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meaculpa2011

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32. OEM Cats for the Volvo are very...

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:44 PM

Jul 2012

expensive. Same with most European cars.

I know. I replaced some exhaust parts on my 1995 BMW 525 and out of curiosity asked about a complete system. Over $2,000 for the parts alone. I crawled under car in the driveway and did the job with about $100 worth of OEM parts. Would have been half at Advance, but I wanted to do the job right away and the Advance parts would have taken a day to deliver.

Congrats to you MineralMan. I know you think that you deprived the auto shop of some income, but the cash you saved is money you can spend elsewhere some time in the future. Better than giving it to the credit card company.

I'm also in my 60s, but I love doing work on my car. Does that make me a conservative, or just cheap?

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Doing It Yourself [View all] MineralMan Jul 2012 OP

Dude... jberryhill Jul 2012 #1

That and some WD-40 will solve any problem. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #2

Would that it were so... MineralMan Jul 2012 #5

Not familiar with PD Blaster. I usually resort to 3-in-1 first. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #12

Try it. It works great, when it can work. MineralMan Jul 2012 #15

WD-40 got me through a number of doughnut gasket changes. Good shit, Maynard. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #19

"PB" Blaster. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #31

Ah, if only... MineralMan Jul 2012 #4

Well MM, there is no finally NO DOUBT that you are a "True Progressive" � MicaelS Jul 2012 #3

It has a Wellstone bumper sticker on it, too. MineralMan Jul 2012 #6

Oh God, a "Card Carrying One"�, too. n/t MicaelS Jul 2012 #14

I'm a true progressive, I think grasswire Jul 2012 #17

Props to you for doing your own wrenching Blue Owl Jul 2012 #7

I'd sure rather not, though. MineralMan Jul 2012 #9

Damn, I feel sorry for anyone who has to do this. I went through this hell when I was poor. Zalatix Jul 2012 #8

No HOA in my neighborhood, MineralMan Jul 2012 #11

I quit working on cars with my current one... MicaelS Jul 2012 #18

About that shop not getting your work, I had 4 cars in the shop in the last month. liberal N proud Jul 2012 #10

Yah, cars suck, pretty much. MineralMan Jul 2012 #13

I don't work on my car myself any more. kentauros Jul 2012 #16

Yes, that's the ideal. Sadly, my world is rarely ideal, it seems. MineralMan Jul 2012 #22

I have found saving myself from injury kentauros Jul 2012 #28

I loved your post ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #20

Yah, beer and a couple of clueless buddies standing around MineralMan Jul 2012 #21

lol! HappyMe Jul 2012 #23

yep... phantom power Jul 2012 #24

Nice. It's absolutely correct, too. MineralMan Jul 2012 #25

That's not the way it works FarCenter Jul 2012 #27

I just recently put a larger hard drive into a computer here at work. Ganja Ninja Jul 2012 #26

it IS a scam, just like this example in the auto industry Ghost of Huey Long Jul 2012 #30

Both places were charging you too much Ghost of Huey Long Jul 2012 #29

OEM Cats for the Volvo are very... meaculpa2011 Jul 2012 #32