Close enough but when they need a key made and you ask what kind of vehicle is and their response is "a blue car".

@LED-01

16 күн бұрын

I’d say “oh hell nahh I’m not paid enough for this”

@kimhohlmayer7018

16 күн бұрын

This is why my dad made sure I knew what was under a hood and how to fix basics on my own. He raised me with the phrase, “Being a woman is no excuse for ignorance.” I am so glad as I grew up in the 60s and 70s before that became a pervasive concept. Miss him.

@darkstarr984

16 күн бұрын

That’s even worse than giving the engine brand and no other information

@Alexis-dt2vy

13 күн бұрын

I always get “I dunno I got it maybe 2 years ago.” Thats great. I got my car 3 months ago but its a 2016 so

@Indianawoodchuckjunior

8 күн бұрын

Oh boy

Next time you're bitching that there's mandatory safety inspections in some states. Blame these people.

@isa.cecilia

16 күн бұрын

My whole country has mandatory safety inspections every year (well, every 14 months). The first inspection for a brand new vehicle has to be within 36 months, and the second inspection has to be at latest 24 months after that. After that it’s after 14 months over and over

@the_kombinator

16 күн бұрын

Not in my province - yet...

@fireknight0146

16 күн бұрын

I am GLAD those exist, thank you very much!

@Raz0rking

16 күн бұрын

I am so happy my country has mandatory safety inspections. I failed them once and you know what? I don't care. At least I know that (almost) all the cars have had a baseline maintenance done.

@HH-ru4bj

16 күн бұрын

My state has safety and emissions. On some new cars like mine, there's any number of faults that can kick on the engine light, and prevent getting a valid sticker, that aren't really related to safety or emissions. Also, if you ignore it, the state won't let you register your car. So you can be left without the necessity of a vehicle, for the crime of not being able to pay for increasingly extortionate prices.

I saw a video not too long ago of some idiot arguing with a mechanic that he thought changing his oil just meant adding more oil to his car. He drove hundreds of miles just topping it off with more oil and not taking it in to the shop. He had to spend a fortune to get it fixed and he kept yelling at the shop owner how was he supposed to know what changing his oil means? The kicker? The video was uploaded by said idiot. He thought the internet was gonna be on his side as he berated this poor worker.

@eichzoernchen

16 күн бұрын

how did he change his clothes?

@onionbubs386

16 күн бұрын

@@eichzoernchen good question. I'm amazed he managed to get his license in the first place.

@Allantitan

6 күн бұрын

@@onionbubs386makes me worried about the shape of his brake system not just the brakes but everything from the master cylinder on down

Here is my story: my dad bought an old mustang. It had an electric leaf blower hooked up to the intake system for "forced induction" 😂😂😂

@crystalweible152

16 күн бұрын

Jebus!😢

@DarkMatter18

16 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@onemintyrose

16 күн бұрын

Well did it work?

@AlphaPiggy

16 күн бұрын

@onemintyrose hell nah that shit was wired up to like a light switch. Shit provided like 0.0002 boost 🤣🤣

@onemintyrose

16 күн бұрын

@@AlphaPiggy man, would've been so cool if it actually worked lmao

4:17 - You've described 99.99% of truck bros in my city - a city that, if you travel in any cardinal direction for more than 7 minutes, it's rural.

i feel so bad for the 300z guy. the "friend" was an actual ass for that

@connerwhited6846

14 күн бұрын

I saw ur comment and started looking thru the transcript trying to find this story. When I heard it I said "wowwwww"

There's a line from an old commercial. "A car that won't start is not a problem, a car that won't stop is a BIG problem."

My dad was a mechanic for years when I was younger, probably upwards of 10 years. The worst thing he saw, that he told me, was someone without working breaks. Like the one guy in one of the stories, they had to use the emergency brake to stop. Biggest problem: it was a pregnant woman!! My dad said she wanted it fixed but they couldn’t do it immediately, she tried to take the car and drive home!!! They wouldn’t let her.

Grew up with a dirt track stockcar in the garage and took auto mechanics in high school. As a woman it amazes me how many shops think I'm stupid. Still change my own oil, much cheaper!

Im not a mechanic, but I'm also by no means financially strong. It costs too much to fix my car, as it needs a heater core replaced, fog lights replaced, the fuses all replaced, the coolant flushed, the oil and filter changed, and probably a priest to bless it.

