IHeartE30s

I have a question if there is:

Are Subaru's hard to make a living off of? I know for the most part they are pretty easy to work on just from my doing stuff to my personal cars but I wanted to know how they are day after day. Diagnostics, maintenance, repairs, etc.

Im asking cause I work on BMW/Porsche/MBenz/Audi/VW/Volvo (most often->not as often) and was thinking about making a jump to Subaru's. They seems so much easier, granted BMW's are pretty damn easy, I think I would be a little less stressed out working on Subaru's.

Smart move or stick it out?

02RS25

iTrader: (9)

im no certified subaru tech, just a day to day mechanic who saves money and has fun wrenching.

IMO subarus are going to be significantly easier. just by lack of electronic control as seen on German makes; components in our scoobs are easy to access and repair/maintain.

even just replacing my clutch on my 2002 scoob was far easier than my lady's 99 camry, or my 95 corolla.

also one thing i really likr about subaru is the chassis. maintained for the most part (02-07).

not much insight, but hopefully u get a bit of an idea of wqhere im coming from

OneManArmy

iTrader: (7)

Santa cruxz subaru works on mercedez and I think Mazda and Toyota.

LifePlaza

Used to work at an independent subaru repair shop for about 1 year.

Small shop, in total 5 people. Husband wife operation and a nephew and 2 grunts, me and another guy doing various work. Our bread and butter was the normal jobs. We usually lost money on car enthusiasts custom jobs.

We eventually closed shop and ended up at a Subaru dealership, (All of us). The husband became lead foreman at the dealership, the rest of us went our separate ways soon after. As for the husband, he left the dealership, got tired of the BS, works on Fords now at another dealership.

If you are in with the European market stuff, I'd stick there. Hate to say it, that market is willing to pay over the people who buy subaru, but then again this is my opinion based on my life experiences

04GG

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You mean for the most part 91-07 My 96 is easy to maintain for the most part, but the WRX is a little more complicated. Still, relatively easy to work on.

02RS25

iTrader: (9)

well IMO all scoobs are relatively easy to maintain. but even far back as the GC, they share the same chassis??

IHeartE30s

Yeah that's what really stands out to me, there are really only 3 engines from 02-now and even the earlier ones were all the same. The chassis is super simple and again all pretty similar. While having to work on BMW's alone there are so many engines and always changing with every body style change. Not that that's a bad thing or difficult, just its easier to focus on one make and fewer variations.

I'm sure there's probably better paying jobs at indy's with European but I'm sure the Subaru dealers or bigger indys pay is competitive to the European shops. Aftermarket installs/project jobs are usually rare money makers, diag and maintenance is always better paying.

04GG

iTrader: (33)

Yes. Some differences obviously depending on the car, but fundamentally the same chassis. Many of the parts I pulled off my 04 wagon directly bolted onto my 97 wagon for a win-win situation (that was the plan)

Prettym1k3

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Do it, man. I'd bring my car to you. 3==========D~~~~

IHeartE30s

Haha why thank you Mike. It's just an idea, getting aggravated at my current shop for many reasons so the thought of working on Subaru's popped up.