Dishonest repair shops? Nah...

My grandmother took her low-mileage '96 Accord in to the Stealership and
was given an estimate of close to $1,000 a couple of years ago. I
remembered it driving fine a short while before, just that the exhaust
was loud for a stock Accord.

The muffler did need to be replaced. The other $800.00 of "work that
needed to be done" was complete fabrication.
They were talking about things like replacing a 60,000 mile alternator
that was, and still is working fine, and work on CV joints that showed
no signs of any problems whatsoever when I checked them. Again, two
years later, still no problems from the CV joints.

God damned crooks trying to take advantage of a little old lady. I was
glad to stop them on that one.

Pat