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12-18-2004, 05:12 AM
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The Great Ape
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Skull Island
Posts: 774
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To make a long story short - a friend says his brakes are going out - takes forever to stop - afraid he's gonna have an accident. I said, take your ride to Brako and get a free estimate - $800 - needs everything. I say, good thing you aren't a girl - would be $1200... I tell him, go to Autozone and buy everything they said needs to be replaced, and I'll install them. Autozone charges him $230 - new rotors, new drums, new pads, new shoes, bearings, seals, cylinder kits, blah, blah, blah. I 'mike' the rotors and drums - never been turned. $40 labor to turn everything at NAPA - still in spec when done. $50 worth of Autozone parts used. Buddy takes the unused parts back to Autozone for refund - total cost 90 bones. The thing is, I looked at the parts Autozone sold him, and the price[s], and I couldn't believe he got new rotors and drums for the price he did. Almost installed them for the hell of it. What a smoking deal! Autozone rocks! I bought new pads for my wife's minivan there, last week. Semi-metallic, new not rebuilt, lifetime warranty, for $18.99!!! How the hell do they do it?
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