Not quite the WRX 2.0. FA20 yes, but this one makes 300hp!

I’m with you all the way. The differences between a union run shop at a dealership vs a non-union shop are appalling. Non-stop illegal/shady treatment of techs at non-union shops.

If her face is any indication, Stacy’s mom does not got it goin’ on.

Well, deleting any emissions controls equipment would be illegal for them to do, so probably not.

More power to him, I would give him all my headliners!

Yeah, warranty time doesn’t make much sense. Interior R&R always sucks for me, but at least Subaru pays ok for hard line jobs.

I don’t look at my Subaru all the time, but often enough that I notice myself looking. More often now after I’ve lifted it. It’s probably the fact that I’ve swapped the engine, transmission, and suspension myself and I like looking at my blood, sweat, and tears.

This is true. A lot of warranty rates seem based on some magical engineer/technician doing the work. There is no way I am getting a headliner done in 0.8 hours in a Subaru Outback. Warranty to a tech = get bent over.

To be honest, as a dealership tech, sometimes we really can’t duplicate the concern. Believe me, I’d rather be able to find the issue, fix it, and get paid under manufacturer warranty rather than chase my tail for an hour and have to send it away without being paid. Nothing worse than a really specific concern that…

Automotive technician here. Why do you guys seem to like designing things that make us go through hell and back just to fix? Only kidding, it’s the accountants who do that.

Whichever one Ray Wert is behind.

Pretty sure it was jiggawatts, not gigawatts. That’s probably why it doesn’t work as intended.

I didn’t before, now I wish I hadn't.

But, but, but, she’s a female!

Rumors within corporate and the tech training infrastructure indicate that a plug-in hybrid is coming for Subaru.

Because the Tribeca’s third row was completely useless and no one bought it. Also, it’s kind of a pain in the ass to fix if you’re a Subaru tech, but that’s unrelated to why they got rid of it.

If they’re going to try to get a Formula One driver, I’d much rather it be Kimi.

Yeah it technically is a thermal event, but thermal event passes for fire in the automotive industry. Just part of the jargon.

Saying fire is a big no-no in the automotive community. Even when writing quality monitoring reports as a technician, we can only use the descriptor thermal event when describing an issue that could possibly result in a fire.

Yup, not just a smog causing compound, but the one most responsible for it!