This statistic illustrates the fear of the French scam when reviewing the car in a garage before leaving on vacation or weekend in 2016. We see that more than 60 percent of respondents quite or rather agreed with the fact that they were afraid of the mechanic's scam because they lacked mechanical knowledge.
Do you agree that you lack mechanical knowledge and are afraid of scams?*
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Harris Interactive. (May 18, 2016). Do you agree that you lack mechanical knowledge and are afraid of scams?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/770878/revision-vehicle-fear-french-scam-mechanic-knowledge-in-mechanical/
Harris Interactive. "Do you agree that you lack mechanical knowledge and are afraid of scams?*." Chart. May 18, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/770878/revision-vehicle-fear-french-scam-mechanic-knowledge-in-mechanical/
Harris Interactive. (2016). Do you agree that you lack mechanical knowledge and are afraid of scams?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/770878/revision-vehicle-fear-french-scam-mechanic-knowledge-in-mechanical/
Harris Interactive. "Do You Agree That You Lack Mechanical Knowledge and Are Afraid of Scams?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/770878/revision-vehicle-fear-french-scam-mechanic-knowledge-in-mechanical/
Harris Interactive, Do you agree that you lack mechanical knowledge and are afraid of scams?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/770878/revision-vehicle-fear-french-scam-mechanic-knowledge-in-mechanical/ (last visited April 23, 2024)
Do you agree that you lack mechanical knowledge and are afraid of scams?* [Graph], Harris Interactive, May 18, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/770878/revision-vehicle-fear-french-scam-mechanic-knowledge-in-mechanical/