birthdays and brakes
Apr. 15th, 2004 01:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rootofnewtToday is my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday, Daddy! I know you're having fun at the Rally in Goshen with all the other RVers. You have the boys with you as hostages to guarantee Mom drives up there after work today. :) Have fun!
The car repairs are a bit over $300, which we anticipated and can pay without problems. We might not be going out to eat tomorrow night (we were thinking of sushi), though. The rear brake pads were completely worn down and the rotors (originals, just like the brake pads) need to be replaced. The motor/engine which drives the primary fan needs to be replaced, too, parts and labor come out to something over $100. I don't think a bit under $200 is too bad for pads and rotors. For the record, those brake pads were checked last year and were fine. They were also supposed to have a warning strip on them which would squeal when the pads needed to be changed. They never squealed and I make a habit of listening to the brakes on a very regular basis sans ac/heat/radio. The only sounds I ever heard were the *minor* squeals of dust/water on the pads. We recognized the feel and strange sounds of something brake-oriented and got the car into the shop quickly. It will be done by 5pm today. I like my mechanics. :)
Why does my car have the original rear brake pads when it's a 1995? It has 80,000 miles on it and is a front wheel drive. I'm a good girl--those pads have been checked by three different mechanics four times since November of 2001, not counting this time.
I'm still rather peeved that I couldn't catch it with sound and preventative maintenance before the rotors, but that's okay.
I should probably get showered and dressed so that I can go out and get the car when it's done.
The car repairs are a bit over $300, which we anticipated and can pay without problems. We might not be going out to eat tomorrow night (we were thinking of sushi), though. The rear brake pads were completely worn down and the rotors (originals, just like the brake pads) need to be replaced. The motor/engine which drives the primary fan needs to be replaced, too, parts and labor come out to something over $100. I don't think a bit under $200 is too bad for pads and rotors. For the record, those brake pads were checked last year and were fine. They were also supposed to have a warning strip on them which would squeal when the pads needed to be changed. They never squealed and I make a habit of listening to the brakes on a very regular basis sans ac/heat/radio. The only sounds I ever heard were the *minor* squeals of dust/water on the pads. We recognized the feel and strange sounds of something brake-oriented and got the car into the shop quickly. It will be done by 5pm today. I like my mechanics. :)
Why does my car have the original rear brake pads when it's a 1995? It has 80,000 miles on it and is a front wheel drive. I'm a good girl--those pads have been checked by three different mechanics four times since November of 2001, not counting this time.
I'm still rather peeved that I couldn't catch it with sound and preventative maintenance before the rotors, but that's okay.
I should probably get showered and dressed so that I can go out and get the car when it's done.
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Date: 2004-04-16 10:29 am (UTC)i'll add you back