[Timco]

So you can’t figure out or fix the problem yourself. Many can’t. Now you’re at someone else’s mercy and honesty.

It’s a best guess scenario. I do complicated boilers for a living and when there’s a noise or loss of heat they rely on my diagnostics but on a car you can’t hook up testers to suspension. You’d have to rely on seeing obvious issues that may cause the issue. It’s not reasonable to disassemble the entire front end to check every part. I don’t find their approach to be unethical or unreasonable at all.

Bigger issue. If $400-800 is a deal breaker or burden you own the wrong brand car, period. When I listed my car I went out of my way to list all known issues. Your ad would read “fixed audible issues but had worn control arms and ball joints reinstalled for you to deal with...enjoy!”

I always laugh when i read these “a mechanic I trusted previously who is not a Porsche mechanic but I used them to save money took his best guess on my mystery noise, fixed obvious problems, noise is still there, and now I don’t want to pay and am getting screwed and can’t afford this..” threads.