Re: A question for experts

In article
<1167337551.675776.163980@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com>,
"Sasha" <agalkin@audible.com> wrote:
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> I recently bought Toyota Corolla 2001 with 80K miles. I brought it to
> my mechanic amd he said I need tune up because spark plugs do no look
> good and also to replace serpentine belt that indeed has multiple crack
> across the belt. He gave me quotes for parts and labor. Parts quotes
> seem to be way too high for me. I am trying to find online parts
> myself.
>
> Can someone advise me what spark plugs and serpentine belt I should be
> and where. For instance my mechanic gave me quotes for NGK iridium
> spark plugs for $19 each. The most expensive spark plugs for 2001
> Corolla I found are $6.99. However I found several models all for the
> same price and the same description and all for corolla 2001.[/color]

NAPA shows your NGK plugs at $18.00 each.
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> About serpentine belt he insists on original belt. I could not find
> online original Toyota serpentine belt but found from ACDELCO and DAYCO
> for half of the price he quoted. How is it really important to have
> original serpentine belt installed? Is it really worth paying twice as
> much for this?[/color]

My suggestion would be to actually ~look~ at the Dayco belt and
the Toyota belt, the difference should be obvious.
(one looks like a belt, the other looks like a strip of plastic)

His insistence on a OEM belt no doubt has to do with prior
experience with the aftermarket ones being noisy.

Oats that have already been thru the horse are always cheaper
than the fresh ones.

In article <nonelson-9D4BDB.09184629122006@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net>
[email]nonelson@sbcglobal.net[/email] "aarcuda69062" writes:
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> Oats that have already been thru the horse are always cheaper
> than the fresh ones.[/color]

That may work for oats. But have you seen that coffee, made from
beans that have been (wait for it) through the guts of some breed
of Far Eastern jungle cat... I mean, _what_ bright spark brought
that to market -- and had the nerve to charge mucho dinero for it
on the, um, grounds that it is somehow extra-yummy-and-desirable?

IOW, some metaphors maybe should come with a health warning. ;-)
--
Andrew Stephenson

"Andrew Stephenson" <ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1167414442snz@deltrak.demon.co.uk...[color=blue]
> In article <nonelson-9D4BDB.09184629122006@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net>
> [email]nonelson@sbcglobal.net[/email] "aarcuda69062" writes:
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>> Oats that have already been thru the horse are always cheaper
>> than the fresh ones.[/color]
>
> That may work for oats. But have you seen that coffee, made from
> beans that have been (wait for it) through the guts of some breed
> of Far Eastern jungle cat... I mean, _what_ bright spark brought
> that to market -- and had the nerve to charge mucho dinero for it
> on the, um, grounds that it is somehow extra-yummy-and-desirable?
>
> IOW, some metaphors maybe should come with a health warning. ;-)
> --
> Andrew Stephenson
>[/color]

Civet cat coffee!
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)