Estimated cost of repair $489, or replacement $800ish. Thank god for Farmer's Insurance.
Showing posts with label Car Repair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Car Repair. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
OUCH: BOXSTER BUMP SHATTERS LOCAL GIRL
My baby has an owie. A nice woman in the (you guessed it) Gelson's parking lot, backed into me. Said woman was almost crying, with the distinct look of horror of "oh my god I hit a Porsche!". I ended up giving her a little hug. It's Christmas afterall. We traded insurance info of course, I'm not crazy!
Estimated cost of repair $489, or replacement $800ish. Thank god for Farmer's Insurance.
Estimated cost of repair $489, or replacement $800ish. Thank god for Farmer's Insurance.
Friday, December 22, 2006
I'VE GOT THE BOXSTER BLUES...CAR HEALTH INSURANCE?
I've got the Boxster Blues...Car Health Insurance?
Why does a young person buy health insurance when they won't have the need for the inside of a doctors office until they're over 30? Probably because of that one in a million possibility that they might land in the hospital. No, this is not an advertisement for "hospitalization coverage"; it's a car saga.
If there was car health insurance, I'd buy it. At least my repair costs would be fixed. Yes, I bought my Boxster used, yes I bought an extended warranty, yes, I have car insurance (a lot of it).
But none of this offered me any protection for the costs of on-going repairs.
I'm only pondering this because my last car repair bill was three grand (they said I burned out my clutch and kept driving it until I melted all the surrounding components!). Sadly that is about right.
Then an ignition switch and a starter...
My latest is above five hundred--a faulty air mass sensor. Wanna bet that's a $50 part wholesale?
Some car manufacturers have suffered sales loss due to a bad rep for the sky high cost of repairs. They responded by offering an ALL costs of repairs built in to the car purchase price. I would vote for that. At least I wouldn't be trembling every time I turned the key.
Technorati Tags: car repair, car maintenance, air mass senor, clutch, boxster, porsche
Why does a young person buy health insurance when they won't have the need for the inside of a doctors office until they're over 30? Probably because of that one in a million possibility that they might land in the hospital. No, this is not an advertisement for "hospitalization coverage"; it's a car saga.
If there was car health insurance, I'd buy it. At least my repair costs would be fixed. Yes, I bought my Boxster used, yes I bought an extended warranty, yes, I have car insurance (a lot of it).
But none of this offered me any protection for the costs of on-going repairs.
I'm only pondering this because my last car repair bill was three grand (they said I burned out my clutch and kept driving it until I melted all the surrounding components!). Sadly that is about right.
Then an ignition switch and a starter...
My latest is above five hundred--a faulty air mass sensor. Wanna bet that's a $50 part wholesale?
Some car manufacturers have suffered sales loss due to a bad rep for the sky high cost of repairs. They responded by offering an ALL costs of repairs built in to the car purchase price. I would vote for that. At least I wouldn't be trembling every time I turned the key.
Technorati Tags: car repair, car maintenance, air mass senor, clutch, boxster, porsche
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