Holyroller key's jetta, suspect beat up and arrested

[leaningright]

I paid $90 for a rebuilt starter on my wifes towncar with a 4.6. And would take no less than $100 to change it for someone else. A royal pain in the nuckles. But $500...wow!

Just had the u-joints go out in the front axle of the Dodge 4WD. Two u-joints, 20 bucks.....about 2 1/2 hrs. labor and it's back on the road. Got an estimate and it would have been around $450 if taken to a shop.

 

[uscitizen]

$20 for 2 U joints ? or each, still cheap.
Yep, you can, and I do save a bundle doing my own vehicle maintenance.
and I know the quality of work that is done.

 

[uscitizen]

Mielage on the car has no impact on the repair costs for individual items Rob. My subie has 205K and still has the origional starter....

 

[leaningright]

$20 for 2 U joints ? or each, still cheap.
Yep, you can, and I do save a bundle doing my own vehicle maintenance.
and I know the quality of work that is done.

$9.87 per u-joint. My wife had no idea what she was getting when she got me.....and still says so. I've saved us quite a bit on vehicle repairs.

 

[uscitizen]

Good price, typical U jionts are about $15-20 here now.
I recently put a serpentine belt tensioner on the lincoln. I think the part was $35, took me 45 min, and I had never done one before. The Ford garage wanted $150 + keep it all day + gas to get there and back.... Actually two trips for one car and one trip for the one being repaired + 2 hours of time for 2 people dropping an picking up the car.