Hey Esti-
Well, as far as "all autoparts are expensive" goes, I cashier at an autoparts store, and it seems like a lot of G1 legend parts are almost twice as expensive as most other cars. Compared to american cars, our ball joints are 75 bucks vs. their 40 bucks. My distribitor was over 150 dollars vs. 80 dollars for most other brands of car. H-rated tires are at least 70 dollars (in Hawaii) vs. 40 dollars for passenger rated tires. Our altenators and starters, fuel filters are usually 2x more costly as well.
So, I would think a car such as the Legend needs parts that generally *more* expensive than other cars, right?
Rick-
well, I went into Sears to replace my front tires (waited wayyy to long to rotate, ended up eating up the fronts) and get a new alignment. They mounted the tires and everything, but told me they couldn't give me alignment b/c they had found my front lower ball joints to be bad (hence it wouldn't keep an alignment). The car's handling has been extremely loose and akward on quick turns, so maybe Sears isn't jerking me...anyway, I found the products on my own (they were going to charge me 120 dollars a PIECE for the l. ball joints, i got em for $60 w/ my employee discount). Now, I'm heading to my regular mechanic for a second opinion.