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Rough ($$$) couple of weeks...
Posted by Wawa (more from Wawa) on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:13:46
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Just wanted to vent a little...over the past few weeks, I've had to shell out a lot of dough to keep my 98 9000CSE (117K miles) up to snuff.
First was a bad DI that left me stranded on the side of the road. No warning whatsoever. Car just died in Friday afternoon rush-hour traffic. Towed to dealer (ouch) and $550 later, had a new (Red) DI and an oil change (needed it anyway)
Recently, I've noticed the PS fluid leaking under the reservoir, and also a slow coolant leak. I had my local indy fix the PS issue (new hoses). The leaking coolant issue turned out to be a leaky water pump (Thankfully not the heater core which I have been fearing). Had the indy change that as well. I know I could have had a hydraulic shop fix the hoses and it would have been cheaper, but it's been cold/snowy outside of late, not really the best conditions to fix your car outside.
Car otherwise has been nice and reliable, and hopefully now even more so after dumping $1.5K into it. Just kinda bummed that it all happened within a few weeks of each other.
My other car, a 96 Volvo 850(non-turbo) keeps chugging along at almost 180k without any major hiccups. I like both cars, but the Volvo's got my Saab beat right now in terms of major maintenance issues and $$$ spent per mile on repairs.
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