These hybrids will make nice technicals for the enemy when we leave them in a war zone during an unmitigated disaster of a retreat.

That’s just typical service advisor problems. No one believes you because you’re not covered in grease. And places like Midas and Jiffy Lube don’t give the profession any help.

Give up on being a mechanic and become a service advisor.

There’s no money in being an automotive mechanic, especially at a dealer. The money is in diesel and medium+ truck. Especially if you don’t mind living onsite at the bottom of a mine.

Women are drastically underrepresented in the field. Sexism is rampant in the shops. Guys grope each other for fun.

But women are also underrepresented in the office. Women customers trust a female advisor more than a male. Male customers want to deal with a female advisor more than a male…

And you can keep your hobby passion for turning wrenches without turning your passion into your career and hating it.

18" tires are literally the worst tire size to get, outside of maybe 19".

You’ll find cheaper and longer lasting tires in either 17" or 20" sizes.

It’s a Camry with a lift kit. It offers virtually nothing the Camry doesn’t other than 2" of ground clearance for an extra $5,000.

Buy a Camry.

If it were my newer car, I would look at ways to get a repair to the harness.

Any Toyota dealership I’ve dealt with will not repair the harness or warranty any repairs other than a complete harness replacement.

OP, if they’re replacing the entire harness, they’re gonna need to pull the carpet and seats. What does your adjuster expect them to do? Cut the carpet and just tuck the wires in place?