Does Anyone Know Of A Website That Has Free Online Quotes For Auto Repair?
by Monkey Wrench on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | 3 Comments
I am just looking to get an estimate for cost of repair to my car and rather then call around I thought it might be easier, if possible, to first see what price range I am looking at would be.
So, If anyone knows of a website that has online quotes that are free and easy and instant, please let me know.Even if the quotes are just estimates it would allow me to know what kind of cost I am going to face when replacing a clutch and shocks and brakes.
I am hoping that there is a website out there where I can select first what kind of car I have and year, for a better match on estimate of repair, and then input what I need replaced to find out what the estimate/quote would be.
Anyone?
go to
caranddriver.com
Take the vehice to the actual repair facility. The only thing they can quote you is the cost of the parts. The vehicle needs to be properly inspected because they could be smaller or additional components causing the problems with the bigger components. You would be very upset after talking with them on the phone and then after they actually inspect the vehicle the prices triples because now they had a physical opportunity see all the parts in that particular system. Example you have some brake noise and you assume its the pads so you say I could go to midas because they have a special for 89.95 per axle, but after they look at vehicle and find out the you need pads, hardware, and rotor resurfaced. so now a 89.95 job turns to 300.00. So to be on the safe side Just take the vehicle in.
Noone in their right mind will give you an estimate on repairs without first seeing and inspecting the car first. The repair cost also is affected by local market prices and conditions, as well as cost of repair parts. There could be multiple problems with a clutch that causes a failure, some are cheap fixes while a full replacement can run you hundreds of dollars. Shocks you could get a reasonable estimate probably by visiting the website for Midas or others. Brakes again can be really expensive or very cheap depending on what exactly needs to be replaced. Midas also does brakes (oh, and meineke)