Fintro11

wow i got a quote for doing the oil pan gasket $1100 :P

V2Rocket

thats terrifying...if your car is an NA changing the alternator should take like an hour...

Butters944

+944
If they're gonna charge like that then do it yourself!!

Fara

This.

It's like they don't want my business.
I'm not willing to pay clear of $1400 in labour for what would take, on the outside, 3 hours.

The only reason I was getting quotes from them in the first place is because I have a track day coming up in a few weekends and I'm currently not going to have the time to do it myself before that day.

944meister

drivers side door decided to stop working all of a sudden, so now i have to crawl through the passenger side both inside and outside door latches work but will not open it. i have spent too much time trying figure out how to open it, i need a beer now .

Cyberpunky

William any pics ?

sydneyman

Unfortunately thats exactly why they gave you those prices... i was given a quote of 3700 USD for a timing belt replacement at a stealership outside of D.C... Of course i thought it was outrageous until i saw that it did NOT include a balance belt, rollers, seals, water pump or anything else besides the cost of the belt and replacement. oh and they would charge the same to retension it 1500 miles later!

Basically they just give you a crazy number so you don't make them relearn an old procedure on an old car. and if you decide to pay it, then well, it was worth it to them for all that cash...

V2Rocket

i only charge $150 for a full belt/roller change...

maybe time to raise price

Fintro11

haha wow maybe its time to go on a little road trip in 30 000 miles :P

xsbank

Could be they don't want you in there but maybe you need glasses? $195.00 and $219.00? That would be the correct price...

Butters944

I've seen too many Caymans in parking lots lately...

Here's a couple Cayman S's I've seen in the past week, posed my 944 next to them for the helluvit. They always seem to park really far away from the store entrance in the middle of nowhere parking area.

I like the red one better

Jrboulder

Dude you really need to paint that front valence

V2Rocket

lol +1 and hit the car with a good buff job, shave off the top oxidized layer of guards orange and make it POP red again

search around and there are some colors that are a close match for temporary...

Jrboulder

Heck, I'll help you rattle can it

Butters944

Hahahaha you guys crack me up. Speaking of cracks, that valance is cracked. I have a new one that I gotta sand then paint.

And about the paint job- that's a guards red sh*tty respray over original sienna red. I DID BUFF IT OUT!! last summer, but since, has quickly faded. In fact, the paint is so thin at this point that next time I buff it (which I am planning ASAP) I think it will start to reveal the old paint... And after a buff+wax, each time I waxed the car it only lasted like 2 weeks then got faded. FML. I've even thought, hell, why not keep buffing till the whole car is sienna?? LOL