My car is down for the count, needs a new transmission. Won’t have it back until next Thursday. Thank goodness that Freddy at Tustin Acura is giving me a loaner car, and that this is all under warranty and won’t cost me more than $50. I wonder what a transmission replacement at the dealer would cost otherwise? Shudder.
Thank you for being a cool guy, Freddy at Tustin Acura.
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For an Acura it’d probably cost around 3k. Yay warranties!
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Yup, that neatly pays for the warranty. Good thing the transmission blew at 98,000 miles and not 100,001 miles.
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Had to bite the bullet and take my Saturn in for the new clutch.
No warranty (since it’s a ’94).
Estimate is $1200-$1300
Which is great, because we just spend $1300 on Caitie’s old car in January.
Mercury in retrograde. Hooray!
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The 1995 Mercury Retrograde is not recommended either
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Re: The 1995 Mercury Retrograde is not recommended either
LOL! I actually had to google this to make sure it was a joke. Chevy did come out with the “Nova” ya know… (My stepmother who is Mexican American was the first to notice that Nova was “no va”/no go in Spanish)
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I recently blew out the clutch in my 94 Saturn. As much as I loved the car, not worth the $800 to get it fixed.
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Goldie, as I’ve named my 94 SC2, is still is good shape. Plus, I don’t have any other alternative at this point. How many miles you put on yours? I’m up to 160K
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Mine was in excellent condition except for the clutch. I think I was around 130K. I got lucky and didn’t absolutely have to have a car so I just sold it broken. SC2s are great little cars though.
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I keep hearing that getting the clutch replace at 160K is not so bad. Of course, tell that to my pocket book.
I pick her up today. Hopefully, this latest fix will last me until… well, hopefully Goldie will hold out for as long as possible.
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Reeeeaalll Amerriicaann Heeeroooesssssssss
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MR GIANT FOAM FINGER MAKER
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Tustin? Newport? Huntington? Santa Ana? We probably always walk right by eachother all over the OC and don’t even know it.
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That we probably do. I hope I didn’t back over you in the parking lot outside Taco Rosa tonight. It was rainy and hard to see.
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