[Rudee]

Mechanics are the some of the biggest crooks around. Several years ago I took a vehicle into a shop for their advertized $99 tune up, which included oil, lube, filters, tire rotation, and spark plugs. When I come to pick up my vehicle, I get a bill for $150. The lady at the counter pointed out that I was charged extra labor because the mechanic who worked on my vehicle felt my spark plugs didn't need replacing, and simply needed cleaning. They actually pulled out my spark plugs and cleaned each individual plug and put them back in, instead of replacing them with new plugs as per the special. The extra time to clean each plug was the reason for the extra labor cost. I was stunned. I told the lady at the counter there was no way I was paying for the extra labor for cleaning existing spark plugs when they could of just replaced the plugs at a cheaper cost, because new plugs was advertized as being part of the $99 tune up. They eventually removed the extra charges. But this is the kind of crap mechanical shops pull every single day.