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Podcast: In Wheel Time Podcast: Your Go-To Automotive Talk Show
Episode: Inside the Garage: Recalls, Racing, and the Hidden Cost of “Cheap” Car Parts
Description: A bargain part that looks perfect, installs easily, and quietly destroys your engine months later—that’s the nightmare more drivers are waking up to. We dig into the growing wave of counterfeit auto parts sold online, from fake water pumps that toast head gaskets to sensors that never program and starters that die long before their time. As shop policies shift to protect both customers and reputations, we share how to source smarter, when to insist on OEM, and what “too good to be true” looks like in the real world.From there, we widen the lens. A...