I just got a callback from the mechanic and in order to get it back on the road it’s going to be 850 for a new axle and wheel bearing. This is on top of whatever it’s gonna be when the state tells me what to do about my out-ofproduction catalytic converter that’s making me fail smog checks on my expired registration.

So I dunno. This could probably get as high as 1.5k. The car’s from 2003

  • homhom9000 [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    15 天前

    Sorry this is off topic, but does rust belt mean things rust faster there ? I thought it was called that because most things were abandoned and rusted over

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      14 天前

      They rust faster, when it snows the roads get salted and when that slush hits the bottom of your car it gets hard to control

    • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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      14 天前

      I might be misusing the term, but I meant anywhere they salt the roads. Usually that’s places with snow, but sometimes they salt dirt roads for some reason I can’t remember.

      Salt is a destroyer of vehicles. In my area a lot of vehicles end up in the scrapyard from rust long before they give out mechanically.