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gategrrlThings that need repairing on my 2001 Honda Civic:
Transmission/cat converter (this model year has a particular design problem with it; dealership is charging me "only" 25% of the retail price)
Cracked Exhaust Manifold (ALSO a design flaw with this and other sister model years)
Engine Mount--front one is broken. Yay.
Front Struts leaking.
Front suspension "rubber" bushing is broken on both sides.
Broken stabilizer links, also in the front.
Total quoted? Not including the Transmission, $2,944.00
What am I going to pay in the meantime for a minor tune-up, and the transmission? $1200 plus or minus. Can't wait to hear the final total on THAT. I won't be getting MY car back until perhaps Thursday, and in the meantime I'm driving a loaner car from the dealership. I am so farked.
Thank you, Honda, for producing a car that was wonderful--up until NOW. It has only 87,000 miles on it. And all this crap is happening?
Transmission/cat converter (this model year has a particular design problem with it; dealership is charging me "only" 25% of the retail price)
Cracked Exhaust Manifold (ALSO a design flaw with this and other sister model years)
Engine Mount--front one is broken. Yay.
Front Struts leaking.
Front suspension "rubber" bushing is broken on both sides.
Broken stabilizer links, also in the front.
Total quoted? Not including the Transmission, $2,944.00
What am I going to pay in the meantime for a minor tune-up, and the transmission? $1200 plus or minus. Can't wait to hear the final total on THAT. I won't be getting MY car back until perhaps Thursday, and in the meantime I'm driving a loaner car from the dealership. I am so farked.
Thank you, Honda, for producing a car that was wonderful--up until NOW. It has only 87,000 miles on it. And all this crap is happening?
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Buy American?
Date: 2009-07-15 03:54 pm (UTC)I'm just sayin' that back when having a Saturn actually meant something we got a very good car. My Mother bought the same car for the next model year and loves it. But a sister and SIL both got lemons when they bought Saturns several years after ours, which would have been about when you bought your Honda.
GM let the company go into the tank because they didn't think it was profitable enough. That's greed for ya. But now that they're restructuring, Saturn made it's own move to find a buyer which would restore the brand to its original quality. There's hope for Saturn yet!
And if we need a new car before they can put together a quality vehicle, I'll lean strongly toward a Subaru Outback/Forester.