Car Maintenance Makes Me Cry, Phase 3 Follow-Up

[bjarvis]

I collected my car from the garage Monday afternoon. Finally, it drives, sounds & smells like it should. And considering how much it cost, it damn well better!

Alternator $315.25
Alternator bracket $85.65
Alternator bolt $5
Manifold converter assembly $793.24 (inc. $128.05 labor)
Oxygen sensor (front) $114.91 (inc. $29.55 labor)
Oxygen sensor (back) $119.79 (inc. $29.25 labor)

In all, parts cost me $1,246.69, Labor $187.15, shop supplies $39.99 and sales tax $77.20 for a total of $1,551.03.

On the good side, I'm confident I'll get another five years of reliable use out of this car. As expensive as the maintenance has been this summer, it's still cheaper than buying a replacement car.

Comments

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

What's the age of your chariot?

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

It's about 10 years old currently. Other than scheduled maintenance, the exhaust work is the first major repair job.

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

Well, considering that new wheels of one sort or another could set you back $20k I'd say you've done pretty well. Your vehicle is pretty well known for being put together well from what I recall.

That said, my first set of wheels that I actually paid for was a taxicab yellow 1973 Subaru that cost me all of $2995 (plus tax of course.)