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innerspaceboy · 06-20-2019, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

That looks like an unusually high amount just to repair an oil leak. If I went to an auto repair shop with an oil leak (after first checking the oil filter and drain plug to see if they were just loose and only needed tightening) and they quoted me a price like that, I'd go and get a second and maybe a third opinion from one or two other repair shops (not a dealer, though, as they always charge much more for everything than a typical repair shop.)

I would expect to pay $3,000 to $4,000 for a complete, engine replacement for a typical car at a non-dealer repair shop.

My apologies; I omitted the boring details:

I originally went to a mom and pop garage which after $500 I learned not to do with a Subaru. They gave me the entirely wrong diagnosis.

Back to the dealer I found I had to replace the following:

A dead battery
Both head gaskets were bad
Both valve cover gaskets
Spark plugs tubes (oil seals)
Spark plugs
Exhaust gaskets
Timing belt
A cracked radiator
And the radiator hose

It's an eleven year old car with 98,000 miles on it. It just wasn't worth scrapping it and getting into a lease. I'm driving without collision or comprehensive and a lease would have tripled my insurance rate so that's out of the question.

Hopefully the leak is fixed at this point. We won't know until all the leaked oil has burned off the engine.

Psy-Fi · 06-20-2019, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

sure that was part of the lol

I also started the day playing golf with my bourgeois Dad for my Birthday

well TopGolf, it's not really that similar, I won having never played Golf in my life

Occulthawk is right. You'll be voting Republican in no time. Lots of golf courses in San Diego. Maybe you can stop by Frown's place and talk him into hitting the links with you.

OccultHawk · 06-20-2019, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

My apologies; I omitted the boring details:

I originally went to a mom and pop garage which after $500 I learned not to do with a Subaru. They gave me the entirely wrong diagnosis.

Back to the dealer I found I had to replace the following:

A dead battery
Both head gaskets were bad
Both valve cover gaskets
Spark plugs tubes (oil seals)
Spark plugs
Exhaust gaskets
Timing belt
A cracked radiator
And the radiator hose

It's an eleven year old car with 98,000 miles on it. It just wasn't worth scrapping it and getting into a lease. I'm driving without collision or comprehensive and a lease would have tripled my insurance rate so that's out of the question.

Hopefully the leak is fixed at this point. We won't know until all the leaked oil has burned off the engine.

All those repairs don’t sit right with me. I’m hesitant to say it because obviously I don’t know. At around 100,000 you let some **** go. Cracked radiator? Show me. How cracked? Is this a problem now or a potential problem? How far off. Let me get a picture of it to show my uncle in Virginia.

The last part about “hopefully” sounds pretty passive on your part. You just spent $3500. It better be ****ing fixed.

My old beater leaks oil. I just check it almost every time I drive. That ain’t no solution, I know but I have a good relationship with a local shop and they even said it wasn’t worth it. Right now I couldn’t get 3 grand to save my life.

The good thing about the dealer is the will usually get you squared away but if you find a good local shop they’ll hopefully show your wallet some discretion as well.

OccultHawk · 06-20-2019, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

Occulthawk is right. You'll be voting Republican in no time. Lots of golf courses in San Diego. Maybe you can stop by Frown's place and talk him into hitting the links with you.

lol

I haven’t said that in a long time. I’d rather he ended up a dickhead republican than dead. I think he’s on the road to a drug and alcohol problem which he probably thinks is really romantic and cool.

innerspaceboy · 06-20-2019, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

All those repairs don’t sit right with me. I’m hesitant to say it because obviously I don’t know. At around 100,000 you let some **** go. Cracked radiator? Show me. How cracked? Is this a problem now or a potential problem? How far off. Let me get a picture of it to show my uncle in Virginia.

The last part about “hopefully” sounds pretty passive on your part. You just spent $3500. It better be ****ing fixed.

My old beater leaks oil. I just check it almost every time I drive. That ain’t no solution, I know but I have a good relationship with a local shop and they even said it wasn’t worth it. Right now I couldn’t get 3 grand to save my life.

The good thing about the dealer is the will usually get you squared away but if you find a good local shop they’ll hopefully show your wallet some discretion as well.

You're right. They did save me some money - a factory radiator would have been $600 but they found an aftermarket unit for $228 with tax and no additional labor. And while the mom and pop garage said water pump replacement is mandatory on all timing belt replacements the dealer said no - any Subaru after 2003 has a water pump good for 250,000 mi and saved me another $250 right there, so I trust that it wasn't a con.

They also gave me a 2019 loaner at no charge for the 3 days it took for the repair. They said if it wasn't ready in time for my trip to not worry about it and go on my trip with the rental.

The car was severely leaking oil - billowing burning oil smoke from the hood and choking me through the vents while so drove, so it was a serious issue.

I really hope it's fixed.

Oriphiel · 06-20-2019, 06:48 AM

Should've just gone full retro and bought a horse instead

OccultHawk · 06-20-2019, 06:57 AM

One thing’s for sure

Every year car repairs get more and more spendy

It’s like the college tuition hikes for real

And medical too - they got you by the balls

Oriphiel · 06-20-2019, 07:01 AM

The joke's on them, being got by the balls is my fetish

**Frownland** · 06-20-2019, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Doug McClasky

You're literally describing cause and effect

It's almost like he's making the case that choice is a cause and effect process.

The Batlord · 06-20-2019, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

It's almost like he's making the case that choice is a cause and effect process.

Which makes it not a choice but simply an effect. Stop using magical terminology to describe simple effects.

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