Re: Fuck Honda (venting/non Rocco)

["Joshua Strait" <joshua13s@hotmail.com>]

After leaving the shop with a hot face I started thinking about it and I 
agree with you.  I think I was just pissed at the fact that the TB was that 
inaccessable.  It would take me (no mechanic by any stretch) about an hour 
to do this on my car(I think).  I just wish she would get a VW.

Josh Strait


>(saying this as I bob and weave)...
>That's actually not that bad of a price (duck).  At $60/hr for shop rate
>that's $210 for the labor and 3.5 hrs sounds about right for a TB, water
>pump, and drive belts. So maybe $20 for the belt, about $35 or $40 for the
>drive belts, and that leaves about $80 for the water pump.  As far as shops
>go, that's probably a pretty decent price.  The shop I worked at did a TB 
>on
>a Prelude and that took close to 3hrs by it's self.
>
>Kris Rayner
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joshua Strait <joshua13s@hotmail.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 10:53 PM
>Subject: Fuck Honda (venting/non Rocco)
>
>
> >The dealer pretty much raped my girlfriend.  The gas pedal was sticking 
>in
> >her civic so she ran it over to the dealer.  It was a simple fix, some
> >stoopid ass mounted her remote starter so it interfered with it.  Since 
>her
> >car was nearing 90000 miles they said she should replace the timing belt.
> >220 fucking dollars to replace a timing belt WTF.  Then they said she
>should
> >replace the drive belts and her water pump was leaking.  Total fucking 
>cost
> >was 350 fucking dollars with 3.5 hrs labor.  I could not believe it.  She
> >learned her lesson though, she would talk to me before she did anything 
>to
> >her car.  I'm not going to pretend I could replace the timing belt on a
> >Honda but I'm sure I could've found a better price than that. Does anyone
> >know where to find a resonable source for Honda parts, something along 
>the
> >lines of Potterman or Mark?
> >
> >Josh Strait
> >1988 Scirocco 16v (black)
> >
> >
> >
> >
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