As always...
Jul. 9th, 2003 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terrycloth...I made the wrong choice. I always make the wrong choice, even if I change my mind.
The dealer came up with about $2000 worth of stuff wrong with the car, none of which (really, not a single item) matched up with the $2000 worth of work suggested by the other mechanic. By not fixing things that don't sound all that serious (even though of course they're 'concerned') like oil leaks that mysteriously fail to leave oil underneath the car ever (but OTOH have been reported by several different people), I can probably get it out of the shop for only about $1000... $600 of which is the problem I brought it in for (the brakes being fuxored) and the regular maintenance that was almost due and I told them to go ahead with. Because I'm stupid.
#$%^&.
They also said that the check engine light was caused by the 02 sensor, which the other mechanic had said definately wasn't the problem. So at least one of them is either on crack or lying. At any rate I'm not fixing it.
On the other hand, if I can get another 6 months life out of the car (replacing it this winter, like I'd originally planned) it'll be sort of almost worth it, from a linear depreciation sense. On the other other hand, what are the chances that nothing else will break in the next 6 months?
They also say they might need to keep the car overnight, which would leave me pretty much stranded at work, unless I want to take the bus. Well, okay, I'd just take the bus, but I hate taking the bus.
I'm currently hating the car, the dealer, the universe, and myself, in that order.
The dealer came up with about $2000 worth of stuff wrong with the car, none of which (really, not a single item) matched up with the $2000 worth of work suggested by the other mechanic. By not fixing things that don't sound all that serious (even though of course they're 'concerned') like oil leaks that mysteriously fail to leave oil underneath the car ever (but OTOH have been reported by several different people), I can probably get it out of the shop for only about $1000... $600 of which is the problem I brought it in for (the brakes being fuxored) and the regular maintenance that was almost due and I told them to go ahead with. Because I'm stupid.
#$%^&.
They also said that the check engine light was caused by the 02 sensor, which the other mechanic had said definately wasn't the problem. So at least one of them is either on crack or lying. At any rate I'm not fixing it.
On the other hand, if I can get another 6 months life out of the car (replacing it this winter, like I'd originally planned) it'll be sort of almost worth it, from a linear depreciation sense. On the other other hand, what are the chances that nothing else will break in the next 6 months?
They also say they might need to keep the car overnight, which would leave me pretty much stranded at work, unless I want to take the bus. Well, okay, I'd just take the bus, but I hate taking the bus.
I'm currently hating the car, the dealer, the universe, and myself, in that order.
