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+1 :)

A lousy stereo is an easily corrected problem. The money used on the Rockford upgrade would be better spent at a competent car audio retailer.

DylanM - thanks for joining to post your experience.

Hope you don't mind I moved it to a dedicated thread so it's not buried in the odometer readings topic.

Your story reminds me of the...

I like piece work

This is called "flat rate" and is how most dealers (and private shops) pay their technicians. You get paid for the amount of time the book says. You can make a living at it...but it's not easy.
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As a former Mazda dealership employee I can guess that the time allocated by corporate to swap the engine is too low. That means the lowest seniority tech gets the job. Usually the least experienced...