A dealership screwed up royal and offered me an FRS engine or mods
 

The short of it is a dealership shop I took my car to for years and years had made a big mistake and cost me a lot of stress. They recognized their problem and were super nice about it after they confirmed it was their fault and they are offering me a brand new engine in the FRS, or to pay for the equivalent pricing in mods of what a brand new engine will cost.

My FRS had a brand new engine when I bought it two years ago and I've only put maybe 7 to 8,000 miles on it since. So I am opting for the mods and upgrades. What would you do with that if your FRS auto 2013 was fully stock and you wanted upgrades that tally and total to the equivalent price of a brand new FRS engine?

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ceiling fan & etc.

So does it need a new engine or not? What did they screw up? If it needs a new engine then getting equivalent value in mods is not a great deal.

Unless the mods are an engine swap, which depending on what constitutes a "new engine" might be between a great deal (compared to a brand new engine from Subaru) to not worth it (compared to a junk yard shade tree rebuilt engine).

Tough call, I'd get the f-150

What is wrong with the world lately?

Am I going nuts?

Ask for the equivalent in sugar free gummy bears. It's a much better ride.

*** gummies

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Yes, but that's an entirely different discussion

Google sugar free gummy bears. It's a totally different experience but equally profound.

who cares about the engine. stance that shit!

It doesn't need an engine, the engine I have is like new. They are offering what they have and just trying to make me happy. Giving me a new engine is what they can obtain or already have in stock right now. But as mentioned, I don't need an engine.

They didn't give me a price quote on the cost of said engine equivalent. They said "we can give you a brand new engine if you want it, or mods that total the cost of a brand new engine."

I am asking here because I was told this on a Friday and nobody is there to ask what the total price was over the weekend and monday is a holiday. So I thought maybe it was a good idea to ask experts over the course of the following 4-5 days before I can even call them back to ask. At least I can be prepped for it.

My FRS engine is great condition. Nothing happened to the engine. They are simply offering me stuff to compensate me, either a brand new engine which I really currently already have, or mods that total the cost of that new engine.

I've chosen mods, but what mods are best is the question.

In the current digital "I hardly interact with live human beings" era, I assume it is quite difficult for others to understand that humans make mistakes at shops and can royally screw up paperwork to the point the customer has serious issues with their finances. Said business doesn't want legal action, so they offered to compensate me with whatever I want up to the cost of a new engine for my FRS.

I don't need an engine, as I clearly said, my FRS is like new already with it's engine. So the only other route is to opt for mods that total the cost of a new engine. That is what they offered me.

But I suppose this is confusing to a lot of individuals because I didn't talk like a robot explaining things on Tik Tok, or put a giant red arrow on the text so that others can see what the core of the issue was (what mods would you opt for that total the cost of a new FRS engine).

Next time, I'll just post a Twitter post or a Tik Tok link so this crowd can better understand it.

That was easy.

Please consider that a post at 2 AM on a holiday weekend asking a question with absolutely no context other than a dealership screwed up.... why would they offer you something you didn't need for compensation of something that stressed you out? Stress is very different for everyone. Did they move your seat and not put it back? Did your car fall off the lift?

If they are going to compensate you from their parts catalog for the perceived value of something that's one thing. If it' s cash and your car is otherwise ok buy a pony.

No it was confusing because it was vague and lacked information.
Why the hell would a dealer offer over $10,000 because they screwed up some documents and caused you some discomfort? That is one hell of a random number for them to come up with if it wasn't a ruined engine.

And why be a total d!ick when asked a reasonable question?

What kind of mods are we talking? Anything and everything? Is this limited to the dealer/ TRD catalog of overpriced stuff?

You're original post was attempting to avoid specific details to protect something, and it started throwing red flags just trying to understand the outcome.

If any mods from anywhere, I'd go the financial mod route. Take the cash equivalent, and squirrel it away in a moderate rate CD for a number of years. Then I'd use whatever recurring intrest accrues and I'd burn the money on whatever hobby suits me at the time.

What mods depends on what you do with the car. Track car, street car, rally car? Your question is as vague as your story.

Even then "the price of an engine" would just about cover the whole thing.
Maybe the dealer is going to go shopping the aftermarket for them and pay their techs to install it all.
I want to know who this dealer is so we can recommend them to everybody!

Edelbrock supercharger. New wheels/tires.

im confused too.....

-Car got a new engine some time ago
-Dealership did something that screwed something up that we have no context on but its their fault.
-Dealership is offering a new engine or the equivalent cost in mods as compensation for their screw up.

I can't see it being anything other than some major engine screwup if the dealership is willing to provide a new engine as one of their offers.....
If its unrelated to the engine why would they offer to give a new engine.....

The Amazon review? If not it was equally profound...

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New FA24 would be a relatively ok investment.
At least better than Doge Biscuits right now.

If you post the beginning of a story, and an end of a story and leave out the entire middle portion for the reader to fill in using their imagination, don't get upset at them for not knowing what the heck kind of story you're trying to tell....

Always blows me away when people make crappy threads with gaps of information and lack of specificity and then get pissy at replies.

See, i can do the passive aggressive thing too!

Now that's funny right thar!!

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I have read this entire thread three times now and I am still confused as all heck what is going on, who did what to your car, and how many engines it has.

This post lacks clarity, or is just complete bullshit. Why not just say "what mods would you do to your Auto FRS"? Why bother going into this elaborate story that you put together like a Goosebumps choose your own adventure book?

His response has caused me a lot of stress so I believe he owns me an engine!

I'd get the new engine. Why would the dealership offer you a new engine if their "big mistake" that "cost(sic) [you] a lot of stress" wasn't related to the engine? Without knowing the damage the dealer caused to your engine, it's difficult to see why there would be any other options but getting a new engine.

I would rather go for the mods

Its too stressful to figure out whether you need a new engine or not.
Its much easier to determine if you actually need some mods or not.

Have you seen the stress levels of some people on here trying to decide on mods?
Need an engine is usually a yes or no answer.

Are the mods covered by warranty with the dealer as well and installed by them?

Drop a 2JAYZEE innit

Somewhere buried in here is that it was a paperwork issue so I am also calling bullshit on the whole story. A paperwork mistake that causes financial stress has only one resolution - refund. And I think they should sell the car any stop causing the rest of us grief. Then cash in on sugar free gummy bears. I still stand by that being the best outcome for all of us as a whole.

EDIT: I realised others called "bullshit" so I added "also"

Me too! Think we can get a Lawyer to file a class action lawsuit against the OP?

But we dont know if needing an engine is yes or no in this case :)

The other question then becomes...

Saul Goodman, or Lionel Hutz

Yes we do. He clearly said he already had a new engine. CLEARLY

Duh. Get off the tik tok Tcoat, and pay attention

y u think we trollin?

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