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Originally Posted by Tcoat
No reason they couldn't. Give them the specs and let them at it. Are Ferrari techs born with and innate skill? Is there a cult hidden in the mountains where they are trained from birth by monks? Would they be baffled by a Kia engine? How do the poor sods working at independent garages ever manage to fix anything at all if they haven't been trained on every car ever made. The whole concept that they need to be trained on each different make just reeks of ignorance of how engines even work. I get the feeling you think there is something radically different between engines. There isn't.
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Reminds me. I knew a guy years ago that bought a Ferrari. Took it in for an oil change and they charged him like $500 (around 1990). He did some research and changing the oil was no harder than your average Chevy. He did them himself from then on.
When I took my new rims and tires to America's Tire yesterday for mounting, the shop guys were oogling over them. When I picked them up, the young guy who helped me load in the truck said he got to do them. He was very proud, said it was the first set of Lotus rims he ever did, and told me how careful he was.
When I had my TRD stuff installed at the Toyota dealer when new, their head Toyota tech wanted to do it all himself. It was the first FRS they got to do performance work on.
There are a lot of guys who care. I've had good luck at local dealers when needed for my cars.