@pokemagetech

16 күн бұрын

Oil and filter change should be doable yourself, provided the filter is trivially accessible. Also, if it’s remotely modern (or at least, anything like the cars whose fuses I’ve looked at), it has a fuse box somewhere accessible and you can buy and replace them yourself. Might wanna grab needle nose pliers or spend a couple bucks on the dedicated tool so you can grip them. Made sure to examine them - if they’re the same kind of car fuse I’ve seen (translucent plastic, color-coded for amperage, with an arch of metal visible within) then you can see if they’re blown (gap in metal) or not (no gap). If they’re not blown, shove it right back where it came from. Also, if a bunch of the fuses are borked, (A) check the wiring for shorts, as most of the internal electrical should have a discrete set of possible power levels (simplified headlights would have off, on, and high) and thus only need the fuse for safety and (B) you might not need to replace the fog lights, just their fuse. If you have trouble understanding any of that, and it’s not because of poor phrasing on my part, well… I can only recommend spending any time you can spare learning.

@Whammytap

16 күн бұрын

Buy the Haynes or Chilton's manual for your make, model and year. Best $30 you'll ever spend.

@Ammut6

8 күн бұрын

Half of your list is an easy DIY. Maybe not the heater core though

@heroman2372

8 күн бұрын

@@pokemagetech the car is almost held together with shoe string in some places. The fog light on the passenger side has definitely seen some sort of impact, the bumper is cracked. Part of the frame is held on by "custom" bolts instead of where the screws are supposed to be.

@pokemagetech

8 күн бұрын

@@heroman2372 Mmmh. Okay. That’s… not great.

Bad drivers never miss their exit.

dude asked for beer and you brought bud light? what a terrible friend you are

@avelazquez6502

5 күн бұрын

Thank you ! that i what i said. I mean come on at least get a pacifico or modelo. Yea thats a terrible friend.

Not a mechanic but putting water in the gas tank

@yellowblood5818

16 күн бұрын

What do you mean not a mechanic? What setting did you see someone put water in a gas take? A fucking waterpark?

@Codm22712

16 күн бұрын

Setting was me I was that guy that put water in the gas tank to be fair I was 7

@LED-01

16 күн бұрын

“And that car never ran correctly again”

@catfoy8888

16 күн бұрын

How pissed were your parents

@Codm22712

16 күн бұрын

@@catfoy8888 I don’t remember but probably extremely

Story 65, that wasn’t your friend… that was a vulture.

Confession time. I was helpin s buddy flush out his coolant as part of regular maintenance and at some point we ran of of containers to hold all the coolant. Sooo i used an old gas can i had to hold it. A few months late i had completely forgotten abt this and i went to clean out my truck. Decided the gas can was too old to rlly keep and thought hey ill just dump the little gas left in here in my truck. It was the can we used for the coolant. Within 2 minutes truck broke down wouldn't start. Then it hit me what had happened. Ended up needing a tow and had to drop my gas tank to empty it and rinse it out with more gas. Learning experience ig. ALWAYS label your gas cans when u pit something thats not gas in it. Better yet dont use gas cans for anything but gas.

@shawn576

6 күн бұрын

lol that reminds me of when I had room mates. I had 2 jerry cans in the garage. I was reasonably certain someone was stealing gas, so I filled the gas can with diesel. One room mate's car mysteriously stopped working.

I think schools should stop focusing on bullshit stuff and go back to teaching things like say....shop or home eco, we probably have people who know things about cars then.

@Nick-ue7iw

10 күн бұрын

But that would educate children to be independent. Can't have that!

had a guy come in for a coolant leak, coworker starts driving it into the shop and the car does stop. He looks for the handbrake but there isn't one in this little sedan. There was a footbrake, but when he found it, it was too late. The guys failed to tell us they just did the brakes and never bled them, but drove it to us and didn't want us to bleed it. We found the coolant leak, didn't bleed the brakes and talked to the ACTUAL owner who showed up later not with the car, who proceeded to rip his buddies a new one after failing to mention the ONE thing he asked them to mention. I have plenty of other stories, but this one was the first one I remembered.

A fellow mechanic was working on a Cadillac with a carburetor smoking a cigarette and it backfired through the carburetor. He lost all of his facial hair that day 😂

@GLXTCHYY

14 күн бұрын

I woke up my house laughing from reading this 😂😂😂😂

@FractalNinja

13 күн бұрын

That's some cartoon level physics 😂

Re: your poll about car education in high school: I was in the very last semester of free Driver's Ed classes offered in public high schools (1999). The teacher strongly recommended that anyone who planned to drive a car should take a semester of basic Auto Tech, ESPECIALLY girls. I did so, and to this day I do my own basic car maintenance (I drive old cars). Both Driver's Ed and Auto Tech have been removed from most public schools. Succeeding generations of drivers neither understand how to drive, nor how their vehicles work. It would be exceedingly expensive to bring Auto Tech back. Contemporary cars have software that is proprietary to each make; while the mechanical bits work on the same basic principles, the software raises a prominent middle finger to anyone who wishes to DIY. Damn the man! We have a right to repair! #RepairManifesto

