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totally!!
I feel like it can't be EVERY time I have a dealer experience that I have a gripe, yet reliably I do... I take that back, the Subaru Dealership in Flagstaff was good (this was back in early-mid 2000s), and their master mechanic was globally recognized, he even worked on my rig a couple times. BUT, when I got the GX I thought, I consciously thought, "I'll give Lexus a try. I'll give them the benefit of doubt" and was disappointed. GAH!!! Then timing was due over the new year and I knew what my buddy went through doing his 100's 2UZ on his own (albeit managing child and life) and he certainly did more "while-you're-in-theres" than a dealer would and he was in it 10 hours... So I easily wanted to farm that out and honestly, I wasn't too bent over a barrel even for a Yota dealership, considering V8, timing, water pump, pulleys, idlers, re-clamp a CV and a trans drain and refill, given what I knew about Suby dealership timing belt, idlers and water pump...
That reminds me I should look at my service record for diff services. . .
Anyway..... not too long and I'll be back in the regular income game and my fun-fund will grow and moar good maintenance can happen. I plan on keeping this rig 15-20 years so all that matters....
I put 142K on my suby over 13 years and still have it, so this (with it's million-mile engine) rig will certainly do that for me at least.
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