There is something wrong with that estimate. Are you sure they weren't including the tires??The want almost $800 to replace my TPMS to replace all four.
Yeah, how did we live without this feature?"the same way we know on all of the other vehicles we own/have owned that didn't have TPMS monitoring."
My 04 Crown Vic, my 06 Merc Grand Marquis, and of course my 72 Ford Ranch Wagon, none have the pressure monitors and I do fine without them.
For a brief period, I had an 09 Crown Vic ex cop car, that had the TPMS monitors, presumably bad since the dash light would never go out. Discount tire quoted me some big bucks to replace them, friction tape was the solution. That car didn't stay around here long, it had cop gears vice highway gears and burned a lot of gas, rode hard, was noisy, I found a greater fool to take it away.
I probably won't be buying anymore vehicles. I'm happy enough with the ones I've got. I drive the oldest cars in my neighborhood, I'm sure I inspire pity when they see me wheel out onto the road. The fact that they cars don't look up-to-date or may lack certain modern features doesn't bug me. About a year ago, I invested in one of those OBD2 electronic scanners, $23 was well spent for that one. It works on the two Panther platform cars and the Hyundai. I've already eliminated two trips to the dealership by using it, one in the Mercury and the other time with the Hyundai.