# To costly?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** accord, honda\
**Created:** [July 8, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050 "2009-07-08T02:23:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![rj.perry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rj.perry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rj.perry)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050/1 "2009-07-08T02:23:20Z")

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I just paid $300 to replace a rear wheel bearing. Did I get hosed?

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050/2 "2009-07-08T02:40:30Z")

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I think so.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050/3 "2009-07-08T02:47:49Z")

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Tell Us The Vehicle’s Make, Model, And Model Year, Please.

CSA

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050/4 "2009-07-08T02:54:09Z")

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Depending on the kind of vehicle but if that included the $100-150 for the bearing, that’s only a couple hours labor, or a Saturday morning if you do it yourself.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050/5 "2009-07-08T21:30:13Z")

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It’s impossible to tell without knowing the vehicle…and the location…and whether you used a shop or the dealer. A '95 Corolla rear bearing price in a private garage in Vermont will typically be a small fraction of that of an F350 Superduty (which would corectly be called the axle bearing) being done at a dealer in Boston.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050/6 "2009-07-08T21:38:33Z")

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I don’t know how new it is, but to post questions the poster now enters in the make and model in pull-down menus, they show up in the ‘tags’ area, so we’re dealing with an Accord.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-costly/33050/7 "2009-07-08T21:54:01Z")

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Thanks Texases. I never noticed.

Now knowing that, the biggest variable is locale. I’d be surprized if you could get it done cheaper in Boston.