Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
And my wallet is ~$2600.00 lighter.
Ouch. I've never owned a car that I've had to sink that much money in repairs over it's entire lifetime, not to mention in one singe repair.
And I hope I never own a car that costs such a ridiculous amount just to keep it roadworthy.
You should try owning an airplane
They make bills like this look like coffee change. We have two of them at work.
As I said very early on when I bought this car, you have to pay to play. My original post on this thread wasn't a complaint with respect to the cost of ownership of this car, which, as of Thursday, has jumped up a fair bit. I felt I got taken over the RMS repair, but I was also glad that they were able to complete both repairs on such short notice. So therein lies the rub. Pleased, yet feeling a bit screwed at the same time.
I don't complain about gas prices, never have, never will. I drive what I choose to drive, and accept the costs associated with that decision. I'm not saddling myself with debt or lease payments, so driving a nice 400HP car that may be a bit older, but is paid for and may require the odd expensive repair is, to me, chalked up to the ownership of such a vehicle. I spent much more money on my Mustang on upgrades than I've spent on this car in repairs. So there is some relativity there as well.