Had a 20 year old coolant hose blow. Had the car towed home and decided instead of replacing the one hose, Since I could not verify if anything else had been done, the replace everything I could think of in the cooling system, New pump, thermostat, all hoses cost me about 380$. Doing the work myself in the morning. I consider it extremely reasonable money for all the parts. Labor would have made it a 1000$ job easy.
Like others have said, Maintenance is not bad if you can do most of the wrenching yourself.
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