mrreliable3599

Car is 39,000 miles, warranty expired at 36,000 miles.

While traveling in the rain, the front passenger floor became saturated with water. I took the car in to the dealer. They sent the car to a body shop, which found the leak and sealed it. $275. Not a big deal so far.

The body shop guy said there was water sitting in the hinge pillars and rocker, and he was certain the leak was present for a long time before any water came into the cabin. In fact he said it was probably there in 2012 when we purchased the vehicle. When those areas finally filled completely with water, they overflowed into the cabin. But we didn't see any signs of it, so we didn't take it in for service on that problem.

If it can be credibly demonstrated that a problem existed before the warranty expired, what are the chances/difficulty of getting the manufacturer to honor the warranty? The problem is it's $1,000 to replace the carpet, and now I'm real concerned about the damage done from the water sitting inside the frame.

My primary physician has referred me for an adenosine stress test because of extensive family history of heart disease. Doing a bit of research on the internet, it looks like the adenosine stress test is used for people who can't walk on a treadmill or otherwise exercise. I'm not in good shape, overweight, but I'm mobile. I ride the exercise bike once in a while and walk a couple blocks every day. I spent two hours raking leaves this weekend. I certainly wouldn't peg myself as unable to exercise. Is there any other reason why an adenosine stress test would be more effective than an exercise stress test?

2000 Corolla with 140,000 miles, check engine light, rapidly blinking turn signal. I asked the shop to look it over carefully, run diagnostics, and advise on whether it's worth putting money into it hoping it will last past 200,000 miles (these cars often do). Their estimates to take care of the check engine problem by replacing the fuel pump, struts, and other repairs was $2,100. That stretched the envelope, but it's been a great car and I said to go for it. They replaced the valve cover gasket, replaced bulbs and a flasher unit, did the suspension work. The check engine light came back on. They replaced the oxygen sensors. The check engine light came back on, and in addition the turn signal switch started buzzing loudly. They replaced the turn signal switch, and cleaned the mass air flow sensor to take care of the check engine light. They commented the catalytic converter was on its way out.

The repair bil quickly went over $3,500 and climbing. The check engine light came back on (always on the way home). I decided to run like mad from the shop. They didn't fix the check engine light problem, and every time I walked in the door something else went wrong with my car and it cost me hundreds.

A month later my car acted up again. The new shop had to replaced the valve cover gasket, and commented it had been incorrectly repaired. They also replaced the mass air flow sensor. Finally the check engine light stays off. The second shop's bill was $700.

I took the $700 invoice into the first shop and it was not a pleasant conversation. "That's why they call it an estimate," "we can't be responsible for an old car when things break." Estimate $2,100, paid $3,500, and there were more repairs coming down the pike.

I'm suing in small claims court. I'm not claiming intentional fraud. I think they blew the initial eval, and they didn't know what they were doing with the engine diagnostics. They were just checking things and replacing them hoping it would work, which it didn't. The owner of the shop was also angry I didn't take it back to them when the valve cover gasket started puking oil again. I said "I don't trust you." That's when the conversation went downhill.

Think I have a case? Their suspension work seems to be fine, so I'm not going after that. But I am going after all the engine and electrical work they did. The last time my blinkers started going fast I replaced a bulb and it fixed it. They replaced the flasher, then the lever mechanism for hundred of dollars.

I own my "daughter's car" and have it insured. If I sign it over to her, will my insurance stop covering it at that moment because ownership changed?

After a hospital stay, colitis with dehydration, I saw my doctor and he said there was a recent note added to my medical record that I drink excessively. I asked him where that came from, and he just said it wasn't a medical person who made the comment. I don't drink excessively, but there is a family feud, and the charge has been leveled in the past by a family member through clenched teeth. I'm suspicious that this person called the doctor or hospital while I was a patient. They've laid the charge with anyone who will listen, and I wouldn't put it past them. Fortunately people know me and the smears haven't done any harm, but now having it mysteriously show up in my medical records is an escalation of hostilities I'm not going to put up with, if that's what's going on.

Is there any protection with your medical records for letting comments, quite possibly anonymous, become part of your permanent medical records? Are there any provisions requiring disclosure of how an item of information got into your permanent medical records? If I demand to know who said what, are they required to tell me?

The taxpayer has a partnership interest and gets a K-1 every year. This year he had a large gain on the sale of property so we will be using the annualized method of computing his estimated payments.

How is the partnership income figured in for purposes of estimating taxes an an annualized basis? I've heard "I'd do this" and "I'd do that" from other tax folks, but I guess I'm looking for a citation rather than a guess.

My wife's family has always been very close (too close - family gatherings two or three times a week forever, not much else in terms of socializing). My sister-in-law is not married, has no social life outside the family gatherings, and has made it clear she doesn't like me. In this clutchingly close family, I was in the category of a DNA donor only, and was allowed in the front door only if I didn't overstep my bounds - like participating in decisions affecting our children. For the first 20 years of our marriage, my wife was part of the committee, and I just went along.

As we aged and matured, and our kids, my wife decided maybe I wasn't such a bad guy after all, and suddenly, after decades, our marriage blossomed. We're closer than we've ever been, we enjoy each others company, started doing lots of things together.

A sidenote, there have been three times in the past ten years my wife, me, and our three children have done ANYTHING together, just us, without the extended family being involved. Even family dinner, etc. Yes, it's that deeply ingrained.

When our marriage turned for the better, my wife's sister doubled down on her nasty side, which is the side you see most. She isn't married, has no children, and has no social life of her own.

Leaving out lots of ugly details, my sister-in-law recruited her mother, other sister and her husband, into a war party where my wife and I are horrible, awful creatures, and our children need to be protected from us. They won't speak to us, but they take our kids and run around, do what they can to brainwash them, give them deceiptful stories to tell us about where they've been, and in general do whatever they can to make poison rain down on our home. Our kids were rocked when this first started, largely because we'd kept quiet about the family conflicts but the in-laws got a several-month head start telling the kids all about all the problems and who to blame.

The kids have figured it out, but it's still stressful for them.

We've discussed cutting off all contact, and that's still on the table. We just think it's best for the kids to figure it out themselves rather than making us look like the bad guys, which is the goal of the inlaws.

As soon as my oldest turned 18, yup, she moves in with her Aunt.

It's ugly. I don't know what else to do but hate their guts for raining poison down on our home. It's based in jealousy, and I don't know any way to make them not jealous since they're all losers.

Sister in law hasn't spoken to me in two years, hasn't spoken to my wife for a year. The mom doesn't speak to us either, nor the other sister or her husband. We're left trying to extract the smears from our kids so we can deal with them. Any legal suggestions?

I saw CNN's Anderson Cooper use the term "teabagger" in describing citizens who attended a Tea Party rally, but I honestly don't know what a "teabagger" is. I know from Anderson's snide smirk it's an insult, but that's common coming from him when talking about people who don't share his political opinions.

What is a "teabagger," and why are liberals obsessed with the word?