@wrenfloof

8 күн бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅🎉😅

@wrenfloof

8 күн бұрын

😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😊

@wrenfloof

8 күн бұрын

😊

@wrenfloof

8 күн бұрын

😊😊😅😊

That one story about the wildly, gorgeous woman pouring oil in her windshield wiper fluid reservoir had the creepiest narrator I’ve ever heard. What a weirdo. I’m sure that lady could tell he was a creep and that’s why she answered like that lol

@lmaChroma

16 күн бұрын

I got the same feeling, he seems like the type to have a hard time making eye contact

@Nick-ue7iw

10 күн бұрын

And I'm sure she'll blame men for not stopping her putting oil in her washer fluid. But hey, he was "icky" right? How dare someone not be a social butterfly.

@snekboi3715

7 күн бұрын

@@Nick-ue7iw it’s one thing to be socially awkward but that guy had major creep vibes 😅

Story 58 perfectly illustrates why I will never willingly own or drive a modern car. They choose to put critical electronics, without which the car WILL NOT RUN, in the side-view mirror. The part of your car most likely to get damaged. Never thought I'd see the day when a shopping cart can total a car.

My grandpa isn't a mechanic (for some reason), but he has been just fixing cars his whole life for little to no money. He knows his stuff. He fixed my neighbors sons car, and this idiot put gas in the oil tank. I have no words.

@cock_sauce8336

16 күн бұрын

Would love to see and hear the 'KABOOM' his engine made lmao.

@Freezinggreece2

16 күн бұрын

How in tf does this even happen.

@GLXTCHYY

14 күн бұрын

I have many questions

This video is both hilarious and terrifying! It's crazy to think people would pour oil into a radiator or add gasoline to a diesel truck. It's a good reminder to always double-check what you're doing or leave it to the professionals if you're unsure.

People need the read the owners manual of the car they just bought, that would solve alot of these stories

Where I live it is normal to learn all the functions of the car (including the engine) during driving lessons. And cars have been inspected for 2 years to keep them roadworthy according to the law. Hearing most of these stories is breathtaking.

This is my car's time to shine! The only fluid it doesnt leak is power steering fluid, but ironically the power steering pump is failing. It also hasn't had an oil change in 35k miles, it leaks so much that it had 20 quarts of oil added in that time with a new filter every ~10k miles.

All I can think while listening is "goddamn this guy sucks at this game"

A guy actually put a banana in the tailpipe, lol. Have we learned nothing from Beverly Hills Cop?

@matthewhearn9910

16 күн бұрын

I was dumbfounded on the reasoning behind that until OP mentioned he was in India at the time. I thought this mf was fishing for monkeys in Cleveland.

Story 9 reminds me of many times we've had to get police to tow vehicles that were unroadworthy away while the vehicle owner gets citations and has to call for a ride home. If the owner wasn't willing to fix the major issue we weren't going to be liable for what happens after it leaves our shop.

I think vehicle maintenance should be part of vehicle operation courses and tests (ie if you're learning to drive a car and going for your basic average car driving license, you have to learn/know basic car maintenance facts, motorcycle riding, same thing but for motorcycles, etc.) because not all of us want to or ever will (or should; I don't trust myself to drive a car due to certain issues that aren't a problem on a motorcycle) drive a car so making all of us learn how to do car maintenance is like making everyone learn how to take proper care of a dog. Sure, plenty of people get dogs in their lives, some even need them for various reasons, but not everyone has any use for it and while it may have some useful transference, it's not anywhere near universal nor does it have as much flexibility as more general subjects (which, I think they aren't all as useful as other subjects would be but that's another issue entirely).

"Focus Bro" just sounds like a guy who enjoys his car and customized the way he wants it

@TCHorwood-xq7mw

Күн бұрын

Probably kept the engine stock to keep the insurance low.

When I was 16 I was able to take college courses with my high school classes. I was so excited about their automotive courses. The teacher kept asking why I wanted to be in the class. Eventually I gave up. I was too young to understand the sexism and too innocent to disagree with someone I assumed had my best interests at heart. I just listened when he told me to try a different field. Thus began my secretarial career. Anxiety, depression and GI problems later… It’s so good I can’t travel back in time. I would end up in jail and that wouldn’t be good either.😅

Oh, I wholeheartedly agree with that statement. All kids at 15 should have a class on basic vehicle maintenance.

I was the service writer at a WalMart. Our oil change tech---he had been doing this kind of work for decades---came in to show me the base plate from an oil filter. The customer had changed his own oil and couldn't get the filter off, so he chiseled the filter's can off. The nipple that the filter screwed onto stuck thru the baseplate enough that he was able to screw a new filter on and it sealed against that baseplate. My guy cut a notch in the edge of the baseplate, and was able to remove it with a blunt chisel and hammer.

