BCC93QT wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:03 am
(472106P100) 1,161.38 brand new from japan. Most if not all parts are not actually discontinued. Japanese car. Japanese parts.
Just too much though lol. Remember, if you keep up with my posts like you say...I spent over $500 back in February for front rotors, pads and calibers (which I know is “cheap” in grand scheme, but that’s with buying parts myself and negotiating with the labor and costs of surprise calipers). And already...the front calipers are rusted out. So I may run this by them tomorrow, maybe see if Oreiley has a warranty.
I’m not a car hating person, and I like the fun in working on. But I also know all too well the ALTERNATIVE of not having a car, which I’m all too familiar with. But...I can’t help but sometimes dream about a nice apartment in the city, and just being able to get everywhere without depending on a car, and waiting for WEEKS for a COMPETENT mechanic to do a simple 2 hour job lol. (a REAL CITY, like London, San Francisco, São Paulo.) Not a s*** city that if you don’t have a car, you’re considered a loser, aka Kansas City, Tampa, Phoenix, lol).
Problem is, the “walk friendly” cities are far too expensive. It’s like you can’t win: if you live in a walkable City/area of town, you’re paying out the a** for rent (and food and groceries and ridiculous money-draining apps like grubhub, Uber eats, etc etc. plus without decent grocery stores and big box stores, essentials also can be more expensive going to convenience stores for everything).
If you live in a car-dependent City, you’re paying out the a** for payments for a new car or repairs on an older one. But I can appreciate the latter because having a new car or nice apartment just means an endless payments to something you don’t own, if it involves renting or leasing.
But back to reality, I have an appointment tomorrow to install brake booster. I’m still terrified from previous brake repairs, that they may find something else wrong, and I’ll be once again in a tailspin. But being optimistic and positive that it’ll only be that issue, and I can move on to figuring out why my relatively newly replaced a/c is leaking and not getting cold anymore.