First Trip to Shop

I'm guessing $500

 

the pump and fluid are warranty, yes? so, battery $250. tires $20. inspection points $75.? = $345. my daughters 04 has a little over 80,000. nothing but the maint. manual stuff yet. and recalls. you sound nervous about taking your baby in, all the best!

 

Did you mean inverter fluid or transaxle fluid. Probably should do transaxle fluid if you haven't already.

 

There should be no charge for the inverter coolant because draining and replacing the coolant is supposed to be part of the inverter coolant pump recall work.

I agree that the transaxle ATF fluid should also be drained and replaced (at your cost) if that had not been previously done.

If you add that item to your list then my guess is $600 for all of the items in your OP plus transaxle ATF.

 

if you add the trans, i'll go $475.

 

you're having it done at joe's corner spa, err, garage, right?

 

Who is Rudy?

 

Rudy is Rae's four doored baby.

 

Good luck Rae!!!! Report back after the day at the spa. Tell them to be gentle with him; it's his first time!!!

 

Shoot! We should have done the battery when you were down here. I'd have done it for a mocha.

 

errr .... you are going to let them tell you the price *after* the work is done ? If that is the case just hand over a signed blank check and hope for the best.

 

I thought you were going shopping in your Prius for the first time Rene', oops.

 

Be prepared for a suggestion to change the engine water pump and serpentine belt. If they do, insist on a visual inspection before approving the work. If the engine water pump is bad, you will see a lot of pink crusty gunk on it. If the serpentine belt is bad, it will be riddled with cracks.

 

Rae, When I was a kid my family used to play a where whoever got closest to the total price paid, but for some reason dad always paid )

 

I'm not trying to bash you Rae, but if you have already invested the time to drive down to the garage and hand over your car, your willingness to say "too much" is impaired. Or at least mine would be.

Any reason you or a friend are not taking on some of the simple DIY work at a fraction of the cost ? One other comment, access to the PCV valve is about the same as needed for spark plug replacement. I'd try to do both at the same time, and would not feel obliged to do either at 80k. Not that 80k is a bad time, but another year or two is OK too.

Good luck