I am wondering if there are any mod friendly dealers around the PNW. I would prefer one around Tac/Sea areas. Possibly as far as like Vancouver or Portland. But that is kind of far. I am getting a wrx soon and want a dealer that is not going to try and screw me because my transmission screws up and I have a suspension upgrade, or some bullsh*t like that. Thanks for any feedback.

Stephen

 

Agreed... Joe is the man... My WRX is my first new car, and my customer experience was fantastic!

I spent about an hour the other day talking with the service manager about modding my WRX and how it might affect my warranty. I came away from that experience feeling quite good that my planned mods (we talked about the STI Uppipe and Prodrive exhaust) wouldn't effect my warranty... Using a OEM uppipe increases my likelyhood that they won't hassle me if I run into problems in the future. In short don't do anything STUPID (i.e. like crank up your boost to 20psi and blow your engine) and you will most likey be just fine...

My $.02... If you go see Joe say hello for me!

-Marc

 

Yeah I am not going to do mods that are going to blow my engine, like turn up boost without management or anything like that. But I just don't want an uppipe to void my tranny warranty or something stupid like that. I figured carter would be a good bet because they sponsor a rally team and all.

Thanks
Stephen

 

I came away with warm and fuzzy feelings... You'll be fine...
Do you all ready have a suby, or are you getting one? Oh and BTW it's nice to see some posting to the PNW thread, it doesn't seem to get the traffic it deserves...

-M

 

I am looking for a suby. I am debating on whether to get the older style wrx or the newer. I think I am going to see when the 05's are announced and see what they look like. But I want to find a dealer that maybe won't allow everything. But will be reasonable in the judgement calls they make. I just figured with Carter sponsoring a rally car they might be more understanding than most.

Stephen

 

Nope, they won't. They went as far as putting *some* of my mods down on the invoice. Although I didn't tell them all of my mods. The service managers there are ******, to me atleast. Maybe they don't like it that I probably know more about my car than they do. But Joe is a nice guy.

 

Akiata might be a better gauge of reality than me, since my car is still totally stock... Better safe than sorry you know?

 

Also I believe the 05 will look exactly the same as the 04. I hear the new redesign will be for 06.

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