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Replying to: rsholland (Dec 29, 2008 12:20 pm)
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Replying to: jeqq (Jan 27, 2009 6:33 am) |
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Well I took the Forester in for an oil change and thorough checkup prior to driving it across the country and got told that I needed new brakes. ARGH! The $30 oil change cost just rocketed up to $450  In case you're interested, front and rear brake jobs cost $220 each for an XT (requires ceramic brake pads). Oh well, they'd told me a year and 10k miles ago that they were close to needing replacing. Plus they were the original brakes and they lasted over 70k so I guess I can't complain too much. In addition, I'll be towing a U-Haul trailer 2,500 miles so good brakes are a definite necessity. -Frank
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Replying to: p0926 (Feb 27, 2009 8:50 pm) A friend of mine was driving his 2000 Nissan Frontier to Iowa last summer (from Fairbanks, AK) and was pulling a well-loaded trailer. He took it to a shop for estimated repairs prior to the trip, and they recommended front brake replacement, as well as replacement of his front half-shafts (both outer CV boots were split and one axle was making some noise). They quoted him $1200. I had been talking with him somewhat casually about buying his car, for which he was looking to get $1500. He told me that he needed to do the work, but hoped to sell his car first so he did not have to foot the bill out of pocket. I told him if he had a Saturday free, I could help him do the work himself, and all he needed was to buy the parts! So, he did. It was about $280 for the parts and the work took us an annoyingly long eight hours as a result of some stubbornness on the part of the vehicle and unfamiliarity on the part of the "mechanics." But, we got it put back together and saved him over $900. As he as driving me home, I offered him $800 for the car and we both ended up with a pretty good deal.  The amazing part, however, were the brake pads! Those things were so worn down that I could barely perceive a difference between the surface of the pads and the backers. It was mind-blowing. They were not scraping, mind you, but were literally within miles of doing so. He had only owned the truck for about 10,000 miles, so I suspect what happened was that the pads were around 10% when he bought it, so rather than replace the pads, the dealership simply broke off the squealers and hoped the buyer wouldn't check. It paid off for them, but could have cost my friend some serious bucks if he had not moved out-of-state with such impeccable timing! I kept one set of the pads as a souvenir. |
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Replying to: p0926 (Feb 27, 2009 8:50 pm) Have a good road trip, Frank! |
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