Comments on: The Cost of Repairs! http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/11/06/the-cost-of-repairs/ KLAS-TV 8 News Now Beat the Traffic Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:46:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alexander Massoud http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/11/06/the-cost-of-repairs/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Alexander Massoud Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:31:08 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/11/06/the-cost-of-repairs/#comment-475 I can help all you guys out, i'm a mechanic and i can do all four rotors and pads and bleed you brakes with a lifetime warranty(life of the car) for less then 400 dollars! I can help all you guys out, i’m a mechanic and i can do all four rotors and pads and bleed you brakes with a lifetime warranty(life of the car) for less then 400 dollars!

]]> By: James http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/11/06/the-cost-of-repairs/comment-page-1/#comment-444 James Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:29:47 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/11/06/the-cost-of-repairs/#comment-444 UGH... you're bringing back bad memories. At one point in time, about 2 years ago, my partner and I both had jobs. I had one nice, new vehicle and together we purchased a used car which was very cheap, good on gas and used for my partner to commute and for general around-town road trips. The used car was a 2000 Chevy Cavalier that had over 60,000 miles on it when we bought it. Well one day it started stalling out after it was started. I took it to... well, that's not important because that dealership is no longer in business. They "diagnosed" the problem and told me that the vehicle needed the following repairs: New fuel pump, new sending unit, new fuel filter, new spark plug wires (I had replaced the plugs on my own a few months earlier), a fuel injector cleaning and a throttle body cleaning. Now I didn't argue with any of this because I know a little about engines, and these all seemed like reasonable repairs, especially for a 6 year old car that was -- at this time -- pushing 100,000 miles. I let them do the work and I paid the bill.... $1,600. YEEEEEEEEEOOOOOUUUUUCHHH!! The funny thing is, I got the car home, parked it, changed clothes with the intention of going to dinner with friends, started the car up...... and it stalled. OMG, I was PISSED. I took the car back the next day, absolutely fuming. I had smoke coming from my ears. They "re-diagnosed" the vehicle and found an electrical short in the ignition circuits which they repaired for free and -- wonder of wonders -- it fixed the stalling problem... Just makes me wonder if that $1,600 of service was necessary... sure it's a good idea to have new plugs, plug wires, clean injectors and the like, but I just wonder if I got hosed, you know... UGH… you’re bringing back bad memories. At one point in time, about 2 years ago, my partner and I both had jobs. I had one nice, new vehicle and together we purchased a used car which was very cheap, good on gas and used for my partner to commute and for general around-town road trips. The used car was a 2000 Chevy Cavalier that had over 60,000 miles on it when we bought it. Well one day it started stalling out after it was started. I took it to… well, that’s not important because that dealership is no longer in business.

They “diagnosed” the problem and told me that the vehicle needed the following repairs: New fuel pump, new sending unit, new fuel filter, new spark plug wires (I had replaced the plugs on my own a few months earlier), a fuel injector cleaning and a throttle body cleaning.

Now I didn’t argue with any of this because I know a little about engines, and these all seemed like reasonable repairs, especially for a 6 year old car that was — at this time — pushing 100,000 miles.

I let them do the work and I paid the bill…. $1,600. YEEEEEEEEEOOOOOUUUUUCHHH!!

The funny thing is, I got the car home, parked it, changed clothes with the intention of going to dinner with friends, started the car up…… and it stalled. OMG, I was PISSED.

I took the car back the next day, absolutely fuming. I had smoke coming from my ears. They “re-diagnosed” the vehicle and found an electrical short in the ignition circuits which they repaired for free and — wonder of wonders — it fixed the stalling problem…

Just makes me wonder if that $1,600 of service was necessary… sure it’s a good idea to have new plugs, plug wires, clean injectors and the like, but I just wonder if I got hosed, you know…

]]> By: BRUCE K http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/11/06/the-cost-of-repairs/comment-page-1/#comment-443 BRUCE K Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:04:46 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/traffic/2008/11/06/the-cost-of-repairs/#comment-443 START SAVING DAYNA ! I JUST HAD A BRAKE JOB ON MY 04 DURANGO-NEEDED NEW CYLINDERS ON ALL 4 DUE TO THE HEAT HERE (THE RINGS MELT) $700 BIG ONES !!!!!!!-NO ROTORS EITHER ! GOOD LUCK START SAVING DAYNA ! I JUST HAD A BRAKE JOB ON MY 04 DURANGO-NEEDED NEW CYLINDERS ON ALL 4 DUE TO THE HEAT HERE (THE RINGS MELT) $700 BIG ONES !!!!!!!-NO ROTORS EITHER ! GOOD LUCK

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