[soundman98]

nah, doesn't matter the type of car. i know a few independent mechanics that have stories upon stories of pristine almost-show cars coming in, they'll recommend the $75-100 part for reliability and looks, but then the customer demands a $25 iteration that they make clear will have aesthetic finishing issues or long term reliability issues.

but the customer wants the $25 option, and is perfectly happy with it later.

but those same customers are the one's that will raise holy hell if they find out that the place charged $4 more than what someone else charges for it.

a place i used to go until my buddy stopped working there, i always explicitly told them, "i want the best performing part, if it's a matter of $200, just go with the better part, don't even bother asking. i don't want to keep fixing it"