"PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power" (petarvn)
05/07/2014 at 00:01 • Filed to: None
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"PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power" (petarvn)
05/07/2014 at 00:01 • Filed to: None | 0
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They're going to cost me $430!!!! I got a flat in my mom's car, and am buying 2 new front tires now. The tires are about $140 apiece. The rest is labor. That is some overpriced BS right there....
Rainbow
> PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
05/07/2014 at 00:50 |
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Are used tires an option? Cars usually die before their last set of tires do, so they're really not a bad idea at all.
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PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
> Rainbow
05/07/2014 at 00:54 |
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On a 2 year old, 16,000 mile Jetta that is my mom's first car she bought in the states? I don't think so....
Plus, she wants all matching tires (so they all have to be Bridgestones (?))
Basically, she's replacing a perfectly good, 16,000 mile tire on her car, and a blown out one
BKRM3
> PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
05/07/2014 at 06:14 |
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Well, actually that doesn't sound so bad. Right before winter I picked up a screw in my right rear Michelin PSS - patch/plug $90. Then I found out one of my winter sottozeros had a broken belt - replaced, $300. Then I put on my summers and got a flat left front from a pothole on the highway - replaced, $310. So yeah...
Pockets
> PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
05/07/2014 at 07:55 |
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Whaaat? Why not go elsewhere, surely another place will be more reasonable?
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
05/07/2014 at 08:59 |
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Sounds like you're getting ripped off or there is something that they didn't break out in the bill. Last time I got tires mounted and balanced it was about $20/tire.
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PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
> Pockets
05/07/2014 at 09:27 |
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nope.
mom's car, and she says it's "dealer or nowhere"
ok then. i'll just go bankrupt no biggie
cabarne4
> PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
05/07/2014 at 13:16 |
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Could be worse. I put new rubbers on my car in the fall. AWD so I had to do all 4. $250 / tire, $50 / corner to mount, balance, and allign. That's a $1200 bill for tires.
Clutch was worse. $1200 parts, $800 labor. Only because the shop owner is a friend of mine and did everything at cost. That was in December. Slave cylinder and power steering both went last month. $500 for steering rack and lines, $100 for clutch hydraulics. Did the work myself.
So that's $3800 spent on maintenance in the last 6 months...