On 2008-07-11, jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote:
>
> maybe, maybe not. but i wouldn't put money on them not over-selling.
> it's absolutely rife in the industry. whole new braking systems after
> only 15k miles? twice? master cylinder, disks, drums, calipers, hoses
> [sic] the lot - that was a friend of mine at san francisco honda. he
> asked me after the second time [about 45k miles] whether this was
> normal...

Yup. I feel absolutely bad for people that have no knowledge of cars
when they have to bring them to a shop for service. You never know if
the place is selling you a bucket of lies unless you can physically
verify the problem, and know what you are looking at.

I once had a mechanic at a chain store try to sell me a brake job on
my 87 Camaro for front and back pads, shoes rotors and drums about a
month after I had replaced everything myself. Never went back there
again...


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