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I just got a phone call from Lee. He took the F150 to the Ford dealership to have them replace the seals and oil or grease in the rear axle as it is leaking. Well they said that its best to do both sides at once and its going to cost us $450 bucks!!
Soo I guess extra spending money is out for me for a while!
Lets just hope nothing else happens for a while!!
 

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I'll trade you that for the check Jerry just wrote.....we had our electrical at the house updated today....$1600! AAAAKK! It needed it though....it was from the 1950's!!
 
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Originally Posted by icklemiss21

We just had the breaks done and on the F150 they decided to try something new and make special breaks, yeah $2000 later we have new breaks and no money!
Maybe it is a Ford thing! We already had to replace the transmission (its 2002 with 100,000 miles on it) and that costed $3,000 which we are still paying on because we had to get a loan to do it! Ouch! The joys of owning a vehicle!
 

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Between a root canal, a replacement porcelein crown after the root canal, an emergency clutch replacement in my pick-up truck and various and assorted things that needed to be replaced on my Harley (wear & tear items, including lifters, at 25,000 miles) just to keep it running and on the road, the fiirst 6 months of 2006 cost me just over $5,000 in unplanned, out of pocket (mostly cash) expenses.

My savings is drained empty, my pockets are turned inside out, and I'm eating at a friend's house every night.

But little Ginger kitty? She has no idea what I've spent this year. She happily eats her high quality dry, goes to the vet regularly, plays with her hundreds of toys, and I get NO sympathy!


It seems to have been an unexpected expense year for lots and lots of folks I know. At least we know we aren't alone in feeling the pain!
 

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Ours is a late model 2004 thankfully for the 2006 models they decided it wasn't worth the hassle so when we bring it back next year we won't have the same problem.
Happened 298 km out of warranty too, I think they do it on purpose and of course because they were special brakes you had to buy them from Ford!
 
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Hate to say it but Iam so glad the rest of you are as broke as I am!!
 

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It seems to have been an unexpected expense year for lots and lots of folks I know. At least we know we aren't alone in feeling the pain!
It has, just this week I have paid $400 for new glasses after Bumper took offense to mine and broke them, fingers crossed have sorted out a mix up with the bank where they are under the impression we withdrew money when we didn't... and thats just this week, it has been a very bad year!
Hate to say it but Iam so glad the rest of you are as broke as I am!!
Yeah thanks!
 

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I am even broker than you are!
I dont even own a car, and i dont even have a license! it costs about $2,000 USD to get it done
and i just counted... 20 euros in my wallet!










 

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What??? Two thousand dollars just to get your driver's license???? My GOSH!!! You poor thing!

Although...if it cost that much here, that might keep a lot of riff-raff off the roads, LOL!
 

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Originally Posted by fwan

I am even broker than you are!
I dont even own a car, and i dont even have a license! it costs about $2,000 USD to get it done
and i just counted... 20 euros in my wallet!
Fran, I've got a friend in Germany who just got her license. She said she saved money from the time she was 12 to have enough to get her license. I can completely understand why you didn't get yours! $2000 ouch!!

It's not just a Ford thing being expensive. We just had to fix the Grand Am & it cost $1000...something was wrong with the brakes. It's not one of those expenses you can put off...I mean if the brakes don't work, you're in trouble! If it makes you feel any better, we've put $3000 into the 1999 Grand Am just since the beginning of this year. Don't ask what it cost to fix it last year.
 
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I feel like we are always fixing cars!! That or something else needs to be fixed and is eating all our cash up! Such is life I guess!!
 

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Can't be a Ford thing, I've never had to spend more than $80 for anything with my truck.
 
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Lee said now Ford wants to replace the axle, and the bearing and a few other things (all of which we know if fine) and want to charge us $1700! NOT! So since we are not going to let them do what they want they are going to take their sweet time and take until Monday what they said would take 3 hours. I hate repair shops!!
 

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Lemme guess, still under warranty so you're obligated to use the dealership even for uncovered service?
Biggest rip off ever.

3 of my brothers work as licensed Ford Mechanics and my oldest brother is the lead mechanic at the largest dealership in the St. Paul area.
 
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