And some more money...

Stopped at store after work. Stopped at stop sign. Went to take off and tierod took a crap. Towed 65.00 and waiting for repair estimate. *sigh*

Well that was fun. 848.00. They used an 8 ton press to try and remove broken axle from bearing and press started twisting! Hopefully good for another 128.000 miles

Joe what a bummer It is infuriating spending money on car repairs, and you had to fork out a lot for that tie rod.

That sucks! Cars are expensive, no doubt about it. I think we've all been there at one point or another, but it's never easy to dish out that much cash on an unexpected repair.

Wouldn't be so bad if every thing didnt hit in 3 month period. I had just given one daughter 450.00 for daycare and wont expect to see that except a trickle here and there for next 6 months, lol.

$848.00? they seen you coming alright

Oh do explain since you know what was done and what was replaced. Other than the fact parts were about $75.00 more than what I could have got them for, every thing was in order.

What was done was alot of accessorial "might as wells" or it wasnt a tie-rod
Then you jump to axle bearing . . . . better/proper maintenance prevents
mechanical failures,anyway.....bummer

Ahh yes, proper maintenance and nothing breaks..... Other than brakes and oil changes and a stupid environmental device that went bad a few years ago the car has ran well for 125000 on Ohio roads and Ohio winters. My first post mentioned tie rod which was only damage I could see after breakdown with car on ground. Axle broke in hub and damaged the rod in process and another part. Then Front Alignment was needed. This car on average goes 50 miles a day, 5 days a week over bad country roads and 5 sets of railroad tracks. About 4 months ago it also went over a hundred plus pound deer that decided to commit suicide.

Never buy a Volkswagen product if you dont like expensive repairs on little stuff
That german origin isnt reflected in the Mexican built product dumped in the US.