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Transmission.....$1200!!!! FUCK ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,472
edited May 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
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Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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  • PRL1JAMPRL1JAM Posts: 787
    sucks, Speedy. I had my clutch go out on my 06 Cobalt just a few months ago. Ironically, it too was 1200 bucks to fix. It was money that I had been saving up to possibly travel the east coast for the PJ shows. Once I paid the money to get it fixed, I instantly knew I was no longer going to travel after all.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,472
    beautifullife wrote:
    sucks, Speedy. I had my clutch go out on my 06 Cobalt just a few months ago. Ironically, it too was 1200 bucks to fix. It was money that I had been saving up to possibly travel the east coast for the PJ shows. Once I paid the money to get it fixed, I instantly knew I was no longer going to travel after all.
    UGHH!!!!!

    I am glad I didnt travel to any shows myself....Mr. mechanic told me $1200.00....And I just said "Go for it"

    I seriously considered Indy and Cleveland, and now I am THRILLED I didnt do either of them.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,472
    beautifullife wrote:
    sucks, Speedy. I had my clutch go out on my 06 Cobalt just a few months ago. Ironically, it too was 1200 bucks to fix. It was money that I had been saving up to possibly travel the east coast for the PJ shows. Once I paid the money to get it fixed, I instantly knew I was no longer going to travel after all.
    06???

    Your warranty didnt cover it????
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    I am glad I didnt travel to any shows myself....Mr. mechanic told me $1200.00....And I just said "Go for it"
    I can't believe you fell for that!!!!!


    ;)
  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    $395 for the box set > $1200 for a car repair

    What kind of car/truck is it?

    My '98 Olds Cutlass (piece o crap) was in beast mode to get me to the shows (Columbus, Indy, Cleveland, Buffalo)........it knows when there is PJ at stake.
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    if i was gonna spend $1,200 to fuck someone ... it sure as hell ain't gonna be a guy named speedy! 8-)
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    You can get a new tranny and all the 2010 boots for only $1595 Speedy! Sounds like a steal to me!
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,710
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    You can get a new tranny and all the 2010 boots for only $1595 Speedy! Sounds like a steal to me!
    But wait, if you order right now we'll throw in a free box of "I don't give a rat's ass", just pay shipping and handling charges.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • pj.uw.laurapj.uw.laura Posts: 553
    I was going to make a "good thing you aren't dropping $395 on the bootlegs" comment, but others beat me to it.

    That sucks, Speedy. It blows when you have an unexpected expense, and that's a large one.
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    in times like these, you really need to ask yourself....do i really need a transmission? clearly, the answer is no.
    81 is now off the air

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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    81 wrote:
    in times like these, you really need to ask yourself....do i really need a transmission? clearly, the answer is no.

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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    pretty close norm....

    personally, i removed the transmission from my car, picked up a longer drive shaft and bolted it directly to the back cluctch.

    it's like having a powerglide transmission. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    polaris_x wrote:
    if i was gonna spend $1,200 to fuck someone ... it sure as hell ain't gonna be a guy named speedy! 8-)
    that's hilarious :lol:
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    flip a couple posters, youll have the cash in no time, you are so pro at it.
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,282
    Some dickhead broke into my car a couple months back. They punched out the lock with a screwdriver...

    Finally took it in to get fixed (gonna sell the thing next) and it's going to cost $525 to get the door and lock fixed.
    FUCK!

    I only had the most basic insurance on it, and of course it doesn't cover this repair!

    If I ever find out who did that...!! :evil: :twisted:
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    mca47 wrote:
    Some dickhead broke into my car a couple months back. They punched out the lock with a screwdriver...

    Finally took it in to get fixed (gonna sell the thing next) and it's going to cost $525 to get the door and lock fixed.
    FUCK!

    I only had the most basic insurance on it, and of course it doesn't cover this repair!

    If I ever find out who did that...!! :evil: :twisted:

    bet it was somebody from MI. :mrgreen:
    81 is now off the air

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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,472
    restlesssoul wrote:
    flip a couple posters, youll have the cash in no time, you are so pro at it.
    My poster money is going towards a down payment on my new house......
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    edited May 2010
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    restlesssoul wrote:
    flip a couple posters, youll have the cash in no time, you are so pro at it.
    My poster money is going towards a down payment on my new house......

    Not once Kathy finds out you spent $1200 on a tranny...

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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,710
    Dissidentman wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    restlesssoul wrote:
    flip a couple posters, youll have the cash in no time, you are so pro at it.
    My poster money is going towards a down payment on my new house......

    Not once Kathy fins out you spent $1200 on a tranny...

    RuPaul.jpg
    :lol::lol:
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    Just dropped of my MINI at a Firestone for new run flat tires. $1200!!

