yeah, that's right... just hijack my ride thread.
anyway, car is in for it's 6 monthly service to uphold the dealer 12 month warranty. $1,150 it's gonna cost me!!!!!
Power steering fluid is "oxydising", which sounds like bogus junk but I do know it's low and probably needs the flush anyway. Brake fluid apparently is "dirty" and also needs flushing... yeah.. whatever makes you happy, maybe it will stop the mild shudder. Bottom radiator hose is leaking, not that I've noticed and I'm observant... and apparently it's got the wrong coolant in it, green rather than red. I trust these guys, they're the local HSV dealership/workshop and I know that there are pretty important chemical differences between coolants. I wasn't aware LS1's used Red coolant though, otherwise I would have requested the Toyota Dealership I bought it from fix that... you know why? Because Toyota's use RED COOLANT! I know, I sold it when I worked for them!
Sway bar bushes are also cracked (not surprising) but they're covered by the warranty. Only effing things that are...
They recommended injector service, throttle body service and idle timing configuration, all of which I declined as they're not necessary. They also agreed there's noise from one of the gearbox bearings or input shaft bearing and recommended removing the gearbox to perform a proper inspection... as I'm already paying $1,150 for their handywork I declined that too.
Oh and there is rattling coming from inside the catalytic converters, so they'll need replacing too... as well as the exhaust hangers and the exhaust in general because it is "very average condition"... Well I can't afford a new exhaust now because of all the other crap they've found that's more important.
ho hum, another money pit. At least I'm happy to spend the money on this one because it's still worth 20 times the cost of repairs. My last ride (VT) got to the stage where the value of the car was 2 times the cost of repairs.... :S