. . . and they discover the control arms need to be replaced and it will cost me $1,000.
Why can't I ever get ahead in life????
I can relate, wife took my pickup to get the radiator flushed and I ended up with $430 worth of new shocks. And I know I didn't get ripped off because I've been using these guys for years.
So goes life.
I'm pretty sure I destroyed the control arms last summer in Maine. My buddy owns 40 acres on top of a mountain. The only way up to his place is on an unpaved road. He told me to drive up as far as I could, then call his cell phone when it started getting too rocky and he would pick me up in his truck. Stupidly, I drove very far up the rocky road . . . he couldn't believe how far I dared to go in my Toyota Camry. Now it will cost me $1,000 for this dumb decision.