    So let's see. In the past month I:
    • Went to KC and STL to see Pearl Jam
    • Replaced my garbage disposal
    • Replaced my washing machine
    • Bought crazy expensive tires
    • Bought tickets to two Black Crowes concerts



    Fuck owning a house, a car and loving music!!!! ;)


    I will be eating a whole lot of Ramen and canned soup for the next six weeks.


    By the way, is $1200 like some industry standard for auto repair? Or $800? Seems like those are the two numbers that are always quoted. I should ask my dad if they have a code. Transmission? Oh, that's $1200. Air compressor? Oh, that's $800.
    DAL-7/5/98,10/17/00,6/9/03,11/15/13
    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Flagg wrote:
    Just dropped of my MINI at a Firestone for new run flat tires. $1200!!

    So let's see. In the past month I:
    • Went to KC and STL to see Pearl Jam
    • Replaced my garbage disposal
    • Replaced my washing machine
    • Bought crazy expensive tires
    • Bought tickets to two Black Crowes concerts



    Fuck owning a house, a car and loving music!!!! ;)


    I will be eating a whole lot of Ramen and canned soup for the next six weeks.


    By the way, is $1200 like some industry standard for auto repair? Or $800? Seems like those are the two numbers that are always quoted. I should ask my dad if they have a code. Transmission? Oh, that's $1200. Air compressor? Oh, that's $800.

    At least you live in Texas so the cost of living is cheaper ;)

    Shit my Torque converter went out in my tranny last year and it was $1900, and that's just a piece of the tranny.
    NERDS!
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Never trust a car mechanic.
    They always rip you off.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    restlesssoul wrote:
    flip a couple posters, youll have the cash in no time, you are so pro at it.
    My poster money is going towards a down payment on my new house......
    that's unbelievable...
    if you don't mind i have a couple questions for you.
    how many posters do you have?
    what is the average cost for one of the posters?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    South of Seattle wrote:

    Shit my Torque converter went out in my tranny last year and it was $1900, and that's just a piece of the tranny.


    holy crap...that's nuts. no way it should cost that much. what is it in.
    81 is now off the air

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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    I just hope the posters have not depreciated in value :P
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Flagg wrote:
    Just dropped of my MINI at a Firestone for new run flat tires. $1200!!

    So let's see. In the past month I:
    • Went to KC and STL to see Pearl Jam
    • Replaced my garbage disposal
    • Replaced my washing machine
    • Bought crazy expensive tires
    • Bought tickets to two Black Crowes concerts



    Fuck owning a house, a car and loving music!!!! ;)


    I will be eating a whole lot of Ramen and canned soup for the next six weeks.


    By the way, is $1200 like some industry standard for auto repair? Or $800? Seems like those are the two numbers that are always quoted. I should ask my dad if they have a code. Transmission? Oh, that's $1200. Air compressor? Oh, that's $800.

    yikes... i just put tires on my truck this last weekend. cost just under 400 for tires, mounting and balancing. but i don't have them fancy run flats. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    Flagg wrote:
    Just dropped of my MINI at a Firestone for new run flat tires. $1200!!

    $1,200.00 on 4 new tires?
    sure they may be the run flat tires, ok...

    that is insane.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    chadwick wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Just dropped of my MINI at a Firestone for new run flat tires. $1200!!

    $1,200.00 on 4 new tires?
    sure they may be the run flat tires, ok...

    that is insane.

    I think this feeling should expressed in a poem...
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    chadwick wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Just dropped of my MINI at a Firestone for new run flat tires. $1200!!

    $1,200.00 on 4 new tires?
    sure they may be the run flat tires, ok...

    that is insane.

    Those are the cheap ones. Actaully it was 1000 something but with tax, mounting, balancing blah blah, etc.

    Yes, run flats are expensive. But there is no spare on a MINI so you either use them, or take your chances. After these wear, I am taking my chances.
    DAL-7/5/98,10/17/00,6/9/03,11/15/13
    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Just dropped of my MINI at a Firestone for new run flat tires. $1200!!

    So let's see. In the past month I:
    • Went to KC and STL to see Pearl Jam
    • Replaced my garbage disposal
    • Replaced my washing machine
    • Bought crazy expensive tires
    • Bought tickets to two Black Crowes concerts



    Fuck owning a house, a car and loving music!!!! ;)


    I will be eating a whole lot of Ramen and canned soup for the next six weeks.


    By the way, is $1200 like some industry standard for auto repair? Or $800? Seems like those are the two numbers that are always quoted. I should ask my dad if they have a code. Transmission? Oh, that's $1200. Air compressor? Oh, that's $800.

    At least you live in Texas so the cost of living is cheaper ;)

    Shit my Torque converter went out in my tranny last year and it was $1900, and that's just a piece of the tranny.

    Thank God mine is a manual. That way I can just burn out that clutch. That will probably be $800.
    DAL-7/5/98,10/17/00,6/9/03,11/15/13
    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
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