You stated "you would think the dealership would get it right". Alas... I have NEVER had that experience. lol.
I took my car in for a simple service and to get the engine looked over top to bottom and came out with a cracked cover, 3 vacuum hoses disconnected and a coolant line (runs to the turbo) split on the way home. Luckily, I was able to fix everything myself, but I have never found a dealership that has done anything right for me yet.
I ask around.. find a shop that people say does excellent work, research what I want done, and then tell them to do it (along with asking them how they are going to go about it). Then I tell them any change in the way I want them to do it (there are better ways in some cases then what the TSRM will offer up). I find the Supra forums (there are 3 I use) to be totally invaluable because all of us run into the same problems and some of the members are very knowledgable. They answers I get in the forums are usually always more than correct. : )
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