I was lied to about damage on my engine.
I took my 1996 Pontiac firebird into east mountain auto and rv, whom I used in the past. I was told that a magnet on the inside of the engine had broken and fallen into the crank case. Don himself told me it would be around $400 for parts and $2,000 in labor, and that when they opened the engine that it could damage fuel pumps or seals, driving the cost even higher.I ended up waiting as I was still in high school and didn't yet have a job. It took about a year and I had saved some money and decided to take the car to my high school shop where I could avoid labor costs all around. My shop teacher ran a diagnostic and told me the next day it was an ignition module. It costed me $110 and it took 15 minutes to put on.