Just took the car in for a service today. Went to pick it up, taken through the bill, no nasty surprises, about the cost I expected, all seemed good. Driving away though, to find it's running on 3 (4 cyl car). So I take it straight back. Probably a dodgy new spark plug, they say, handing me the keys to a courtesy car. Sorry, no one available to look at it straight away (!).
Now, having worked in the bike trade for some time, I have seen this happen before. Judging by the way they immediately suspected a dodgy new plug, it seems that it must happen a fair bit (although not confirmed yet). On the car, they used Ford plugs, so don't know who the actual manufacturer is. So why did the cynic in me immediately think, bet they're made in China now? Not entirely fair probably, but it got me to wondering just how common is this these days? How many of you have had this happen? (car or bike). And is it a more recent phenomenon, or has this always been quite a common thing?