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Originally Posted by Slade
Hey so I had the car at the dealership for most of the week. It is certainly a bad engine. Subaru of America sent me the following message:
Dear Mr. Robin :
I have thoroughly discussed with the retailer. At this time, given the situation and the fact that we have no maintenance records, we would not be in a position to assist out of goodwill from a manufacturer's prospective.
To give you some context, I can only help by providing assistance towards a new engine (upward to $10000). The retailer may be able to find a new engine for $6000 or so but that comes with other questions that can increase that cost, ultimately. Even with the best POTENTIAL help I can provide, you are basically back to square one financially.
Whereas I cannot provide assistance towards the repair, I would be happy to provide an incentive towards a new car of $500.
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At this point I am not sure what to do. I can cut my losses, sell the car as is and just get into something else. Or I can see what an independent shop would charge me for a new engine and installation. The service advisor says I can get a used engine thats for $8000 and that we wouldn't even trust the integrity of the engine. It needs a short block, it needs heads etc etc.
I think I'll cut my losses and just get out of this thing. They couldn't even tell me what the exact problem was. Just a lot of we think, we think, we think. What do you guys say? Open to advice. Thanks.
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The guy below has good advice, you can likely get a few thousand if the rest of the car is in good shape from a private sale.
But you can also find a low mileage engine for 3k and have it installed for another $1000 I'm sure.