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Is Car Repair always so insane? Just got quoted $4000 for a strut, tire, tie ro
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Date: August 29th, 2025 5:38 PM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy tie rods, control arms
Got hit on the driver's side by another car while parked. Didn't want to use insurance but got a quote for $4000 |
Date: August 29th, 2025 6:29 PM Author: Floppy fiercely-loyal fat ankles It doubled recently
Tbf it needed to, regardless of inflation. A good mechanic takes longer to develop than a competent physician, even at the same IQ level. |
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Date: August 29th, 2025 6:30 PM Author: Overrated idiot doesn't this seem like way beyond normal repair work? struts and control arms aren't typically replaced until 200k+, i know this guy got in an accident but these are not really usual repairs imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49222712) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 9:42 AM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy The mechanic also claims I need to replace them on both sides for even wear and balance for the car (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49223823) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 11:14 AM Author: Floppy fiercely-loyal fat ankles He is right but the difference will be 10% over 100k miles. I can show you 100 things that should be done for optimal performance and by the time youre done with them you could have bought a new car. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49223986) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 11:26 AM Author: confused dysfunction stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224008) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:40 PM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy should I push back and get it done on only the damaged side? This car is a 2016 Hyundai Sonata ,not a Lambo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224163) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:48 PM Author: Floppy fiercely-loyal fat ankles I would check the strut for no leaks and the control arm bushings for no obvious cracks and if OK then not change them. You can also just ask him to check for you, depending i guess. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224179) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 10:22 AM Author: confused dysfunction stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49223907) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:42 PM Author: Motley house That doesn’t sound economically viable longterm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224169) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:50 PM Author: Floppy fiercely-loyal fat ankles Its not. Cars have gotten so complicated that they are definitely making themselves nonviable. You can thank the EPA above all. |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:52 PM Author: Motley house Remember “cash for clunkers” and Obama’s “auto czar”?
Jfc people are gullible |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:59 PM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy Whats the longevity now of a modern car - 100k? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224202) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 1:16 PM Author: Impertinent ape 300k if you maintain it well not flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224217) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 1:37 PM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy for the newest cars? i've never had a car go beyond 150k (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224256) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:03 PM Author: Impertinent ape You must drive like an Indian then. There are Tesla 3s with over 400k from driving uber still running around (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224309) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 10:15 AM Author: Mustard skinny woman lettuce I found a screw in my tire late yesterday afternoon.
Big pain in the ass to get it repaired timely. A huge number of shops aren't open weekends at all. Some that usually are open Saturdays were closed today because it's Labor Day weekend.
Killing time at a auto repair chain rn. They didn't have a bona fide appointment available so I'm waiting for them to squeeze me in. Could be hours. |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 11:14 AM Author: Floppy fiercely-loyal fat ankles The repair for a screw in your tire is "leave it alone." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49223988) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 10:47 PM Author: Mustard skinny woman lettuce I had already driven approximately 3k miles with it in there so I tend to agree with your assessment. This probably could have waited if it were up to me.
Trouble is my dad knew about the screw and I had plans to drive 250 miles today... He would have been absolutely furious with me had I driven that distance with the screw in it |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 11:27 AM Author: Internet-worthy sooty hospital this shit is incredible when you're in a jam, couldn't believe how well it works:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FX5TKE8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 11:48 AM Author: Low-t cheese-eating theatre old irish cottage Gets glue all over your rims and adds weight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224051) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:15 PM Author: black 180 private investor brunch just have AAA do it. I had them come to my parent's house (where I live) and they patched it in the driveway (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224103) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 10:42 PM Author: Mustard skinny woman lettuce AFAIK a proper repair entails taking the tire off the rim and I really doubt mobile shops can do that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49225251) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 11:31 AM Author: Green histrionic hissy fit corner Car repair costs are insane. Also you have to go to a stealership, because most rando mechanic shops will at best not be able to diagnose/fix it but more likely make things worse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224019) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:41 PM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy How much more would a stealership be than a rando mechanic shop?
This $4k quote above is from a rando mechanic shop |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:43 PM Author: Motley house I’ve generally gotten better service and less fuckups at rando shops than dealerships. Like everything else ITT this is just anecdotal nonsense (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224171) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 11:45 AM Author: misunderstood space toilet seat I spent $6k for work to be done on my car this year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224044) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:40 PM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy What kind of work? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224165) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:51 PM Author: misunderstood space toilet seat Some kind of engine leak which triggered the check engine light and performance was affected. It’s a Taurus and the placement of the engine is fucked up and badly designed like a German car for some dumb reason and getting to the leak required taking out the whole engine block first. That was $3k at a garage. Then Part needed replacement for AC. And needed to replace the monitor / computer system. Those two jobs were dealer only because garage would just fuck it up and that cost another $3k.
