So I'm driving into work and my cars making a nice little squeeky noise. Then about a mile and a half away from my office poof on comes the break light and the battery light and off goes the power steering. Ouch, so I get off the next exit and take the backroads to my office. Bare in mind in Connecticut yesterday we had a pure ice storm and no one showed up to the office, about 10% at best. So I begin my self diagnosis of what the problem would be, aka I google up all the symptoms. I come to the conclusion that my Serpentine Belt is done.So I call Triple A and tell them I need my car towed from Danbury to the local shop I typically bring my car to in Ansonia. After some fun talk with the AAA lady she infroms me that the roads are too "icy" in Danbury, and that they are focused on accidents. So basically she told me to f* off, and she told me places in Danbury I could bring my car. Ok fine, not the best option but I'll do it.
So I drop off my car at the shop give them my diagnosis and then head back to work. Eventually he calls me up says that it is in fact the Serpentine belt and he says something else also needs to replaced, and that Isuzu said that this causes the Serpentine belt to shred all the time and that it's going to cost around 370. I begrudgingly say ok, not knowing how much shit costs or what the second part he mentioned was.
A few hours later I get a buzz back and he says that in fact that other part didn't need to be replaced and that the charge is 295 and that I can pick it up whenever. Now it's starting to get in my head, a piece of miserable rubber is going to cost me $300 friggin dollars, 300 are you kidding me. Now I'm on a mission to see how badly I got screwed over.
I joined about 5 different auto mechanic forums and asked the question of how much a typical serpentine belt costs. Then I call my usual shop and they tell me the typical price is 90 dollars. 90 friggin dollars. Oh I am boiling, if you're an automechanic or work for AAA stay away from me. Far away.
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