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Subaru shops in the Seattle to Marysville, WA area? I need my 2.5L head gaskets done.


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Ok, there is no more limping my Forester along and I need to get the head gaskets done. It pressurized the coolant system enough to put a hole in the newer radiator... I now live in an apartment in Seattle, so I don't have a place to work on it, and I start school at the UW in a week, so I don't have the time either. The car is presently up in Marysville, so the least amount of miles that I have to trailer the car the better, but I still would prefer a quality shop as well. Thanks in advance.

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If you want to bring it down to me I'll save you more than enough to cover the trailering costs - if a drive to Portland is something you would consider. I charge $35/hr and no markup on parts.

 

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I don't mean to sound rude or too inquisitive, but how do you charge 35/hr? The shop I'm with does 65 and we're considered super cheap.

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I don't know my PNW geography very well but this place has one shop in Shoreline and Mukilito, WA

 

http://www.smart-service.com/index.html

 

If Kirkland, WA is near, there is this location:

 

http://allwheeldriveauto.com/

 

I don't have any experience with either shop, but they do have good reviews. I would expect that taking it to GD would probably be a lower cost than either of the ones mentioned above.

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I don't mean to sound rude or too inquisitive, but how do you charge 35/hr? The shop I'm with does 65 and we're considered super cheap.

 

I'm independant. No overhead, no employees - just me.

 

$65 is cheap as shops go - but you have to pay people that don't actually wrench. I doubt that YOU personally make $65/Hr right? I charge $35/Hr because that's MY salery. The quality of my work is also generally higher than most shops. Ask the people here that know how I operate. :)

 

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