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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by fat angel
how can you say the local tuners are hacks when you work at subaru as a mechanic and aren't even sure what the restrictor pill looks like, or the stock boost?

dude, those that something something glass houses something stones.
Ok the deal with that is. I don't even know all the local tuners. However, when people bring their cars in and say hey somethings knocking and they have to replace the block because of tuning done what do you expect us to think? Another thing is, we don't know the tuners themselves we only know what the customer says and complains about. Its definitely not our fault if they point the finger. And then once you've heard the same people are destroying cars, you pretty much gather that those people are butchers. But hell, even the best tuners mess up here and there. But there are some out there that just don't care. They know they aren't responsible for what happens to peoples cars.

Another note, never did i ever say that i was a master mechanic. Hell im learning it all over again. I just got out of the air force. Swapping from planes to cars is a big difference even though some people might not think so. It seems to me that whenever people are experiencing boost problems, its usually too late for something as easy as a restrictor pill to be replaced, its usually the engine internals gone. All we have left is a speculation of what might have caused the motor to go after we have replaced it. Plus on top of that most people who have really bad ass cars dont take them to the dealerships at all. They usually do it themselves. And believe it or not, tuning is looked down on by some people. I myself don't look down on it. I like the import scene to be honest. I just happen to feel that there are some very gullible people out there getting dicked over.
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