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RubydaCherry24 t1_iypb3vf wrote

Reply to comment by Animallover4321 in What's with the large amount of cars with only one working headlight?? by artuno

A lightbulb is like 3 dollars

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Adorable_List3836 t1_iypth51 wrote

To change a HID bulb in my car it costs $100 for the bulb and I need to take half the car apart in order to get to it

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ItsHATTM t1_iyqitqh wrote

Happened to me once, cost $300 for one headlight on a Chevy Malibu, traded it in for a Subaru that I can access myself.

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1000thusername t1_iypp2sy wrote

Headlight bulbs are like $20 and up for the most part

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ReporterOther2179 t1_iypz5qo wrote

And for some people mean a trip to a mechanic, who seldom works for free. And takes time.

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RevengencerAlf t1_iypr5zk wrote

No offense but I'd love to see an actual headlight halogen that is $3 for anything that's new enough to still run emissions.

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ButtBlock t1_iyqr7po wrote

I have a 2003 car and had a headlight that burned out. Getting the car inspected and they offered to replace it. Was like 3 dollars with a little bit of labor. Was chatting with the mechanic and he said that the newer cars have these proprietary Light bulbs that are ridiculously expensive like over 20x more expensive. Sounds like expensive consumer-hostile bullshit to me! Hope my car lasts for another 150k miles.

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RubydaCherry24 t1_iyr43ex wrote

See I have never driven anything newer than an 08 so I wasn’t wrong about the roughly 3 dollar cost. I literally didn’t know new car bulbs were so expensive

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