CPO 86 with burnt clutch a week after purchase

[Decep]

Dealerships vary widely based on ownership and management. No offense but many dealerships do like to bend people over the barrel. Those fancy coffee/latte machines and "free" snacks, TVs everywhere in the waiting room.. they gotta get paid for somehow. I remember a dealership wanting $500 to change out a TPMS on my wife's Volvo. $50 at a local tire shop.

[RZNT4R]

Originally Posted by radroach

@RZNT4R yeah so they can sell parts at markup! And they probably overcharge you on a brake job too! Those shops don't get my business!

But even my single-owner shop guy was trying to get me to use parts from his supplier (he's a WRX guy) and he often seems confused about what parts are compatible for a BRZ (which for the most part is nothing!). So for my own sake I need to do my own parts shopping or my guy might do something silly like when he suggested we install a TOB sleeve designed for a WRX.

You seem to be mistaken about something.

We know what parts fit a brz/86 because if we've got a brz/86 in, we'll order parts for that VIN. You seem to want to mix and match, and that is your responsibility. It's s not on the repair shop to know every interchangeability between cars, it's a repair shop, not a tuning or modding shop.

I always say, when you pay for a brake job at the shop yes it costs more, but you pay for the expertise, service and warranty. I roll out brake jobs done RIGHT, and within 18 months, if they go wrong, we warranty them and do them over. Now if you're getting screwed with shitty parts sold at 300% markup and installed on the car by the equivalent of an ape, it's on you to get wise and find a new shop worth your trust.