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My story similar to all of the ones above. My daughter was driving from NY to LA in a 99 Taurus a couple years ago. The car had 120,000 miles at the time. I changed the struts, engine oil, trans fluid, belt and idler pulley, brakes, rotors, brake fluid, power steering fluid, radiator flush and a few other items a month before she left. My daughter took the car to "not so Pep Boys" for tires. She mentioned that she was driving cross country and the manager told her he would do a "safety inspection" for free. They told here the transmission fluid was cooked and it probably wouldn't make it the trip. They did notice the new brakes but told her that the brake fluid should be changed. Told her she should flush the radiator and do a injector clean out and that the fuel pump was a little noisy and should be changed before the trip just in case.
She told them thanks but no thanks and two years and 30,000 trouble free miles later she still has a healthy disrespect for repair shops.
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