Quote Originally Posted by VX crazy View Post
That was out the door everything......the dealership wanted like $1300 or something and Pampered Auto here in Austin got me a better price, believe me I was asking about prices of every part.....I did get a discount because of Tone and this shop gave all mercedes owners a discount.
Yeah, I think the parts are the real cost of this maintenance. Any seasoned mechanic can probably bang this out in a day and will most likely only charge you $300-$500 for the labor. Still, I am happy about saving any money doing it myself! Plus it was fun and a tremendous learning experience. Just yesterday I was reading one of my old posts about leaking coolant and I was asking the forum where the overflow tank was located!!! So all I can say is that over the last few years I have learned A BOATLOAD about my VX and cars in general!

Bart