[preciousjeni]

I just took my car in on Friday for a 7 AM appointment. I had gotten maintenance done last month and was told that my throttle body needed to be cleaned out (it gets carbon buildup or something).

$200 including labor.

So, I went to have that done. I didn't get the car back until 5:45 PM. My friend had taken me to pick up the car and we planned on having a girls' night in. So, I drove over to her house. When I got there, I idled momentarily outside her house before I turned off the car. All of the sudden, the car started revving itself really bad. Long story short, it got towed the next day and I found out that a head something was blown in the cooling system.

$800 including labor and it won't be complete until Wednesday (tomorrow).

In addition, when I took the car in to have the throttle body cleaned, I was told that the front struts were blown causing my tires to cup and go bad. They had to order the part and I had planned on bringing it back in when the part got there. But, then all the cooling stuff happened.

$300 including labor

TOTAL for car repairs: $1300

Total for gas in the gas guzzling replacement car I've been driving: $27 in just a few days and it already had half a tank when I got it. I put $27 in when it had about a quarter of a tank left. And, now it needs MORE GAS today!! This is compared to my $16 a full tank car in the shop.