Yo, we are so flippin lucky, pt. II

[gloryaccordy]

I was talking to some dude from a class I'm taking, and he has a new Audi A4 1.8T Quattro. It's unreliable as shit and it costs a buttload of cash to fix. Anyways the man needed a new front axle, and they charged him

Three thousand dollars ($3,000)

to replace it. Mike and I did my axle in about 30 minutes, no joke...and even at Pep Boys it would have been $300, tops.

My point is that on top of having cheap and abundant parts, we also have a plethora of info and a strong, helpful community to help us out when we need it. CB7tuner= teh sh*t.

[ehulst]

my friend wants a 1.8T, he and i were talkin bout it rollin' down to portland yesterday, cost sucks on those, thats why i wont ever own anything but a Honda.....i just met a guy 2 towns over from me that has a SICK S4 twin turbo with 478WHP, the thing MOVES and its just sitting in a shed king with 18 volks and 4" dual exhaust..just sitting there......he drives a clean Civic hatch everywhere....hes a honda builder @ heart i gess..

[d112crzy]

i need to pm this to Chan_Man. He is planning to trade in the cb7 for one of those cars.

[optimusprime]

I think all eurpean cars are expensive as hell to maintain. If you see BMW has some 5 yr plan you get brakes and all kinds of maintence for free. Where I work we get all parts from the dealer and sometimes it comes out to like 1k in just parts.

[gloryaccordy]

I think all eurpean cars are expensive as hell to maintain. If you see BMW has some 5 yr plan you get brakes and all kinds of maintence for free. Where I work we get all parts from the dealer and sometimes it comes out to like 1k in just parts.

Ludicrous. What's so special about their parts anyway? They all do the same stuff.

[ehulst]

my step father has a BMW..635csi and its not that $$ to maintain, i do most of the labor on it so he doesn't have to worry bout for that.....but yeah some parts are $$, thats just how shit goes yah kno

[gloryaccordy]

Well I can kind of understand the parts being a little more...think about how many CB's there are on the road; they can make parts for cheap because they'll still make a significan profit from the volume. There aren't too many German cars on the road in comparison so the profit margin has to be higher, especially on the more expensive cars...

But damn, $3,000 for an axle? $8,000 for headers on a 540i/old M5...ludicrous...

[cp[mike]]

the sign on the wall at the "european parts performance" shop near me (basically a VW shop):

Labor Rate Per Hour
VW: $60 / hr
Audi: $120 / hr
Porsche: $180 / hr


and thats not even the dealer, which im assuming would be more... plus the cost of OEM dealer parts...

thats insane, my friends shop has a 91 lude with a broken timing belt and they dont feel like fixing it, so they are gonna drop it off at my house haha... i should charge the guy like $500

[gloryaccordy]

Imagine having something shitty like an Audi 80...no wonder all the old ones are off the road. What a gip!!!! :mad:

[Accord R33]

we can get a whole friggin Front clip for less than $3000 haha.

[h22sparkle]

dayum ballah! status

[The G-Man]

we can get a whole friggin Front clip for less than $3000 haha.

or 2 low milage engines. One for the front, and another for the back.