/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>26025287
you got robbed

Why did you buy a car? You could have bought some LINK instead

a car is in 99% the cases never a good financial investment.

However if it brings you outside of your house and you enjoy driving and it makes you forget some stress then its a good investment, but not financaly.

>>26025287
You spent 1k on a break change you could have done yourself for 40 bucks.

>>26025287
you got $50 for being in Alcoholics Anonymous tho. And I'd drink too, paying $1000 for brakepads for fucks sake

>not buying a 2003 suburban, 2006 corolla, or 1999 camaro....the only good cars god ever made

Ngmi

One of the gayest cars of all time. ngmi

I just called them to complain about the bill for you. You should be receiving a $400 credit in a few days.

>>26025287
>the car has already become a net liability
Tried to warn you

>>26025287
>not leasing
Hahaha plebs fall for the “leasing is throwing money away meme”. Love it. Buy used car, unreliable, needs repairs, opportunity cost factor when broken, perpetually obsolete safety features and sensors (is your life worth saving $xxxx?), not dealing with time loss or repairs or maintenance. Leasing is the highest iq move and every brainlet lines up to tell people about how they’re not getting scammed then dies in a crash or some shit. Boomer tier bullshit. God speed.

Damn.
these robbers ain't even actual Mazda dealers, in which case, their Grand Larceny might have had some excuse. They really pulled a number on ya OP.

>>26025435
This. OP got ripped the fuck off. Over $700 labor to change some brakes? That is double even the normal inflated price.

>>26025287
>((($50)))

>>26025662
I've always heard that it's better to buy used. Frequent quotes from millionaires that buy japanese cars. Why is this different?>>26025350
I don't have a car

Wonder how much the installation on the radiator cap costs

>>26025287
I have a NA miata, good choice. Also you got scammed.

>>26025287
lmao $1000 to change brakes and radiator cap they must have looked at that miata and assumed you were gay and knew nothing about cars which is probably true

>>26026640
I didn't know. Im never going to the mechanic again. They didn't even add coolant after adding the radiator cap.

>>26026919
Yea that 700 "labor" could've been a nice mod but it is what it is. Have fun with the car. The only people that hate on Miatas either can't fit or never drove one. Tracking it even stock is fun.

>>26025287
It’s your fault for going to NAPA because they probably assumed you were a fag for the Miata and consequently a tard when it come to car knowledge.
So please anon, next time go see your gpa or uncle or cousin or friend or friends dad who knows anything about cars to help you out. Or, if you can’t find someone in that route, find a small single/ double car garage shop owned by some old timer. Those are the most honest folks. Stay away from chains. They are only successful and so wide spread because of their ability to up sales.

>>26025287
notice how the labor charges are 2x the price of the parts, that should have clued you in that you were being ripped off

>>26025287
bro I paid 200 to replace my break pads AND break disks.

You could have just called me up and we could have done the brakes together bro. You know I only stay a hr from ksu

>>26025287
You got hosed on that brake job, but congrats on the Miata anyway. I love mine, but it's not my daily. It's great for trips through the mountains nearby.

>>26025398
>if it brings you outside of your house and you enjoy driving and it makes you forget some stress
this is why I own my car still despite the lack of real necessity

>>26025435
rear brakes are a bitch and add to the price, but yeah i agree. OP could have bought parts for $75-$150 and got his hands dirty for a few hours. fuck auto shops and their retarded mechanics.

>>26025287
thanks for their email, going to tell them that you are a dangerous right wing individual who helped fund the storming of the capitol using bitcoin and that you are a known nazi, and to distribute this information to financial institutions and federal services, including the IRS

>>26028181
Aren't you afraid some pilled up milf is gonna crush you with her massive suv when she nods off on the highway. That thing doesn't look safe

>>26025398
i can't walk to work

>>26028766
OP can you respond to this? Can you prove you're not a terrorist?

>>26028423
Drum brakes are a bitch but even those are managable and still cheap. You can get pads, grease, brake cleaner and gloves for less than 50. This guy had front and rear disk breaks and still sucked the shop's dick.

>>26028423
Also you can do your own brake job in less than an hour, even with drums.

>>26025287
holy SHIT dude
i just had my breaks done with rotors and pads and new shocks on my back wheels for a total of $400
goddamn bro

>>26025287
> $722 on labor
Fucking kek

>>26029129
Depends on the car some have the bolts in asinine spots that make it a pain in ass to loosen without specialized tools and being such an old car it's likely rusted

>>26025435
this

>>26028897
All the fucking time, but I really only drive it on the weekends in a pretty remote part of Northern New Mexico. It has the crash worthiness of a fucking motorcycle. kek

>>26026661

>>26025287
>$1000 for brake change
>70% of the cost in labor
HAHAHAHAHA

>>26025287
Learn to work on your car, OP. Doing your brakes shouldn't take more than an hour, even if you're a complete newbie at it. It's not difficult whatsoever. Those pads are a ripoff too. You should be able to do the entire job for ~$50, $100-$200 if you replace the rotors as well. You'll save a shitton of money and have the satisfaction of knowing the job was done right (assuming you don't fuck it up - again, it's not difficult).

>>26025563
How do I upovote your good post

>>26025287
700 in labor for a brake job. You got taken for a ride in your shiny new Miata, faggot.

>>26029009
Wagie detected

>>26025287
HE BOUGHT A GIRL CAR
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOW DO YOU EVEN FIT IN THAT CLOWN CAR???? R U A MANLET??????
I THINK SO!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH A FUCKING GIRL CAR AND HE CANT EVEN CHANGE THE BRAKES IN HIS MALIBU BABRIE CAR HAHAHAHAHA

>>26029758
kys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Aw_sbKSXI

>>26025287
>miata
Why not just write MX-5 like a non-retard?

>>26029825
RATHER KILL MYSELF THAN DRIVE THAT PIECE OF SHIT GIRL CAR HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IMAGINE THINKING A MIATA IS COOL HAHAHA WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?? NO S200? NO Z3/Z4? HAHAHAHAHA WHAT A MORON!! THATS WHY YOU GOT FLEECED $700 ON LABOR AHHAHA THEY PROBABLY LOOKED AT YOUR CAR AND THOUGHT "THIS IS A WOMANS CAR" SO THEY UPSOLD THE LABOR
WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT, WHO SPENDS $1000 ON A BRAKE JOB FOR A 30 YEAR OLD CAR WTFF HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

>>26025287
Yeah you got robbed dude. But its okay you can still make it work.
I own 2 shitbox miatas but ive made them both into *decently* reliable daily drivers.

AMA

>>26030565
>AMA
how tall are you?

>>26025287
lmao that's like $200 per hour.

don't listen to the haters, miatas are a based meme car
grats

>>26029758
Lmao dude are you on cocaine?

>>26025287
It's called a Eunos Roadster.

>>26025287
Did you check bluebook at all

>>26030641
5’10.
I had a buddy in high school who was 6’1 and he just cut foam out of the driver seat lmao

>>26025398
> bought for 8
> refused 14
ngmi

>>26025287
Actually thanks for the info op, I was wondering the same thing today. How much did you buy it for?

>>26031531
based rare alfa club, i bought a Brera S v6 for 6k and cheapest on the market is 10k now lmao

>>26025287
van or truck means you get to start your own side business. where you can tell people to fuck off and go to work when you want. a car just goes from a to b, depreciating in value.

>rwd
>fun

Fuck everyone else