I can remember a customer back in the late 1950's who was outraged that Dad's partner wouldn't try to do a wheel alignment on a car with the idler arm held onto its bracket with clothes hanger wire! He was sure they were trying to pad the bill with unnecessary parts!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!