Advise on a broke down cat?

Glad you made it. That's trucking.

 

Yup cat turbos are pricey. Specially if you have 2 of them.

 

You could have bought an old cabover for 8 Gs!

 

They likely added %15 to your tow bill.Just like how a dealership will mark up the prices on parts they have to get elsewhere, they mark up your tow bill for handling it. I always pay my tow bill separately, and paying cash will often get you a discount.

 

I would have told them tuff crap on the turbo's being more expensive "than they thought". Its their job to do their research before giving a customer a quote. You will hardly EVER get a deal on the road. They always seem to put the screws to ya because you are at their mercy. I just had the trans replaced on my 07 Pete on the road and they were $1950 more than they quoted me and I said thats not what you quoted me, you have a 10% variance on what you quote. Their excuse was the cost was higher on some stuff. I told them tuff ###### and they said "well we are not giving you your key back till you pay it". I quickly pulled another key out of my pocked and said "perhaps you would like to see me back this truck out with you holding 'your' key to my truck" they adjusted the bill accordingly and I payed it and low and behold it was only 10% more than originally quoted price of $6300. Weird how that worked out