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$111.

Man - I hate to say it Edwin but they gouged you on the bearing job. OEM
price is under $200 (can't remember exact price because it's been a while
since I bought an OEM hub) and aftermarket hovers right around $110-$120.
They should not have hit you more than one hour for labor. Seems quite high
on that particular repair. The tranny seems high to me given that an
independent tranny specialist around here will do a complete rebuild on a
tranny like yours for between $1500 and $1800 on average. But - location is
everything. You're in CT right? That might account for some of the price
difference.

Yeah - I've found plugs to perform well up to 100,000 miles or so in an
otherwise well running motor these days. The difference in performance that
I've seen by changing the plugs at 100,000 has not been very significant.
As much of a pain as it can be to reach those rear three plugs, I count that
as a good thing.

Both of these would really "pee" mee right off as well. Rear window lifts
in particular. Enough cars have had problems with these over the years that
there is just no excuse now for engineering one that does not work 100% of
the time for 10 years or more.

I've learned to accept that front wheel bearings go fast in front wheel
drive cars. It's just the way it is with almost all of them. But... the
amount of flat out broken things you've described would not set well with me
either. Heated seats are not rocket science. There is no excuse today for
them to fail like they do and to see replacement costs like we see.

By the way - what color did you paint that piece of cherry that is propping
the rear window?

 

Ain't that the truth!

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

I've seen aftermarket for $100 to $200. Not so easy to shop around when the
car is up on the lift though. Labor was hard to say because I had other
work done. Changed the rotors at the same time.

My Regal windows still work after 15 years. What got me was the fact that it
is a rear window. It has probably been down a total of 6 times since I've
had the car. If they were solid, it would not bother me because we don't
have passengers often and the climate control is on most all the time. I
accidently hit the button while driving and the window went part way down.
Hit the button to bring it back up and it snapped the cable.

Stained it to look like pine