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mechanic-quote-decoder

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Read a garage quote or invoice like someone who can't be padded — which line items connect to your actual symptom, which are while-we're-in-there additions, the questions that make soft lines disappear, when a second opinion pays for itself, and the scripts for declining work without souring the relationship. Use when someone says 'is this mechanic quote fair', 'the garage called and now it's £900', 'do I really need all this', or before authorizing repairs. Produces a line-by-line decode, the callback questions, and the authorize/decline/second-opinion sort. Not a diagnosis — it's the interrogation of one.

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# Mechanic Quote Decoder Skill

Most garages are honest; the padding problem is structural anyway: you
can't see the car, you can't judge the diagnosis, and the quote arrives
by phone with a "while it's up on the lift" rider. The defense isn't
mechanical knowledge — it's *interrogation structure*: which lines trace
to the symptom you brought the car in with, which are discoveries
(legitimate but separately decidable), which are maintenance upsells
wearing urgency, and the magic question that dissolves soft lines:
"which of these are safety-critical *today*, and which can wait until
the next service?" Honest garages answer that cleanly. The answer's
shape tells you which kind you're dealing with.

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