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From: Truckdude on 5 Sep 2007 16:39 "mrsteveo" <mrsteveo(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1189024339.103365.100890(a)22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > On Sep 5, 1:23 pm, "Truckdude" <sh...(a)thadeecider.com> wrote: >> <program...(a)att.net> wrote in message >> >> news:1189008929.646924.253950(a)w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >> >> > My wife took our 2000 Camry CE in for repair due to a "muffler noise" >> > The dealer replace a front exhaust pipe assembly for $1200. Why so >> > much? >> >> Pardon me, but why on Earth is your wife handling car repairs? > > My mother has a good friend who knows vehicles inside and out. She's > not much into the computer aspect the mechanical aspect she knows > quite well. She's done some rebuilds, some overhauls, replacements... > engines, transmissions, etc. Very well rounded woman. > > Also, the local Toyota dealer has a woman I went to school with. > Krystal Morgan? I think that's her name. She's an outstanding > technician there and knows her Toyota vehicles very well. > > Not *all* women are car idiots... > Do you get the feeling that either of your examples apply to this poster's situation?
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 5 Sep 2007 16:41 "Truckdude" <shrub(a)thadeecider.com> wrote in message news:zuEDi.1726$s06.913(a)trnddc04... > > "mrsteveo" <mrsteveo(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1189024339.103365.100890(a)22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... >> On Sep 5, 1:23 pm, "Truckdude" <sh...(a)thadeecider.com> wrote: >>> <program...(a)att.net> wrote in message >>> >>> news:1189008929.646924.253950(a)w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >>> >>> > My wife took our 2000 Camry CE in for repair due to a "muffler noise" >>> > The dealer replace a front exhaust pipe assembly for $1200. Why so >>> > much? >>> >>> Pardon me, but why on Earth is your wife handling car repairs? >> >> My mother has a good friend who knows vehicles inside and out. She's >> not much into the computer aspect the mechanical aspect she knows >> quite well. She's done some rebuilds, some overhauls, replacements... >> engines, transmissions, etc. Very well rounded woman. >> >> Also, the local Toyota dealer has a woman I went to school with. >> Krystal Morgan? I think that's her name. She's an outstanding >> technician there and knows her Toyota vehicles very well. >> >> Not *all* women are car idiots... >> > > Do you get the feeling that either of your examples apply to this poster's > situation? Statistics and logic should be taught at gunpoint, ya know? Failure means a bullet in your head.
From: Cathy F. on 5 Sep 2007 17:56 "Truckdude" <shrub(a)thadeecider.com> wrote in message news:pfEDi.1691$h06.1435(a)trnddc03... > > <programmer(a)att.net> wrote in message > news:1189008929.646924.253950(a)w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >> My wife took our 2000 Camry CE in for repair due to a "muffler noise" >> The dealer replace a front exhaust pipe assembly for $1200. Why so >> much? >> > > Pardon me, but why on Earth is your wife handling car repairs? Huh??? Why wouldn't/couldn't she? Maybe he wasn't free for the day to take it in, & she was, etc. Cathy
From: Cathy F. on 5 Sep 2007 18:10 "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:uPDDi.15507$B25.2643(a)news01.roc.ny... > <programmer(a)att.net> wrote in message > news:1189021886.286906.158600(a)57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com... >> On Sep 5, 1:55 pm, "mack" <macke...(a)dslextreme.com> wrote: >>> <program...(a)att.net> wrote in message >>> >>> news:1189008929.646924.253950(a)w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...> My wife >>> took our 2000 Camry CE in for repair due to a "muffler noise" >>> > The dealer replace a front exhaust pipe assembly for $1200. Why so >>> > much? >>> >>> Have you looked at the repair invoice, or talked to the dealer's service >>> manager? If not, why not? >> >> The part replaced was "pipe Assembly, 17410-03300" >> > > Go back to the dealership's parts department with that UPC number on a > piece of paper, and do not show the receipt for the work on the car. Ask > what that part number is, and get a price. You should be able to figure > out the rest. Makes sense to me; add the labor to the cost of the part(s), tax if applicable, & that should add up to what your bill was. If not, then question the service dep't. Cathy > >
From: Truckdude on 5 Sep 2007 18:32
"Cathy F." <clfrclfr(a)adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message news:epCdnaPeL8ALu0LbRVn_vw(a)giganews.com... > > "Truckdude" <shrub(a)thadeecider.com> wrote in message > news:pfEDi.1691$h06.1435(a)trnddc03... >> >> <programmer(a)att.net> wrote in message >> news:1189008929.646924.253950(a)w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... >>> My wife took our 2000 Camry CE in for repair due to a "muffler noise" >>> The dealer replace a front exhaust pipe assembly for $1200. Why so >>> much? >>> >> >> Pardon me, but why on Earth is your wife handling car repairs? > > Huh??? Why wouldn't/couldn't she? > > Maybe he wasn't free for the day to take it in, & she was, etc. > > Cathy > > It was only taken in for an annoying noise. Anyway, I guess it all depends on how we were raised. |