I only owe $15k on the car and am intending to pay it off completely at the end of the year.
Don’t buy used cars it just doesn’t pay |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: misunderstood space toilet seat Bought another car for my wife in January and she crashed three weeks later. I had to come out to the scene and explain to her that yes it was her fault and not the other drivers fault. That was ultimately an insurance job obviously but my insurance rate went up A LOT because of it. You guys talk about Asian giifriends etc but let’s just say this ain’t the first time she crashed up a car. |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:59 PM Author: misunderstood space toilet seat One time a few years ago the night before vacation she backed her car out of our driveway and fucking HIT my parked car, damaging both. That was $4k and two cars out of service and an insurance job of course. She knew I was gonna kill her when it happened so the first thing she said was that I had parked my car wrong originally which caused her to hit my car with her car. I literally had to walk around the house and back to keep from crazy yelling at her after she said that. |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 3:29 PM Author: lascivious crystalline mad-dog skullcap Why would it be important or even preferable to not yell at her in that situation? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224485) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 3:45 PM Author: misunderstood space toilet seat Yell more I mean. Crazy yell. I didn’t want to crazy yell. Just normal yelling.
I’m married, dude. Everything comes back around in a marriage. |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:41 PM Author: french honey-headed knife too bad the US doesnt have proper public transport, oh well goys enjoy ur 7k car repair by an illegal beaner! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224168) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:46 PM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy when's the last time you had a car? and what kind (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224175) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 1:06 PM Author: french honey-headed knife 15 years, had a used audi i bought for like 5-6k from some birdshit, it immdiately had some prob with like the under carriage making noise, i took it to some beaner shop and he charged me $100 to take off this thing
when i self deported i had to get rid of it and no one wanted it, i sold it to this shady as furk ruskie looking dood who paid me like 2k in cash and insisted on lying on the contract so the price looked more to the DMV (there's some reason for doing that, i forget now, maybe insurance fraud?)
i recall back then i started paying like 250 a month for parking at my apt but i got tired of paying so i wld haev to move car arnd all the time in free parking, one time i parked under this big tree and these BIRDSHITS shat all over my car, the parking toycops saw it and ticketed me for some BS like i was too far from curb but really it was cause my car was covered with birdshit for multiple days but they cldnt give me a ticket for having birdshit
i hate furking cars, in furking tongo i rented a car with no license and furking within 1-2h i hated driving arnd, its slavery, it sucks shit |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 1:39 PM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy a 5-6K audi sounds like its trouble - aren't Audis unreliable and expensive?
for that price you should have been looking at used Toyotas or something. selling it for $2K wasn't bad if it still ran and didn't have some major issue
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:16 PM Author: french honey-headed knife yea i was retarded, i barely drove it maybe not even 100m a month, i ust wanted a "lux" car cause i was a prestigious lolyer
it ran okay other than that weird sound |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 12:49 PM Author: coral razzle market We can’t ever have nice public transport because of blacks so it’s really not worth building at all. White people like driving because you don’t have to ride next to a violent negro blasting rap on a jbl. It’s really that simple. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224181) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 1:07 PM Author: french honey-headed knife yea if only there were countries that dealt with violence and/or niggas. theres simply no place like el salvador, dubai, saudi, singapore, they just dont exist
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Date: August 30th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: Dull Pit Jew u picked the wrong field, u could have had an extra 7 years of a career without the college bullshit, no debt, and had evenings and weekends off for lyfe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224218) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:00 PM Author: passionate property legal warrant Fix it yourself. YouTube makes everything easy now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224302) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:03 PM Author: cerise range patrolman my primary car is about 20 years old now and i have maybe put $5K into it including brakes.
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:16 PM Author: french honey-headed knife pic of u with ur car: https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014611125443226135_8.jpeg?fit=770%2C513&quality=80 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224324) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:28 PM Author: cerise range patrolman i wish i was that thin
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Date: August 30th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: french honey-headed knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224375) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 3:26 PM Author: Stirring rehab You are a mark. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224478) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 3:27 PM Author: Sticky forum My mom spent $10k on repairs recently for a 2017 Mercedes c class. It's probably not even worth $20,000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49224481) |
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Date: August 31st, 2025 11:29 AM Author: Judgmental lemon really tough guy Jeez, did she get into an accident? Or was this 'maintenance' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49226066) |
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Date: August 31st, 2025 12:05 PM Author: Sticky forum No the car was running completely fine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49226132) |
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Date: August 30th, 2025 10:45 PM Author: Twisted Useless Brakes Parlour 90% of auto mechanics are immigrants being rounded up and deported (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5767583&forum_id=2).#49225254) |