I bought a second -hand $ 5,000 Toyota Highland, and carried out $ 9,000 for maintenance

Whether you tend to have new cars or used cars, the price of maintaining and maintaining these vehicles seems to be rising. A Toyota Highland boss discovered this after purchasing the 2001 model more than 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometers). Traveling to the store for the minor maintenance they think are 8,913 US dollars.

According to their posts RedditAll of this started at $ 5,000 $ 5,000 to buy Toyota SUV last month. Then about a week ago, they noticed that “the weird side of the front driver around the steering wheel”, they can feel and hear. Like any responsible car owner, they brought it to the store. Then the shocking part happened.

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Maintenance is estimated to be quickly spiralized into a wide list of recommended jobs. Immediately, the store includes new impacts and pillars in all four corners. At the same time, the pretty pair or rear replacement is a very standard practice, but unless they are really shot, all four may be too killing. If you wear it in front, you can assume that the rear is not behind, but that’s it, which does not prove that the price is huge.

Then, the store added a new lower control arm and a swing rod end link to the front of the highland. These will help the sound, which must be reasonable. In addition to these items, the mechanic seems to be dealing with any other ways that the vehicle may need, and the list is even more doubtful.

$ 212 Install new tires

For beginners, they hope to install and balance the tires at $ 212.24, and they also want to sell customers at a price of $ 611, and then increase the tire protection plan of $ 100. After many years of wheels and tire stores, I can tell you that if you buy tires from the tires, most stores will be installed and balanced for free. Why can’t I say this store is so different.

When they list the alignment estimates, things become more strange. They also include replacement of battery and $ 89 electrical testing services, which clean up the battery tray and clean the battery terminal. Compared with the $ 1,158 of the brake liquid and “cleaning oil after cleaning oil”, all these are a bit pale.

It is worth noting that as some people have pointed out in the comments, the store may only conduct due diligence to a certain extent. If we ignore the pricing, it seems that the mechanic is trying to solve the potential cause of the technology or the factors caused by complaints and other security issues for customers. I hope they will get a second opinion, and many people have made suggestions on online.

I just bought a $ 5K car worth 8K+for maintenance costs? It looks like a scam …
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