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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Back when 60 minutes had the original crew they used a hidden camera and showed a gas station attendant squirt oil on shocks, then show the car owner leaking shocks that needed replacment. They would just happen to have the shocks in stock and change them on the spot as a "much needed safety" thing.
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While I’m sure there are mechanics who do that sort of thing, I do not put much faith in any “reporting” I see on 60 Minutes. They are the ones who killed Audi with an unintended acceleration story. I know for a fact (I’ve done it in an Audi 5000) that with the gas on the floor the car can still be stopped with the brake pedal. It was only with a tiny blurb at the end of a show several months later that they “reported” that NHTSA had exonerated Audi. Meanwhile Audi couldn’t sell anything for a long while. If you’ll recall they also got caught doing another story about a Chevy pickup truck catching fire in an accident…after they had pre-rigged it. I know there are dishonest mechanics out there but 60 Minutes is no better than they are.