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Originally Posted by arvidj
I am assuming that the thought that I am intelligent enough or over the past 50 years of owning and working on cars have accumulated enough knowledge to know what "an accessory kicking in" might look like is beyond your abilities.
I became familiar with this phenomenon in my first air conditioned car ... a new 1973 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Given that I have owned cars for over 50 years I believe I can answer 'Have you guys driven literally any other car?" in the affirmative. Given that I have never had a car that exhibited this type of idle I find the FR-S behavior strange. Examples of cars that I have recently driven that do not exhibit this behavior includes the new Camry I used while they had the FR-S in for diagnosis, the wife's Yaris, either of my MR-2's, our Toyota truck, the neighbors Toyota truck, the other neighbors Dodge Ram, the son-in-laws Ford truck, ... but that is only in the last 6 month.
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Where to start?
The first 30 years worth of cars do not mean shit in this case! Mechanical advanced timing and adjusted carburetors did not have the fine responses the electronically controlled engines do (come on you know that).
The 73 Pontiacs were sadly lacking in computer controlled systems of I have been very wrong in how I worked on my cars.
Great, you drove a bunch of cars but I do not see any Subarus on that list. After "50 years" of owning cars I would think you know that different makes can have different traits.
You want something to be wrong sooooo badly that when the dealer and several very knowledgeable people tell you that the situation is normal you throw out your 50 year of expertise as your only answer? That is the kind of shit that makes the older guys look bad on here!
If you are so sure it is wrong take it to another dealership or shop and get a second opinion and then another, and another. If you just keep fishing you find somebody that agrees with you