Return-Path: Received: from IUS5.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08281; 3 May 94 15:40:58 EDT From: Julio Ken Rosenblatt Date: Tue, 3 May 94 15:40:27 EDT To: bovik+@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: car inspection ------- Start of forwarded message ------- From: Daniel Teitelbaum Newsgroups: cmu.misc.advice Subject: Re: car inspection Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 12:55:54 -0400 Organization: Doctoral student, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA NNTP-Posting-Host: po3.andrew.cmu.edu So here is the upshot of the car inspection: The Sunoco on Murray wanted $70 for a broken lens, approx. $300 for exhaust work and over $100 for break work. I got several different recommendations on places to go. I finally chose Baum Blvd Tire because I had a lot of difficulty scheduling appointments at some of the places. Before taking my car in for reinspection, I went to a junkyard for the lens. The junkyard, Matta Motors, did not have any used lenses, but they had a new one in stock for $33. It took me less than 5 minutes to install. A lens is just a piece of plastic that screws right in to your car. Sunoco wanted $54 for the part and $16 to install. I take my car to Baum and it passed, no work required. The guy said my exhaust needed work, but it wasn't leaking so he couldn't fail me on it. He also said my breaks could use some work. Same diagnosis as Sunoco. So I asked, how much to do the exhaust work? "Oh, that'll run you about $100." $300 at Sunoco. And how much for the breaks? "That'll probably cost you at least another $50." Enough said. Dan ------- End of forwarded message -------