have to buy new LEGS for a horse!!!

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    Well you do need to buy new shoes for horses pretty frequently...

    Car trouble sucks ass.



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    Yeah, cars pretty much suck. Wife and I talk about most expenses in terms of how many nights at a SC it is worth. Since we spend about $400 on average each time we visit a SC, a $1000 car repair would be worth 2.5 nights at a SC. Of course, it is always good if your car has brakes...not stopping when you stomp on the pedal is a bad thing
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    My boyfriend owns a car building/repair shop,so now all my car needs are all free.
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    Sorry to hear, our car needed a new serpantine belt and new tires here recently, and we got it brand new in the beginning of 2003, only like 18000 miles on it. Oh well. Car trouble does suck.

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    I'll give you a quarter, Madcap....I feel for ya.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Madcap
    A THOUSAND FUCKING DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!





    Took the Mustang in to get the brakes looked at today... You can imagine what i got hit with. Turns out i need three rotors, new pads bumper to bumper, new front and back 'calopers' (whatever the fuck that is), and hardware kits, as well as everything flushed out...

    All this less than two weeks after 600$ went out for a new battery and a new alternator... 1600$ auto repairs in less than a month!

    And i'll tell you right now, the way i drive i'll need 4 new tires by summer...

    It's not that i don't have the money, i do, but this is so goddamed annoying that my eyes could pop... I know people that drive whole cars that didn't cost them that much.

    Who the fuck decided we needed more than a horse and buggy? At least you don't have to buy new LEGS for a horse!!!
    The 'calipers' are the things when you push on the break pedal squeeze your brake pads together on to the rotors.

    What are they charging you for labor?? Sounds like thats where all the money is going. $600 for a battery and alternator? Sounds like you got ripped off to me. I just got a new battery for my truck for $40. I don't think an alternator costs $560.
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    Quote Originally Posted by big_daddy
    What are they charging you for labor?? Sounds like thats where all the money is going. $600 for a battery and alternator? Sounds like you got ripped off to me. I just got a new battery for my truck for $40. I don't think an alternator costs $560.
    There was something else with the electrical system, i don't remember offhand what and i'm too lazy to go get the paperwork at the moment, plus tow charge (!!)

    And, yes, that was from firestone... labor was an arm and a leg. Today I went elsewhere.


    Looking at tires, that'll be another 600$ for a set of four.

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    I have two trucks, a crew cab Toyota Tundra and a crew cab Chevy Silverado and take a guess which one I have problems with.......Uh...The CHEVY! Bastid truck needs a new trany. It's under a 12 mo./12,000 mi warranty, but I still don't want to know how much all the little stuff not covered is goin cost me.
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    My Z28 needed new brakes after four years, but all I needed was new pads and my rotors to be resurfaced. I blame the people I share the road with in my fine state. At least when I need new pads, I won't have to pay for them again. Other than a little over 150 for a tuneup, and regular oil changes, my car has been trouble free.

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    I hear ya Madcap. I like to own the "finer" cars as friends say. BMW, that went, Mercedes, that went, now a fucking Mitsu. 3000GT with nitrous yet.....Bad news.

    After this, it's HONDA time.

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    We really do beat on our cars these days.

    There is way more traffic on the roads so we are starting and stopping more often and idling the engine in summer heat. Our suburbs get further and further away from stores and malls forcing us to take the care further and further out.

    Most of us have gadgets that didn't even exist twenty years ago as standards. All those booming stereos, electric windows and extra electronics add strain to the base electrical system.

    Not to mention the roads are getting worse (in my opinion - at least compared to when I was 18 years ago) and the people are getting heavier!

    All these little things add up to big trouble. It is death by a thousand cuts.

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    That's something to consider when getting a car. A new tire for my ford is about 60 bucks. A new tire for my friend's Acura is $250. It'll be a long time before I'm cruising around in much else than a plain ol' "car".
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    I tend to beat the shit outta my tires, too...

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    you got ripped off my man

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    I need new tires for my truck they run about $197.27 each. I don't need these exact tries but man they are sweet!
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    Ugh, alternators are evil. Mine crapped out on me last year (in the middle of the nite while I was about to start driving home from a wedding in pennsylvania ) and I had to pay almost $400 for a new one. Some cars just have expensive parts. A friend of mine works at a dealership out of state and checked the dealer prices for me, and the garage doing the work wasn't gouging me after all. I was so pissed. I've had so many problems with this car (only a 2000 model) that I'm tempted to blow it up or drive it into the potomac. No more nissan for me, its only VW or toyota from now on.

