First it was a nail in one of the Miata’s tires, so we had to buy a new set for the car. Then came the desktop PC breaking, necessitating a new one. And now we are the proud owners of a new Washer and dryer.
About 6 months ago of piece of the plastic bushing that the dryer drum spindle rotated in broke off. This made the dryer squeal slightly while in use. My solution to this was to occasionally squirt some 3-in-1 oil on the bushing. A couple months ago while washing the mattress cover the load became very unbalanced and the washing machine tried to walk out into the garage, stopped only by rubber inlet hoses, and placed a couple of dents in the water heater. Ever since then, when doing a full load of clothes the odds were 5 to 3 that there would be puddle of water under the machine at the end of the cycle. As the days went by, the odds of it occurred never wavered, but the amount of water left on the floor started to increase.
We have always opted for a basic washer/dryer combo, not the bottom of the line, maybe a couple steps up. What we were replacing cost us a little over $500 fifteen years ago. Using the same criteria this time as well, even with these machines being on sale it cost us $500 each… Sounds like a lot, but figuring we do about 10 loads a week, for the next 15 years with these that is a little over a quarter a load and is a magnitude cheaper than a laundromat visit.