I agree - the new manual transmission was super-expensive! Luckily, I didn't pay for it - the previous owner of the car did. When I bought the car, I received all of the service records dating back to the original purchase of the car, so I added them up. The result made me feel physically ill.
In the two years before I bought the car, the previous owner spent $14,991.75 US on repairs / maintenance. Since the car was new (8/28/84), he spent $37,944.56.
Lucky me - lots of new parts!
