Well, maybe it's just Nature's way of saying you should stay home and make music instead of driving? 
 

$1,500 for a new coil for my heat pump. Going in tomorrow... :(

Doctors, lawyers, and car mechanics are all in cahoots to take you to the cleaners.
 
Sad but true........Metallica.

"Yeah, I think your offer is reasonable on NI Komplete 10 Ultimate, but let me run it by my manager and I'll try to get
$150.00 off on the paint sealant. I'll need to take a check in there with me to show him you're serious."  

MarioD
Kitekrazy1, ethanol is causing a lot of fuel pumps to die an early death.  You didn't state what year you truck was but if it is more that 4-5 years old be sure to add an ethanol stabilizer with each tank full of gas. 

 I got over 220,000 miles off that fuel pump. It's a 99 Sonoma. Best vehicle I ever owned. I haven't had to replace the headlights yet.  It was dying a slow death when about 5 years ago the gas gauge went. 

Last week after laying out for a brand new radiator , antifreeze and the required labor costs 's to put it in (4 hrs )
I thought I could breath a sigh of relief , but boy was I wrong .The very next day I walked past my car while taking my dog for his morning walk and saw a large green puddle under my car in it's parking space …
I kid you not when I say this …when I saw that … I named my car What's Next ?
A couple of days ago I wound up paying for the parts and labor to have the water pump and timing belt changed …
I'm still holding my breath and I've got my fingers crossed.
I sure hope that What's Next ? doesn't get a wild hair up it's tailpipe and decide to bring me into The Championship Rounds of car maintenance ….
 
Kenny

 I had to replace my radiator twice in 3 years. It's not the radiator that was the problem but the cheap fittings on the radiator. 

20 years ago this month I went round a roundabout (do they have them in the US?). Like any tight bend visibility of the road surface round the curve was limited and I saw the dozens of roofing tacks scattered all over the road just in time to see them disappear under the bonnet (that's "hood" in US speak). Multiple punctures so the breakdown service got me home then off to get four not exactly cheap new tyres suitable for a Mk 5 XR3i. To replace the set of now wrecked brand new tyres I bought the month before.

And three weeks later I went out to the car to see.... a flat tyre with an unidentifiable chunk of metal firmly stuck in it. Probably a present from a demolition/building site just up the road.

How to spend about £800 on tyres in less than two months.

kennywtelejazz
Last week after laying out for a brand new radiator , antifreeze and the required labor costs 's to put it in (4 hrs )
I thought I could breath a sigh of relief , but boy was I wrong .The very next day I walked past my car while taking my dog for his morning walk and saw a large green puddle under my car in it's parking space …
I kid you not when I say this …when I saw that … I named my car What's Next ?
A couple of days ago I wound up paying for the parts and labor to have the water pump and timing belt changed …
I'm still holding my breath and I've got my fingers crossed.
I sure hope that What's Next ? doesn't get a wild hair up it's tailpipe and decide to bring me into The Championship Rounds of car maintenance ….
 
Kenny

I have realized that at some point the benefit of no car payment is out weighed by the high cost of repairing an old vehicle. That's when I bite the bullet and get a new car payment.
 
Rocky

Hi,
 
My neighbor's truck is a diesel and he had to replace the fuel pump ... $1200 just for the part!