oh God, that is one of many many reasons I don't think I could deal with a HOA. Its my damn home you aren't going to tell me what I can and cannot do to it, with it, or in it...unless you want to pay the mortgage while you are at it.

Fuck your HOA.

I will probably regret admitting this happened to me but perhaps one more horror story will make some other soul a bit more cautious.

What's the best way to learn how to diagnose issues with a car? I drive a 2012 128i and have been slowly teaching myself to fix it but still take it to the shop for a lot of things simply because i don't know how to tell what the issue is

I bought a 1998 Jeep GC for $1800 last year.
Chrysler dealer quoted me $3000 to so the seals on the front and read differentials.

For me, it was a $700 front brake job on my Xterra.* I didn't question it because "packing bearings" sounded expensive to my young (and untrained) ear.

Reminds me of a Heater Core replacement I did on a friends Blazer, he had 2 cars a Blazer and S-10 P/U he had the core replaced at a shop on the truck and it cost him $1,000 when the core went on his Blazer we decide to do it ourselves, 12 hours later we had done it and we also realized why the shop charged so much.

For me it was a coked up Toyota dealer who stole my money, did no work, and left me to die as I attempted to drive a car with almost no brake fluid.

I normally work on my own car. I havent taken it to a shop in a long time.

To be fair.... fuck those clips.

Jesus, $400 U-Joint??? That's straight up robbery. I have a hard enough time restraining myself when people tell me "Ohh I paid $600 for front pads and rotors on my car" when pads/rotors are incredibly easy to change. If I could trust all the people I know to not sue my pants off if their car breaks 50,000 miles after…

He missed the opportunity to touch the drone down on the deck so that he can claim for the rest of his life that he's performed a carrier landing.

I want to laugh but I can't. I just wrote a check to Uncle Sam and read this, makes my blood boil. The incompetence, arrogance and pure ignorance. Embarrassing.

This is what we've got so far.

Hmm, it looks like he was going the wrong way around the track (clockwise) since the guardrail overlaps in such a way that you wouldn’t hit it head on if you’re to go counter clockwise.

My guess would be normal joes don't want to pay a few hundred bucks to drive a 130hp Miata

So I have this crazy idea here.......it’s intricate, so bear with me. I’m thinking that it probably took a minute or two for the guy to get the chainsaw out of the car, and at least 3-4 pulls to crank it up. Now here’s where I get outside the box—-what if, as an alternate course of action—-instead of sitting still…

That terrifying moment when your steering wheel doesn't steer.

Cash for clunkers was absolutely crazy. Just total bullshit.

So no 918 vs La vs P1???!?!?!?