> wrote in message
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>
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > Thank you!!! this makes me feel so much better! I don't love the $75/
> > an hour part (which i think is what midas charges) but i can deal with
> > a few hundred dollars.
> > i think i am a little gunshy because i suddenly had to replace my
> > radiotor last year and it was almost $1000!! now whenever something
> > happens i get a little worried about the cash i will have to put out.
> > my emergency fund is just not that big!
> >
> > thanks again!
> >
> > - kelly
>
> Kelly, remember that these are reference prices. Be sure you know what
the
> garage, be it
> Midas or anyone else, is going to charge you.
>
> While you could march into NAPA and buy a rack and pinion unit for the
> prices I found
> for you, it doesn't mean that the garage of your choice will charge you
the
> same prices.
> They can mark them up just about as much as they choose.
>
> I cannot imagine you had to pay a grand for a radiator replacement. Now,
I
> don't know
> much about the PT Cruiser, but that is a LOT of money. If Chrysler wanted
> that much for
> a radiator, I would have looked for an aftermarket replacement, even a
> custom unit if I had
> to do so. Radiators can be had, usually, for $100-250 range. Putting
them
> in is normally
> a 'cake walk'.
>
> Be sure you know what to expect before having this work completed.

Further to the above,
http://www.speedyautoparts.com/find/...P22980102.html

Radiator for the PT Cruiser costs $147 at this particular place. You might
find
better and worse, cheaper and more expensive but $1000!!!!!!!