Posted 28 October 2023

I'm after a Subaru SPECIALIST/capable garage/mobile mechanic as near as possible to Hillingdon borough and whereabouts in London

I have a 2008 Japanese import Subaru Exiga GT:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Exiga

I'm trying to find some local garage near me to fix it but I'm not being lucky in my research. My car is parked in my porch since Monday due to a problem, I don't want to risk to move it and probably will have to claim breakdown cover to have it towed to a garage of choice...but then I haven't found any mechanic near me who wants/ able to deal with my Subaru..nearest ones I found by googling are roughly 50 minutes to 1 hour distant from me..
I would appreciate any recommendations of garages/mechanics or mobile mechanic who are/work within UB8 / UB10 postcodes or as near as possible.

Thank you
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  1. Dyslexic_Dog's avatar
    Try posting your question on scoobynet
    PS5's avatar
    No, shopping forum is more sensible
  2. Toon_army's avatar
    Why do you need a specialist? Any garage should be able to fix your problem.
    I had a WRX import back in 2007, only issue I even had was the clocks, something to do with who ever converted it from km to mph scratched the circuit board
    italondonistaavataurino's avatar
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    I have been trying to find some garages/mechanics in my area but not everyone wants to deal with a Subaru,which is also rare and import. After sharing the video of a metallic noise and explaining about loss of power in acceleration etc then on the Facebook's group related to the Exiga model most owners had the impression that it might be the turbo gone/damaged or something related to it. Due to this like-to-be problem I've been recommended to not move the car to avoid potential further damage. I got a breakdown recovery insurance which should allow me to ask them to tow the car to a garage of my choice within certain distance but problem is that until I'm sure to find some garage WILLING to work or capable or at least a mobile mechanic who might come to my porch to have a look at the bonnet well, till then I'm stuck in a loop. Many garages just charge you over £90/hour just to decide to look at the car and without any guarantee that they will find the problem in a reasonable time and maybe they won't even deal with it after charging you for the assessment...
    Honestly I'm not been lucky till now while explaining to so.e local garages the whole thing,and even if I have every part numbers findable on Ayama and even if many parts should be compatible with Legacy's/Impreza's/Forrester's not everyone wants to deal with it or coming to me.to assess the problem.