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Old 07-10-2016, 07:14 PM
el_draco (Rom)
Politically incorrect.

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Originally Posted by leon View Post
And it is only going to get worse, the days of repairing, pulling down engines and chucking in a set of rings and bearing are gone.
these days if your car engine blows a head gasket they put in a new motor.

Leon
Yep, wife just had a 90,000km service done on her Hyundi. $1800 with no change. Almost worth chuckin out the car to get another! You can be damn sure the parts were about $200 and the labour charge was $400 per hour. I opened the bonnet, once, and closed it wondering where the real engine was....
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