it is time...

[chhotii]

Apparently the exhaust system on the VW is on the verge of falling off. We've been given the estimate that it would take $2200 to fix this. Seems like throwing good money after bad, at this point, considering everything...

So, sooner than expected, I am very much in the market for a new car. Parameters: 4-door, preferably hatchback, reliable, good gas mileage (but NOT a Prius, uh-uh, no way).

Opinions (and test drives!) of cars fitting these parameters welcome.

Comments

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

One of the things I like about Lou's is that they custom bend all of the pipes. That means you don't have to wait two-days for Midas to ship the missing part from their warehouse from New Jersey so they can replace the exhaust system on your seven year-old car (I went to Lou's and had them do the same repair work that afternoon).

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

bend AND expand... they needed a weird sized pipe like 1/8+a-smidge as a sleeve. well, they have a machine that can stretch thick walled stainless pipe smoothly and still keep the circle true. "yeah, we like this machine, it's expensive, but so worth it"...

and they weld stainless pretty darn well.

you might not LIKE it, but one can see a lot of their work on those "tuned" cars :)

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