Last time I did a starter on a car, it was an E46 BMW 325xit. I think book time on that job was 8 hours, and involved dropping the transmission to get access. I did it without dropping the transmission, and I think it took me 11 hours by the time I finally remembered how to put all of the stuff I needed to remove back together.
Last night, I did the aforementioned starter on our Subaru. It took 45 minutes end to end. It definitely feels like a much cheaper, more basic vehicle than the euros, but damn there's something to be said for cheap parts and easy access to simple systems.
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