Going in tomorrow morning at 7am.

Hopefully it will be "Ice, Ice, Baby!" by tomorrow night! :thumb:

UPDATE: I'm cool again. New condenser, new lines (per the TSB fix), and fresh R134 blowin' chilly-willy silly on me! I printed out the GM-Parts Direct pricing on the condenser and my dealer matched it (saved me $70), and only had to pay R&R labor on the condenser, everything else was warranty work.

Still, I'm out a WAD of cash!

Time to go install my Mr. Bumpstops lower grille now...

That's great Mike. Sorry to hear about the wad of cash though. :eek:

Looking forward to seeing Mr. Bumpstops grille on HHR 1. :smile:

What???
 

Help me understand this. How could any of that repair have cost you anything out of pocket? Is there no warranty on it? I'm thinking about buying an HHR but if GM quality leaves you with hot air...I don't know.

Great News Mike, Now you can ""CHILL" again. I did my lower grille the other day. Took a total of 10 minutes and look's good. Will post picture's once My third Brake overlay arrive's.

I understand why "road damage" wouldn't be covered, but shouldn't the comp. on your auto insur. have covered it, just like it would a windsheild?

We've got a $100 deductable just for this reason.

Yes, this could be covered by a persons automobile insurance. However, many peoply carry deductibles higher than $100. I carry $500 deductible on both comprehensive and collision, as I'm sure Mike probably does at well. This keeps the insurance rates at a reasonable level for me here in Denver, where insurance rates are much higher, as I'm sure they are in California as well. I personally carry the higher deductibles to cover catastrophic losses rather than what I consider nickel and dime stuff. Don't get me wrong...I'm not made out of money by any means, I'm just willing to roll the dice.

I was in the insurance business for nearly 15 years, 8 of those as an Office Manager for an American Family agent and 5 of those being a Commercial Automobile Insurance Underwriter. Having said that, I can tell you that many people elected to carry lower comprehensive deductibles like you stated above and for the same reason. From personal experience, in both the Personal & Commercial side of the business, I saw many times where insurance was cancelled or non-renewed due to excessive comprehensive insurance claims or what some in the industry call "nuisance claims". While I don't necessarily agree with this practice, it happens...and a lot more than people realize.

Ya might wanna check with your agent......ours had $500/500 also, talked to our agent and for about $50/6 mon. we were able to drop ours to 100/250.

Considering HHR's windshields are getting a bad rap and after what happend to Mike, that's not much. $900...wow, more than I want to do in one pop!

If either happens we won't be out $900! It would take 9 years of the higher payment to get there so it was a no-brainer fo us. We've got State Farm btw.

Insurance deductible waiver
 

My dealer threw in an insurance deductible waiver for collison and comp up to $500, when I bought my HHR. After a claim and repair, for $59.95 I can buy the waiver again and so on after each repair claim. Catch is of course that I have to bring it to the dealer for the repairs and for sure the insurance company is paying for it but at least I am not and the most I will be out of pocket is the $59.95 if and when I ever need an insurance repair done. :thumb:

I am looking for a set of 18" rims and tires for my 06' HHR 1LT. What is the bolt pattern and where should I look for rims and tires for a good price?