It's nice to have mechanic friends :)

[Aquaman]

I had to replace my front brake pads & get an oil change.......... it cost me $180 Cdn ($130US) after tax labour included

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[PatboyX]

i thought all your friends were sea creatures.

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: PatboyX
i thought all your friends were sea creatures.

THe brake pads where made out of sea shells

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[ThisIsMatt]

$115 bucks isn't that great of a deal, especially since it's a friend. I think it cost me $85 (including pads) for a front brake job the last time I had it done, and that was from our usual mechanic.

 

[KarenMarie]

All is costs me is ...

hahaha!! my b/f is a mechanic!

 

[HappyPuppy]

Parts + beer.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
All is costs me is ...

hahaha!! my b/f is a mechanic!

thats awfully expensive... that should be free.

 

[KarenMarie]

is it...
to me!
Costs him the earth!

 

[OS]

It just costs me parts since I know how to do all that myself. I actually replaced my front brakes last week. $50 for parts. Oil change, mobil 1 is $5 a quart and I need 5 quarts. :\

It usually costs ~$150 for a brake job at any mechanic and when you think about it, that's like $100 for about one hour of labor.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
All is costs me is ...

hahaha!! my b/f is a mechanic!

The same guy who bought you a house and asked you to marry him several times? The same guy you keep shooting down in flames? I'm betting all he got for working on your car was a little tease... (if that)

 

[Insane3D]

OS-

Not sure if you have a Wal Mart near you, but I just picked up two 5 gallon containers of 10W-30 Mobil 1 (Supersyn) for like ~$19.80/ea...that works out to ~$4/quart. Just a FYI.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Insane3D
OS-
Not sure if you have a Wal Mart near you, but I just picked up two 5 gallon containers of 10W-30 Mobil 1 (Supersyn) for like ~$19.80/ea...that works out to ~$4/quart. Just a FYI.

hey, yeah I know about the jugs, but my car takes 5w-20 which doesn't come in those containers.

Mobil 1 is a great product though.

 

[jagec]

It costs me about $50 to change my front pads and the oil. Gotta love doing your own work.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
All is costs me is ...

hahaha!! my b/f is a mechanic!

The same guy who bought you a house and asked you to marry him several times? The same guy you keep shooting down in flames? I'm betting all he got for working on your car was a little tease... (if that)

The very one!
We live together, for 4yrs.
I just dont want to get married right now.
In the meanwhile, he is not al huffy about it.
And it is his job to keep the cars fixed!

 

[Wingznut]

I can't even imagine what it would be like to be a the mercy of an auto repair shop. *shudders*

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
All is costs me is ...

hahaha!! my b/f is a mechanic!

The same guy who bought you a house and asked you to marry him several times? The same guy you keep shooting down in flames? I'm betting all he got for working on your car was a little tease... (if that)

The very one!
We live together, for 4yrs.
I just dont want to get married right now.
In the meanwhile, he is not al huffy about it.
And it is his job to keep the cars fixed!

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Aquaman
I had to replace my front brake pads & get an oil change.......... it cost me $180 Cdn ($130US) after tax labour included

Cheers,
Aquaman

that's terrible.

i got a transmission service and fuel filter changed for $35 canadian plus parts.

 

[Confused]

I get all my car related stuff done at cost of parts (trade price).


Dad is a fully trained Mitsubishi mechanic, and is now working for Hyundai/Subaru/Isuzu, so will be getting training on them


Confused

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
$115 bucks isn't that great of a deal, especially since it's a friend. I think it cost me $85 (including pads) for a front brake job the last time I had it done, and that was from our usual mechanic.

The guy has to make a living still This dude is cheaper then many other places I have been. If i could do it myself I would but I can't so I go to my buddies shop (he is the owner) and I give hime my business

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Crucial]

If I paid a pro mechanic $85 to do a brake job I would be frightened. Their hourly rate is a little less than that. I would wonder what they were putting on the car for parts. New rotors and pads cost me about $65 for the front. A little more in the rear. I do all the work myself so it's just parts. I would say you got a pretty good deal if the work is quality.

I just replaced the brakes, front and back, the bushings, ball joints and shocks/springs in the front end, and repaired the A/C in my 95 TransAm. I saved a ton of money doing it all myself. Would have cost at least $1500 for all the work I did. Only thing I had to pay a mechanic for was the alignment and refill on the A/C which cost about $200.