The wife went to B-Quik.
They listed 35k of stuff that must be replaced or else. By the time I arrived they had the invoice all printed out and signed off. A cabal of them around the car and wife.
I told them we'll be back in a minute and drove to a local mechanic that lived in Australia for 20 years.
A 6k job was needed, replacing parts of the brakes, nothing else was. 3 years later and both the car and us are still alive, and besides a right hip for myself, we're all as good as new.