What's so great about some random old guy's advice? Honestly, most of those "handy tips" are just outdated junk that doesn't work on modern hardware. You probably just got lucky that one time. I've had way more success just buying the right screwdriver bit instead of messing around with weird tricks. Those old methods can actually make the problem worse and damage the panel. New tools and techniques exist for a reason.

Oh man, that reminds me of my buddy at a cruise-in last month. He has a clean '97 F-150 with the 4.6, and some kid walked up, pointed right at the engine, and said "Cool, a Coyote swap." My friend just sighed and spent the next ten minutes explaining the whole modular family tree. It's like the name just became a catch-all for any Ford V8 to some people. Drives the real gear nuts up a wall because you're right, it just confuses newcomers who are trying to learn this stuff. I guess once a nickname gets popular it just sticks, even when it's wrong.