Why Buy Anything Else????

[Cattletrkr]

Last night (monday 3-6-06) my baby rolled over 100K. I started thinking about all the money I've spent on it. Here's a rough list.

BD inline brake + exhaust work $1750
Mag rear cover--$270
Trans Coolers--$190
Rickson 19.5's--$1700 for the rims, I won't include the tires 'cause they're paying for themselves quite nicely.
Rear U-joint--$30
Two rear-most u-joints--This time under warranty, incl the one I replaced myself--$100 deduc.
Front axle joints--Once again $100 deduc.
New LP in tank--Covered by DC, no deduc.
Juice w/att. $750
Fuel press. guage--$200 by the time all was said and done.
Visor $200 or so + paint
Step bars
Rear pads--fronts are still factory
More springs--$390
Airbags--$275

That's really about it. Notice how little of that is actually repairs. I don't keep recods very well and this is only what I can come up with off the top of my head. There may be more and I'll post it if I think of it.

If u-joint are considered routine as well as brake pads, then I haven't spent any money on "repairs" in 100K miles. How many PoS guys can say that???

My '01 was very similar. I sold it with 138K and the biggest expenses were a head gasket at a cost of $562 incl labor. and T-case for $1700. Lousy service dept for the T-case, shouldn't have cost that much and I'll never set foot in there again.