Originally Posted By: ATex7239
Originally Posted By: funflyer
Here's a 14 Insight engine on Ebay with 25k miles on it. Not bad for about $500 including shipping. Be sure to take plenty of pictures for us when you do the swap
I see plenty of quality bonding time for the holidays.
Engine
Thanks for the link, but I’m not helping him with this one. He is more of a computer guy than a gearhead. He doesn’t even own any tools. He brings in me or my father-in-law for stuff like this. If I do this for him, which is basically what would happen, and he is out only a couple hundred bucks and weekend hanging out with me, what contingency is present to punish this behavior again? Not much, by my measure.
He is going to get tough love from me on this one. This needs to hurt, a lot, or he’ll just do it again.
Maybe charge him to do it. Say, a 25% premium on parts, and half what a shop would charge for labor.
Originally Posted By: funflyer
Here's a 14 Insight engine on Ebay with 25k miles on it. Not bad for about $500 including shipping. Be sure to take plenty of pictures for us when you do the swap
Engine
Thanks for the link, but I’m not helping him with this one. He is more of a computer guy than a gearhead. He doesn’t even own any tools. He brings in me or my father-in-law for stuff like this. If I do this for him, which is basically what would happen, and he is out only a couple hundred bucks and weekend hanging out with me, what contingency is present to punish this behavior again? Not much, by my measure.
He is going to get tough love from me on this one. This needs to hurt, a lot, or he’ll just do it again.
Maybe charge him to do it. Say, a 25% premium on parts, and half what a shop would charge for labor.