Well it turns out I didn't need brakes on my car after all. Frustrating that I had to pay for labor for them to discover this but I don't blame them since the dealership told me I needed brakes and I took my car to another repair shop to do the work since they were $110 cheaper than the dealership.
I spent $228, $143 of which was for them to diagnose the check engine light that has been going off.
All in all, I have about another years worth of brakes and spent less than I had planned so I guess that is good news. Plus they vacuumed my car. Very nice surprise as it needed it badly - thanks to dirty soccer cleats.
So the balance of our tax refund that was to pay for repairs today will go to the MasterCard payoff.
Update to car repair
November 17th, 2010 at 02:49 am
November 26th, 2010 at 07:33 pm 1290800038
Jerry