Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site grkermi.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!grkermi!andrew From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: tale of woe - headlight retractor motor for 83 Celica Message-ID: <616@grkermi.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 17:50:20 EDT Article-I.D.: grkermi.616 Posted: Wed Sep 18 17:50:20 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 10:14:09 EDT References: <705@whuxl.UUCP> <338@cbuxc.UUCP> Reply-To: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 37 In article <338@cbuxc.UUCP> jrm@cbuxc.UUCP (John Miller) writes: > >The 82 Stanza I owned (note the past tense) "let me down" in the middle >of a 4 lane highway. When I say let me down, I mean I was flying along >at or above the speed limit of 55 and the engine cut out completely. > > [explanation of incident, mild flame about price of parts] > > 4) I traded that car at about 80K miles, mainly because I was scared > to death of anything *major* breaking on it! Minor items and costs: > carb - 800$, complete distributor - 600$, can you imagine he price > of a major item? > > >A lot of yuppies (pardon the term) are buying these cars because Consumer >Reports writes nice things about them, because the are truely nice to drive >and look expensive and whatever reason - I am sure the market people know >best. *Yuppies* driving *Japanese* cars? No self-respecting Yuppie would be seen in public driving anything non-European! My gawd, that would be almost as tacky as owning something (shudder) *American*!!! :-) >Considering the cost to fix them if you are one of the unlucky ones >I can't help wondering if the Japanese are still fighting the war. I own an RX-7 and agree with you about the cost of parts. What I can't figure out is why parts are so expensive when the cars themselves are priced quite competitively - especially when you consider that the US automakers are turning to Japan for parts to save money! If you think you've got it bad, though - my sister-in-law's Mercedes just ate its fuel pump. The local Mercedes dealer quoted her $900 + labor! I know of another MB owner who paid $1300 for A/C repairs, and a Jaguar XK-E owner who paid $800 for a water pump! AWR Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com