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sraun ([personal profile] sraun) wrote2009-09-10 06:10 pm
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It was another expensive day

The brakes had been making a noise that I associate with 'the wear bars have gotten exposed'. Also, there had been an increase in road noise since the trip to [livejournal.com profile] gryphons_lair's for her birthday. So, [livejournal.com profile] iraunink took the car in to our mechanic today.

It needed:

  • brake pads and rotors all around

  • new wheel bearings (which are hub assemblies)

  • rotate tires

  • align tires front and back

  • new serpentine belt

  • new fluids



We knew the serpentine belt was coming - at the last oil change, we were told it was showing significant wear. The brakes were ... worse than I expected. The bearings, etc.? OK, I can see how the road noise came from that - but I was expecting quite that big a problem. All told, it was about $2k of car work.

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