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Sometimes contractor's price things high if they don't want the job.

@xwesx said:
Man, you must have received a seriously bum batch of units!

They are almost 23 yrs old

@jmonroe1 said:
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Whatever you did to fix it the first time do that again. You gotta show that beast you’re the boss. In the mean time order the replacement.

jmonroe

I did and it is working again

Well craptastic, main floor ac crapped out. I changed the capacitor but the contactor was stuck (thankfully on) and fan motor seized. A little Liquid wrench and we are back in business until it can be repaired.

Wow, I was SO wrong in my assessment. That’s incredible something that appears moderately damaged is that severe. I hate that.

@28firefighter said:
So. Fun fact, the GLI is a unibody construction and this landed smack in middle of one of the unibody panels. Significant cutting, welding, etc to get it back to spec. First estimate is a mind blowing $15-$20k. We'll see what the Safeco adjuster comes back with (this was a VW Collision shop).

Is that unibody “frame” damage?

@sda
What a pretty home. Landscaping looks great.

I hate the front gardens of my home, going to try and work on them through the summer. I just did a big trim and it looks better, but not where it needs to be.

@28firefighter,
Did you even get through your first tank of fuel?

In the middle of the second (I told you it was fuel efficient!)

It's because there is no rear quarter panel - it's all one body part with no seams. Apparently there is a high likelihood Safeco totals this because they don't like welding unibody.