Guess is depends on how busy the shop is, and no they wouldn't turn that down in my shop either. BUT they would rather do a million other things instead.

Except accessory part instillations usually don't pay worth crap. The parts dept. loved it I'm sure, but I bet service, and the tech doing the work were considering weather they could just rip their fingernails off instead. At least that's my experience with most accessory part installs as a tech.

Yea the v-rods are pretty nice...now. When they first came out we had all sorts of problems, but then again our guys rack up the hrs on the engines quick (3000hrs in 4 years!). They're government employees so the throttle lever is really just a switch for them, on or off so the boats are run really hard. We average 2…

Funny enough I went from the dealership/auto world to the marine world (all be it a very narrow aspect of it). I mostly work on Mercury Verados, and boy do I wish they had more fuses haha! It would make my life much easier at times! But I do know what your talking about!

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The current gen 6.7l diesel gets comparable mileage to the gas V-8. I have a family friend that tows quite a large 5th wheel with a 2013 F-350 with a powerstroke, he gets about 12-13 on the freeway. I drive a 2012 F-550 at work and because of it's shorter gearing compared to the "smaller" trucks it gets 10.5 mpg empty…

I suppose you are correct, and I'm sure many of them will come to worse ends. It just pains me to see a car that cant be driven if they don't clear the road of all the sand from last winter is all.

I'll also endorse a lot of things if done tastefully, like a stanced Buick Regal, or Chevy Malibu for instance. But destroying a cars capabilities is not tasteful...

I spent 5 years in a Subaru dealership spinning wrenches. In all that time I saw one ring land failure on a stock car and the guy was a flaming asshat! Other than that all the other damaged/destroyed engines were moded and owned by total ham fisted idiots (not trying to call anyone out here, just my personal…

Apparently I didn't make my exclusion of the Audi obvious enough, but I agree with you on that. To us normal plebeians who drive cars under the $100k mark, the numbers that those engines are produced in, aside from the Audi/VW, are RELATIVELY low. And to be great I think an engine should be made for the masses, put…

I'm a Subaru master tech (or used to be as of 6 months ago, got a different job) and I would NEVER put one of our newer turbo engines on this list haha! Way to fragile, I've seen them blow ring lands STOCK! And the turbos are super sensitive to oil change interval. Aside from the new FA motors (jury's still out) in…

The only problem I have with your argument, or any other VW/Audi fans argument, is that, while I agree that these engines ARE reliable, only with relatively meticulous maintenance, especially oil changes. The one before 100k was probably abuse (oil starvation), but the one at 160k was cam chain failure due to what…

One before 100K, the other at 160. If you can't get 200k out of a modern engine then your doing something wrong. My 92 legacy turbo has 280,000 on the original turbo let alone the engine.

The only reason I agree with this (aside from the Audi engine) is because they included the Yoda 1LR-GUE V10. But since these are all relatively low production engines in expensive "supercars" I think they should all be thrown out.

Wonderful until it broke or caught fire, of which I've seen two fires...

I've had to go through a few...

I learned to drive in an 86 Cherokee, manual trans, 4x4, with a 2.5 L. loads of power? No. but throw it in low gear and that thing went anywhere and over anything that wouldn't high center it! Love that thing.

The only reason the 7.3 was a good engine is because everything after it barely made it of the transport at the lot. So in a relative term it was an AMAZING engine, but against the rest of the world, just a dirty old reliable diesel.

My wife works at a local powersports dealership selling parts and gear, while this doesn't make her an expert on Moto GP head gear, she has been trained by Aria, Shoei, Schuberth etc. on how to properly measure and fit a helmet. She always tells me that a properly fitted helmet will stay on no matter what your hair is…

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