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Old 10-10-2008, 02:23 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by w00t692 View Post
I've always wondered why people say a transmission swap costs sooooo much. If your transmission is low mileage, you can resell it for a TON.
its not really the parts, yeah they are expensive, but like you said you can resell. the real money is in the labor to do the swap, unless you can do it yourself, its going to cost you a decent amount of money. and in the end is it really worth it if you can just trade in and buy a stick? prob not worth the hassle...
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