Ie my ould Galaxy
was going powerful well
Just the stopping was a bit ............non existent
So £156.00 later we are good to go & stop again
I am not going to attempt to identify what will fail next.
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Your Galaxy needs its nose wiping next (to remove the bangernomic snot)
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Ah, the Ford Galaxy - I remember* it well...
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*Largely because when I was at school, one of the boys departed in the estate version. It impressed me because his school trunk fitted in through the rear window, whereas mine occupied the entire boot of our car.
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So, it cost £156 to fix the brakes - why is that unusual for any car banger or not?
I just spent £1300 on a service & repairs - and that's not (technically) in bangernomics territory.
Just because it's a 'banger' doesn't mean it's immune from ordinary maintenance costs.
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Yes I was astonished to learn that brakes can wear out on a big heavy car - surely they should last at least 300,000 miles? :-)
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I think 156 quid is about the cost of an oil change at an Audi main dealer, so seems good value for fixing brakes.
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Ere
Did I say It WASNT, good value
I was simply too blinking LAZY to do it myself, so £60.00 labour charge incurred.
As I commented as I paid the bill, sure its only a fill & a half of diesel ( Ok this in the Steyr)
Two fills for the Galaxy
see
It is simply the costs of keeping an older motor on the road.
Exhaust probably next
Compared to the expenditure free bliss of running a newer motor.
once the purchase cheque is gone that is
Ps
I tink I got 60,000 out of the front pads
And £1300.00 FOR A SERVICE
Edited by dieseldogg on 18/01/2010 at 16:25
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>>It is simply the costs of keeping an older motor on the road.
Same cost - old or new; brakes is brakes.
>>Compared to the expenditure free bliss of running a newer motor.
Well, that's the whole point of bangernomics isn't it? You're not paying the cost
of a new car. But, horror of horrors, maintenance cost on consumables is still necessary!
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Some modern cars eat pads and discs, Lexus IS200 anybody...
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I don't believe any motoring is cheap unless you do all servicing and repairs yourself, but then you still have the cost of an MOT, road tax, insurance, fuel, ... I believe no matter what car you buy, you should add £1000 to your budget to compensate for unexpected problems (more if its an old luxury car like old 7 series, old s class, etc). Then it's not so much of a worry when things need repairing, since you've already budgeted for it.
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