At first we thought we might get rid of the car altogether because what my wife understood is that we were changing the Cam Shaft or shafts but instead when I talked to the service man he finally said, 'There was nothing mechanical changed in the engine" But that wasn't what we were led to believe.
Also, $3600 dollars is a lot to pay for Changing oil seals and gaskets on most cars. But, then I realized that they had to hoist the engine after disconnecting things like the battery and transmission and other things which would be very time consuming and therefore labor intensive and expensive because of this.
However, when I finally found out from the Service person that nothing mechanical had changed I suddenly realized what had happened (we hadn't been informed properly) or better said my wife has never worked on cars and she had dropped it off at Subaru. So, it takes a lot of mechanical knowledge to understand all these things and I had always worked on all my vehicles from the 1950s until 1995 because my wife instead likes to buy service policies for $5000 to $7000 instead of me working on the engines and in 1995 I was already 47 and maybe I needed a break from working on car engines? It's like I can do all that but maybe my time is better spent doing something less dangerous which is more likely to cause a person to lose a finger or get injured which I have been injured many times working on cars because that is just what happens in the real world versus the theoretical world. But, at least I never lost a finger ever to mechanical work but my fingers have been barked a lot or pinched in several different situations. But usually these things tend to heal up within a month or so.
The point is that I knew enough about mechanical things to ask the right questions so we finally found out what really happened.
So, as a result there is no reason to sell this car because what we thought was that a computer malfunction had bent the valves when the engine light went on as we first drove it home from the Dealers Service Station.
We also have an Ascent, a 2022 model that can drive itself that we took up as far as Lake Louise on a 5 week trip then in 2022. However, I also learned then that it didn't help my heart any to sleep at altitudes between 5000 feet and over 7000 feet while traveling through the Tetons, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, Calgary, and Banff and Lake Louise. WE eventually after 5 weeks drove south to Mt. Shasta through SEattle and the State of Washington including taking a Ferry across to Bainbridge Island and staying at a nice hotel watching all the ships go by there as well which was really fun for us.
The point is: If you don't fully understand the mechanics of your car it's often difficult to gauge what is going on (especially if your wife who isn't a mechanic drops it off there). It was not her fault at all. She has 3 degrees including a master's degree in Business which is quite helpful to our family. However, she has never been a mechanic and likely never will be one. So, we were lucky to get this all straightened out.
But, $3600 dollars does sting a little bit but also likely means the car will go another 60,000 to 100,000 miles before needing to do this again? (especially because this is my daughter's car and they are presently living in Europe but need the car whenever they visit or move back here. So, I have kept the car running and maintained for them.
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