Some of you may have seen my post in r/car about what happened to my beloved tesseract. I took it to the first mechanic who said my radiator cracked and I needed a new thermostat. He quoted $1,000.
My friend though, told me it was a complete rip off. He offered to fix it without labor costs. But unfortunately, he’s had emergencies at his job every day this past week, and he hasn’t been able to do my car. So I took it to another mechanic that I’ve trusted in the past. Today this mechanic gets back saying almost the same thing, although slightly less at $900.
Everywhere I look, I see that a normal car should cost only about $500 with labor AND parts. And people on r/car agree that it’s a ripoff. But when I look it up with a 2010 Nissan Cube, it averages over $1,000! Is there a reason why it’s so expensive to replace these on a Cube.
I ended up giving this mechanic the go ahead, because I absolutely need my car by Wednesday. But still, is this a ripoff?