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Hi,
I would have liked to respond to your post but I’m a 200 series car man and the Brickboard was off line for a few days.
When I first read your thread I wanted to say that that the expensive mechanic was absolutely nuts going after that many repairs, to any car, with only 113,000 miles on it.
If you take an average speed of just 40 miles per hour and divide into the mileage you get less than 3,000 hours of driving time.
If you drove the car around the clock, like in a 24 hour Le Mans, that would only be 117 days and they convinced you the car is supposedly worn out.
Hello?
After a very slow 117 days or hours of normal driving.
I’m sure a Lamborghini might be able finish with one-fourth as many at full throttle.
With as many turns as you would have in town on OEM axles.
It just doesn’t figure in my mind that you needed that much work.
Tire cupping or dips cut out in the tread pattern is caused by the wheel hopping. Therefore is just a shock absorber dampening problem or at least a balance issue. If the tires were really old I might buy into a fatigued tire carcass since it’s a FWD machine doing two jobs up front.
Electric cars wear them tires but they have a reason for it.
They can still get 50-60k each.
Do you have records for the number of tires being put on the car? There should be a record of tire renewals in twenty five years.
At least three sets if the seven year change out is followed to the letter by reputable shops or dealers.
That is if Car Fax actually was worth anything? I’m skeptical of any being even close to accurate.
Not everyone participates trust me!
I change my own tires to stay away from fast and young shoddy tire busters!
Some don’t even know how to put wheel covers back on.
It’s all about big rims for show!
As far as the whine and being sluggish I have to ask if it was that way before the timing belt work?
In my mind you would have not purchased the car if it was during a test drive.
What you say?
Can you say that the whine is coming from only the engine because under a driving load or acceleration that doesn’t seem right either. Axles and the CV joints are sold as sets for each side anymore and are usually cheaper that way.
You may never know if you got economy or an OEM that are overpriced.
I’m sorry to say, You might paying deeply for this lesson in buying a used car
Inspect the old parts as they come off with any mechanic. Be from Missouri “the show me state.”
I’m starting to feel like this car has far more miles on it than the dealership says!
It hard to imagine a vehicle wearing out in a few months of less than a Le Mans.
It must be at least twice that amount or was used as a UBER on back roads in maybe Mexico.
This car was made in the last century.
Did it look like it was kept in a garage as far as the interior goes.
I’m just as scared as you, in what bought too!
The next trick is getting the good information and the work you need done in today’s labor atmosphere of money grabbing.
You might have to become more self reliant with different forums to gather up the right mind sets as they can be helpful.
I commend your efforts.
Phil
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