04-07-2004, 03:09 PM
Get OFF your computer and get ON your phone and start dialing.
Pick at least 5 different garages, describing your situation and asking for an estimate. Even if they "ballpark" the estimate, you should be able to get a good reading on what the area's typical expectation is.
When it comes to Vehicle repairs, there is no such thing as "trust". Shop around, always. Even garages that I've gone to repeatedly will not automatically get my business when something goes amiss... I always shop around.
Lastly, all those parts are your's; tell them you want to see your property after they replace them. I've threatened Fraud on more than one occasion when the garage couldn't seem to produce the part they claimed to have replaced, be it a belt, hose, logic module... whatever. Garages like to advertise that they have a "trusted friendship" with their customers; this is absolute bunk... and generally a nice lead-in to them wanting you to just put-up and shut-up with any of their recommendations. Your relationship with a Garage (and any other service-oriented repair business) should always remain adversarial.
Luck.
Pick at least 5 different garages, describing your situation and asking for an estimate. Even if they "ballpark" the estimate, you should be able to get a good reading on what the area's typical expectation is.
When it comes to Vehicle repairs, there is no such thing as "trust". Shop around, always. Even garages that I've gone to repeatedly will not automatically get my business when something goes amiss... I always shop around.
Lastly, all those parts are your's; tell them you want to see your property after they replace them. I've threatened Fraud on more than one occasion when the garage couldn't seem to produce the part they claimed to have replaced, be it a belt, hose, logic module... whatever. Garages like to advertise that they have a "trusted friendship" with their customers; this is absolute bunk... and generally a nice lead-in to them wanting you to just put-up and shut-up with any of their recommendations. Your relationship with a Garage (and any other service-oriented repair business) should always remain adversarial.
Luck.
Garnered Wisdom --
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.