I took my audi in to have the emissions/safety check. They failed my car. Most places would have let the things they failed it for slide (window regulator needing replaced). They failed many things with the exception of a broken rear view mirror he said was okay. He gave me a list of things to fix and 15 days to fix them. I felt frustrated, but I took my car in to a friend and had it fixed. 7 days later I brought it back to the same mechanic. (side note: I waited 15 min for him to get off a personal phone call and FB) Then the mechanic requires me to fix my rear view mirror before he passes me, when previously he told me he would let it slide. He wanted business. He was going to let the mirror slide once. BUT since I didn't allow him to fix what was ""needed"" before, he was making me fix the mirror with HIM. The moral is - if he could let it slide before, he could now. He told me last time he was cutting me a break. I asked him why he cant cut me one now? He beat around the bush. He could not give me an answer. All he wanted was money. Very shady. If you take your car here you can expect they will look for any reason to charge you, especially with safety/emissions when they know you're under a deadline to renew tabs. (and by the way, my car was in the exact same condition as last yr and it passed by another company)
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