it burns a hole in the pocket…
What, still no takers on this?
hmm. maybe I need to up the ante a bit. I’ve seen others offer up bribes to get referrals… Something off of your wish list (limit $40)?... a small dragon sculpture?....
/enters beg mode/
Please help me get a free Mac Mini!
Anyway…
We’re paying off at least one credit card with our tax refunds. Some of the rest of it has gone toward miscellaneous car needs. Tires (for both the truck & the car), and my little green car was ailing recently. I had thought it was the clutch, as the dealership had told me over a year ago (I think) that the clutch was in need of being replaced.
So, when the car started acting up when accelerating (all gears), I figured the clutch was finally gasping its last breath. Knowing that the dealership was wanting
around $1200 to replace the clutch, I figured we’d take it to Aamco instead (after calling and getting an estimate of $600-$850).
So we dropped it off last night, and I got a call this morning from the customer service manager at Aamco.
They said the clutch doesn’t need to be replaced. They said the engine needs a tuneup (spark plugs, fuel filter*, etc). I thought about it and recalled at either my last oil change at Saturn or the one before that, that they had told me it was due for that next.. but I put it off due to the inordinate amount of $$ for them to do it that I wasn’t ready to fork over (I think that Saturn’s estimate was more than $600 to do the entire tuneup).
* which would probably explain why I started getting such shit-tay gas mileage as of late
I gave Aamco the OK to do it since they’re charging less and the car is there anyway, plus I told them about a supposed leak Saturn claims they saw on the transmission, so they’re checking for that, too.
It’s cool that they don’t believe the clutch needs to be replaced yet, considering it has 142,000 miles on it!! And yes, it’s the original clutch. :cheese:
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