Boo Hiss! Just got back from the garage.

[supernova]

I had to get a state inspection and get the oil changed. That part went fine. Only cost me 57 bucks.

Seems my (new to me) Honda CR-V needs a whole new a/c system! :grr:

Which will cost about $3K , :grr: :nuke: :cry:

The service manager is trying to negotiate to let me be a charity case since I don't have a warranty and 28K is a little young for the a/c to go. *sniff*

Commiserate with your car repair horror stories and wish me luck!

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Oh, that is awful.

I know Hondas are notorious for having the A/C die, but at 28K? That seems ridiculous.

So sorry. I just spent $1200 to get TeenMidlo's car back. Something about the manifold or some other doo hickey. :nuke:

[supernova]

3. Tell me about it!

I wasn't expected to have to deal with that kind of repair for another, oh 70K miles!

$1200 bucks is still a lot too. Geez. I'm sure TeenMidlo knows how much you sacrifice to keep her on the road. ;-)

Where's my air car I was promised, like in the Jetsons?

[Midlodemocrat]

5. We got such a good deal on the car, I really couldn't complain.

But it still was a tough check to write.

I'm sorry. Cars are a major PITA aren't they?

[supernova]

6. Yes, they are

Why do they still have moving parts that wear out?

[petronius]

2. 28K? That's ridiculous!

Did the warranty lapse when the car was sold? Even if it did, it seems like a failure that early is the kind of defect that should never be allowed to be 'out of warranty"...

[supernova]

4. I have to look at the BOS again

I think I got just the usual extended drive train warranty.

I did not sign up for an extended Honda warranty. Perhaps I should have. However, this SUV was declared A-OK for me to purchase last year (by this same garage). If the A/C were showing signs of wear, they should have told me then.

[billyskank]

7. If it really does need a new AC then that is really unlucky

28K is not a little young, it's totally unacceptable. In fact if the car was under 3 years old it would probably still be under warranty, with that mileage.

:hug:

[supernova]

8. Thanks for the hug, BillySkank

I need it right now.

Yeah, it's a 2002 model though. I bought it because I couldn't believe I had found a car with such low milage at a price I could afford. Most of the other cars around here were newer models but they 1) had higher milage 2) were more expensive to boot.

[billyskank]

9. I guess there's no possibility of doing without?

I mean, my first two cars had no AC at all, although the weather here tends not to require AC most of the time.

Have another. :hug:

[supernova]

10. I can, although I look like

a boilt lobster by the time I get to my destination. Friends and family ask if I'm having a stroke. :P

This feels like the South, circa 1966 BAC (Before Air Conditioning)

[JVS]

11. do you need AC?

[supernova]

12. I do without it for short trips

and often to, to say the grocery store and for small trips of 20 minutes or less.

But much longer than that I begin to over heat.

edit: I would much prefer to have it if I need to go to an interview. I don't want to go to a potential employer looking bedraggled.