From: Truckdude on

"mrsteveo" <mrsteveo(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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
"Truckdude" <shrub(a)thadeecider.com> wrote in message
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>
> "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

"Truckdude" <shrub(a)thadeecider.com> wrote in message
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>
> <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

"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> <programmer(a)att.net> wrote in message
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>> 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

"Cathy F." <clfrclfr(a)adelphiadotdashdot.net> wrote in message
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>
> "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.


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