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Thanks, all, for the straight talk. It's good to hear these comments from people who don't have a vested interest in whether I have the work done or not.
The problem with my doing my own work is finding space. I live in Chicago and it's not feasible for me to do this work--even learning as I go--on the street.
I did have a good indy shop before but I had a really bad experience the last two times I went. One of the guys (an owner) was just getting pretty nasty to me, just dismissive as hell. Not sure why, I'm not exactly a demander (yeah, what they all say, right?) or pushy. Maybe I asked too many questions, maybe he just didn't like my face, maybe he was having a bad six months but I decided that I was paying WAY too much money to be treated like a jerk.
Aaron-you're right about the work. My sense is that my hose was leaking before. My previous shop was good about telling me if something absolutely needed to be done. I think the same thing is true of the water pump. I don't seem to run out of fluids fast and every now and then I get a whiff of coolant. That's been happening for years, and apparently it's not the heater core. This new shop said that if I don't get the water pump fixed it would drip and ultimately affect the rack-and-pinion. But who knows?
I guess one question about the motor mounts: can anyone tell me how I'll know if they're going bad. What happens when they're REALLY bad?
Anyway, thanks so much to all who responded. I really appreciate it.
posted by 69.219.16...
, Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:00:53, Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:39:18
, Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:12:29
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