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Car dealers are like airlines...

June 25th, 2006 at 04:18 am

...every time you call you get a different price! Last time we brought the car in for an oil change, the guy said that we would need breaks. They didn't need to be fixed immediately, but should be fixed during the next oil change. So here comes this oil change, and a different guy mentions nothing about the breaks, but by the way, we really should get the 45,000 mile service (for $450). Uh, next time. I'll need to work that one into the budget. So the cost of the oil change and the a/c fix (which ended up being a switch problem) came to about $120. The windshield was successfully repaired the next day for $275. Both expensive, but less than I thought, and I haven't had many "maintenance" charges this year, so I'm still within budget for the category.

Aside from the car stuff, I haven't had much spending for the past few days. Went to dad's today, he treated for dinner, and have been spending much of the night preparing for our vacation in NC. We're leaving tomorrow morning. Should be a cheap week, as the house is paid for, we eat in (and split the cost of the groceries with DB), and don't really go out too much. Grandma gave the kids money for souvenirs, so they're set.

I'll be back next Sunday. Hope everyone has a great week!

4 Responses to “Car dealers are like airlines...”

  1. retire@50 Says:
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    have a good trip

  2. jodi_m Says:
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    Have a wonderful time!!

  3. ima saver Says:
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    Have fun!!

  4. pfmax Says:
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    I think car dealers are worse than airlines, with airlines you know what you're talking about but car dealers can fool you much more easily because they can tell when you know nothing about cars

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