Ok I took my vehicle, ahem "lemon" in for an oil/fluids change, new battery since the the current battery is weak. It needed the heater fixed and a new thermostat.

Well the mechanic called me and said the car is ready for pick up tomorrow. So I'm thinking to myself "great" But then he slammed me with the bill total.

It's gonna cost me $700 bux I am in shock!!

I wanna

luv4u said:

JEEBUS!!! what kind of oil and battery did they put in your car?

I'd kill 2 have my bill amout 2 ONLY $700.00.
My last trip was $2,200 for some simple stuff.

You guys need to shop around a little bit....

Seems for car repair that $700 is the new $300

luv4u said:

It just cost me $1,600 to have my car fixed. That was for 2 new tires, front and rear brakes, exhaust system and an oil change.

I had my exhaust 'fixed' by Midas because it was ready to fall off. When my regular mechanic saw it he was horrified...they put all the wrong parts on my car and I wasn't getting enough power. I fought midas over it and they only reimbursed me for the parts and not the $100 labor...mind you it took them not even 15 minutes to put the piece of crap on!

Don't ever go there!

I HATE car repairs.

I don't know any mechanics and always feel like I'm getting completely ripped off.

It sucks.

Luv

Nothinbutjoy said:

It sure does feel like I got ripped off

CarrieLee said:

I just dropped $3000 in mine last month!

i just spent about 400$ on a window lock switch
$700 for brakes etc.
$150 for a transmission fluid change
all for my volvo t5 wagon

When they told me my car was gonna cost $1200 to fix, I donated it to charity!




I no longer have a car. No repair bills.

$4,750 in the last 19 months.

luv4u said:

What kind of car? What exactly was done to the heater?.....This actually sounds sort of right

Graycap23 said:

:reflect:

Graycap23 said:

That's like supporting another human being

JustErin said:

Sucks doesn't it? I mean I guess I can't really complain, I haven't had to put a lot of money into my car and she's turning 10 very soon! I will run that honda to the ground...I hate car payments!

I hate surprises like that!
I know how you feel.

So now when I go in to do my car,
before they do anything,
I'm like, tell me only what absolutely needs to be done,
and how much it will cost,
because I am paying cash and want to make sure I have enough to pay you guys.
Then after they tell me a total,
I'm like... "what? how much?"
Can you only do this, and that then?
I'll wait a little more until I have more cash.

My Honda service manager that I always go to knows me by now,
he once slashed my bill from $700 something
to $200 something.
But since then, I try to be more aware of what they are doing to that car.

luv4u said:

lol.....right. It's all "normal" routine stuff. Nothing major was done, which is a scary thought.