Just realized my torque wrench was lying to me for 3 years

I was swapping brake pads on my truck last Saturday and decided to check my wrench against my buddy's calibrated one at his shop in Reno. Mine clicked way late, about 12 ft-lbs off at the 80 setting, which means every lug nut and suspension bolt I touched since 2021 got cranked tighter than spec. I always figured the tool was set right out of the box and never thought to check it, and I'm usually the guy preaching about doing things by the book. Now I'm going around re-torquing stuff and wondering how many things I stressed. Anyone else caught their wrench drifting like this, and how often do you get one checked?

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