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    I had an Audi and as soon as it went out of warranty everything broke. I added up the expenses when I finally decided to sell it when the transmission was going out (at this point it was 11 years old though) and I'd spent over $10,000 repairing it over the last four years. My dad kept telling me I should keep it since it was paid for but I could have been paying for a car that didn't break as much with that much money!

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    Exactly why I don't understand the whole excitement thing about cars. They are a money loser. So getting a new expensive little putt-putt where the costs to fix them sky-rocket to 5 times what they would compared to the cars I drive does not seem in the least bit interesting. Going fast died out when I was in my 30s. I'll do the elegant car thing only if they are old and cheap and I could dispose of the vehicle if the repairs were too much, so not much lost. So I take 7-year-old Intrepids and run them into the ground.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sadbuttrue
    Exactly why I don't understand the whole excitement thing about cars. They are a money loser. So getting a new expensive little putt-putt where the costs to fix them sky-rocket to 5 times what they would compared to the cars I drive does not seem in the least bit interesting. Going fast died out when I was in my 30s. I'll do the elegant car thing only if they are old and cheap and I could dispose of the vehicle if the repairs were too much, so not much lost. So I take 7-year-old Intrepids and run them into the ground.

    >>>Sad<<<
    Its a hobbie...an interest....some people like wasting their money at strip clubs(no offense anyone)...some people like wasting it on cars...

    It doesnt have to be a money loser either...i bought my car in 1997(a 1988 M3)....for 10k dollars....i put 50k miles on it....i could sell it now for 15k dollars(even without all the money i put into it).

    The 20k i put into it was just for fun...makes me happy. Puts a smile on my face everytime. Will I ever get that money back? Probably not....but its made me happy for 7 plus years.



    Mad....calipers can be rebuilt...there's hardly ever a reason to need to replace them all. How old is this mustang? Before you do anythign silly like that again....PM me and tell me about it...maybe i can give you some adivce

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    I hate my car too....dumb crappy put-put 95 Ford escort !!!!

    My Rack n Pinion steering is all messed and and my car makes really loud sounds when I turn. I dont have that much money to get it fixed now so I guess Ill just drive around in my death trap on wheels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TigersMilk
    I hate my car too....dumb crappy put-put 95 Ford escort !!!!

    My Rack n Pinion steering is all messed and and my car makes really loud sounds when I turn. I dont have that much money to get it fixed now so I guess Ill just drive around in my death trap on wheels.
    I like living life on the edge!! YAY gonna die at every turn!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by AinNY
    Mad....calipers can be rebuilt...there's hardly ever a reason to need to replace them all. How old is this mustang? Before you do anythign silly like that again....PM me and tell me about it...maybe i can give you some adivce
    Mustang's a 2002, apparently everything on it was original (contrary to what i was told when i bought the damned thing). The back two were apparently clamped down on the rotors, constantly applying braking action (This is one reason i took it in, i noticed something funky). I'm not surprised the two back rorors were gone, considering that. The cash i dropped on it last year was all cosmetic, and for a tune-up, couple of minor other things as well, never had any idea the thing needed new BRAKES.

    Honestly, fuck it, with what happened to my last Mustang, i'll take the new brakes. Nice to be able to, you know... STOP when you want to. lol. Got the lines flushed out and new goop put in there, as well. Oh, and an oil change.

    Honestly, i know dick about cars. Open little door, insert nozzle, fuel... Turn on, push pedal, it goes thata way... I never bothered to learn about the insides. "Working" and "broke" are the two catagories of motor vehicles for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Madcap
    Mustang's a 2002, apparently everything on it was original (contrary to what i was told when i bought the damned thing). The back two were apparently clamped down on the rotors, constantly applying braking action (This is one reason i took it in, i noticed something funky). I'm not surprised the two back rorors were gone, considering that. The cash i dropped on it last year was all cosmetic, and for a tune-up, couple of minor other things as well, never had any idea the thing needed new BRAKES.

    Honestly, fuck it, with what happened to my last Mustang, i'll take the new brakes. Nice to be able to, you know... STOP when you want to. lol. Got the lines flushed out and new goop put in there, as well. Oh, and an oil change.

    Honestly, i know dick about cars. Open little door, insert nozzle, fuel... Turn on, push pedal, it goes thata way... I never bothered to learn about the insides. "Working" and "broke" are the two catagories of motor vehicles for me.
    Well dont hestitate to ask me any questions when you get an estimate for work done.

    The calipers were seized....not somethign normal on a 2002 car...but then again it is american. My calipers are original and have 130k miles on them and are 17 years old.

    The thing is...they can be rebuilt....with a kit that costs a few bucks...instead of replaced with new ones that cost a few hundred. And the result would be exactly the same.

    Rotors and pads are normal wear items...no big deal.

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