"DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By" (ducst3-red-1liter-standing-by)
07/06/2017 at 11:11 • Filed to: None
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"DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By" (ducst3-red-1liter-standing-by)
07/06/2017 at 11:11 • Filed to: None | 0
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i8 for your time! Because I can’t be bothered to take a pic of my 10 year old gray DD
Got the takata airbag recall finally done now that my local dealer has the parts, after about 2 years of waiting. That was a huge weight off my shoulders.
But then came the inspection remarks. Considering its a 10 year old car with 150k+, I think it did pretty good
The mechanic noticed the rear brakes are in need of replacement. They wanted $800 to do it! I almost coughed up a lung. Ordered everything online I need to do it myself for $250.
They also noticed I have an upper control arm bushing torn. They wanted $650 to replace it, a freaking bushing! I may take it to an independent mechanic for that though. I am a bit leery of taking apart my suspension.
Anyone out there with experience taking apart audi suspensions and/or know a good independent import mechanic in socal?
CompactLuxuryFan
> DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
07/06/2017 at 11:36 |
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I think B7s are just getting the exact same airbag in there, except brand new so it’s less likely to fail. You’ll probably have to go back again once an actual fix is out. Mine still says “remedy not available” or whatever.
There must be loads and loads of good Audi shops in SoCal. Just search “Audi service” on Yelp.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
07/06/2017 at 16:24 |
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That $650 seems pretty cheap to me. They really ought to do both sides, probably a few hours labor there. Plus an alignment because suspension work.
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DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
07/06/2017 at 16:41 |
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I am wishing I had checked to see if that price included an alignment. I was just in a hurry to get the car back and figured I could take it somewhere else for cheaper