[sokoloff]

To be fair, if you took it back to the car dealer, the only repair they're likely to offer is a factory engine swap. They're not going to do an engine rebuild in the service bay.

Taking it to an independent or DIY, you could rebuild the engine (analogous to what you did on your printer).

[jaclaz]

Sure, the point is that the car dealer would ask a "proportionate" price for the engine swap (even if not cheap, or not as cheap as a "punctual" repair) in the order of magnitude of 3,000 to 6,000 Euro, at the most 10,000 i.e. 10% or 20% or 30% at the most of the price of the car "new".

Here we are talking of 90% to 100% of the price of a new printer.

[bradknowles]

2011 Nissan Juke with five year/50,000 mile warranty. Bought in 2012, only one owner. In good condition with roughly 45,000 miles in December of 2019, Kelley Blue Book resale value of about $7,000.00 USD.

Timing chain breaks. Out of warranty. Cost from dealer is estimated at $10,000 for a complete engine replacement, plus turbos. No joke.

Takes the vehicle down to net negative value, which can only be declared a complete loss and sold for parts.

NB: Cost estimate from reputable third parties is $7,000-8,000, not a full replacement but only a partial rebuild. Doesn’t materially change the result.

[zrail]

Not quite true. I took our car in for a weird noise and they rebuilt just part of the transmission. The noise happened again and then they decided to replace the entire transmission. Both repairs were under warranty.

[jaclaz]

Well it is what happens when the item is out of warranty the issue at hand.

I am pretty sure that if my fusers went bad within the warranty period I might have had them replaced under warranty, or at least there are several reports that Brother did that.

My rant was only about the absurd prices of the spares.