Did I Get Ripped?

Who knows? 'IF' you didn't need the coil or, 'IF' the dealership has an 'unreasonable' markup on parts - you may have paid a little more. You could try pricing that part at some other dealerships. Or at an online place like

And you could show the next owner the receipts for the recent work. Might be worth a little xtra on the trade - don't expect a lot though. Chances are a car with that mileage is gonna go to the auction house anyway.

Um...if it takes a few months to pay up that amount - might I suggest you should reconsider a new car?

;^)

Carl

Coil was $73 on that website- list was $99 so you got cracked. Call the deakership manager andlet them know you were ripped. Tell him you will call the local Trouble shooter on TV if he wont doanything and post this everywhere .

YOUCH!

If you paid with a credit card - there could be some leverage through that way I suppose. And speaking to Subaru's regional Rep. might be helpful too. (Um, be sure to let us know what dealership this is if things go poorly)

good luck

Carl

snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

I looked at a website too, and saw the $99 MSRP one. Turns out on further investigation that the $99 one is for the turbo models, which use four of them, one for each plug. The one for non-turbo is $175 MSRP, so they still marked it up a little bit.

Hmmm, No CE light?

No on the above mentioned site the non turbo coil is $99

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snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@n58g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

The receipt shows PN 22433AA570, which is one of the ones listed for $175 MSRP.

read again the check engine light did come on

OK, seeing the whole post I'd say you needed the coil. And on that car when you loose the coil you quit. Not like with a 3 coil system on a GM v6 - where you just loose 2 cyls. The newer coils ARE different, but inflation definitely has something to do with it too - there is no rhyme or reason to parts cost today. If it runs good, why waste your money on a new one? The depreciation the first month will pay for a lot of repair/maintenance bills, and you ARE into a recession down there - you may be needing that money!!

clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

No, please go back and read the original post. My main point was to ask if they did a lot more stuff than was really necessary for the situation.

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:24:15 -0500, against all advice, something compelled Larry Weil , to say:

It depends on what you consider necessary. If all you wanted was for the motor to start so you could sell the car, then yes. It looks like the dealer wanted to send you on your way with a dependable ignition system, and he did. With that much mileage, replacing all those parts when one of the failed is reasonable. They are all the same age, after all.

Now you could run that car another hundred thousand miles and never have a problem with the ignition again. If all you wanted was to get home, I'm sure a conversation with the service writer would have gotten you a lower bill. But how happy would you be if some other ignition part crapped out in the next hundred miles?

FWIW, I think you got a fair deal.

I just had the coil in my 95 replace - UAP wanted 500$ for it!! I got one from the dealership downtown for 160$, which yes is more than from some web site but I wanted it _now_, so I considered that an acceptable premium.

Now, why would a coil on a 4 year old car be weak? Was the gasket really leaking?

Personally, with the "wisdom" I have garnered over the years, I would have asked them to show me why they thought the gasket needed replacing. I had the driver's side one replace a number of years ago, then six months later took it in for an oil change and they said I needed one - again - I ask which one, they said the driver's side and I said "good, coz you're fixing it for free". Then they back-tracked and said the gasket on the oil filler tube needed replacing - wanted about 50$ to fix that so I said gimme the part (50cents!) and did it myself in the dealship parking lot!! Haven't gone back there since.

The rule is, if the car breaks down and you need it fixed quickly you are going to pay a premium - so only get enough done to get the car running again. Anything else they "find", say thanks but no thanks. With what I know now, I would have got them to put in a new lead and driven home, then had everything else dealt with at my leasure, doing what I could myself with parts ordered over the internet.

"Dominic Richens" wrote in news:0s-dnchHTei_p2vanZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@storm.ca:

I do know that there was oil in the spark plug tubes last time I changed plugs, and I didn't do anything about it. So perhaps I'm paying the price for that now.