Change oil every 3000 miles? Must be a typo thats around 4800km lol

@constantins.2981

16 күн бұрын

Yeah every 3000 miles is a bit exessive, then most cars would have a oil change every 3 months or so. VW factrory remonadation for oil changes is about 20k to 25k kilometers. But the first oilchange often has to be at around 5k kilometerts, because of the break in period of the engine.

@ThunderClawShocktrix

16 күн бұрын

thats for people who use 'regualar oil' rather than synthetic with the latter you can go anywhere from 5000-10000 miles depending on the egnine, oilf ilter and usage patterns

@michaelbujaki2462

14 күн бұрын

3000 miles is for city cars that spend a lot of time idling at stop lights.

@necrotorium

12 күн бұрын

3000 miles is kind of an old school recommendation. It definitely was the standard for conventional oil, though.

The stories highlight the humorous and sometimes baffling ways in which people attempt to modify or fix their vehicles without proper understanding, showcasing a blend of ignorance and creativity that often leads to unintended consequences and bewildered mechanics

The difference in voice from past videos is really throwing me off

22:19 Ya know, that was part of the theory behind auto shop in high schools back in the day. Year 1: basic repair and maintenance tasks Year 2-4: all the stuff to get someone up and running if they know they want this career In many ways it got phased out, like Home Ec, because schools started moving stuff to vocational and focusing more on academics while instead expecting parents to teach their kids the basics for stuff like this.

Former service writer and let me tell you. People use to tell me the customer is always right, and no, they are not. Had a woman come in and she wanted tires. Well this is post Covid era so we weren't doing tires then so we informed her of it, it was mainly due to staffing issues. She comes back a few days later a buys tires to be put on somewhere else, but doesn't bother to make sure they're the correct tires for her car. Now, our store has a policy that if someone else installs your tires, we are not responsible for what happens. I do think when I was with her the first time I told her the tires she wanted were wrong for her car and we wouldn't install them regardless of what she wanted. If someone just buys tires to be installed somewhere else, we don't check to make sure it goes on the intended vehicle. Well her mechanic was an idiot and decided to install these tires even though they were wrong. She then threatened to sue us because we sold the tires but I remembered her because of her attitude and told my boss the situation and he said she could try but she would lose. She was willing to spend thousands of dollars to get a $250 refund. Oh and there were the people who didn't understand that if you have a dexos engine, you gotta have synthetic oil. Or the guy that brought a freaking tesla to get tires at Walmart, which is where I worked

@Nick-ue7iw

10 күн бұрын

Nothing wrong with getting tires at Walmart. A Continental gt is a Continental gt regardless of store. Fun fact: Walmart is the only place to easily find vw 508 spec 0-20 oil for a reasonable price.

If you try to help a woman and she pulls the "I have a boyfriend" line, best response would be "Really? He must be blind or desperate. hat I was trying to tell you is..."

@pokemagetech

16 күн бұрын

Mine would probably be “great? I don’t see how that’s relevant. Anyway-” If I thought to stop and actually respond instead of essentially going “irrelevant, anyway”, it would probably be “I don’t know you. Why would I wanna go out with you? You could be abusive. Even if it’s to service staff rather than your partner it’s a dealbreaker.” or “are you so full of yourself you think that’s the only reason a dude would talk to you? Some of us aren’t driven by hormones.” If she looked like it might be reasonable, then maybe “ma’am, while you look great and it’s easily believable that you’re used to people hitting on you and only talking to you because of it, I have many concerns that outrank such things.” or “ma’am, while I can see why you would expect to be hit on from past experience, I am not going to bother strangers like that.” and continue with what I was talking to her for.

@lmaChroma

16 күн бұрын

That guy sounded like a skeeze so I can absolutely imagine he used the white knight voice. It sounded more like w fetish story than something that actually happened

Years ago, I had a 1981 Honda Accord with a 5 speed manual. The hydraulic clutch was bad, so a friend and I replaced the master cylinder. We did this in the early evening and halfway through the job, the mosquitos came out in force. We worked as fast as we could, swatting mosquitos the whole time, but we got the repair done. The next day, I was driving the car and it was running horribly, misfiring and frequently stalling. I pulled the air cleaner cover and found out why: in my hurry the finish the job, I had left a screwdriver in the air cleaner, which had jammed the choke partially closed.

When me and my friends were just old enough to drive, my buddy wanted to lower his first pickup truck. He compressed the springs then wrapped chains around them even securing it with the padlock. We thought he was so smart LOL 😂

Listening to this made me really grateful that my dad taught me how to do not just basic maintenance like checking and filling fluids but i also know how to check sparkplugs (at least back when you could reach them) as well as how to change brakepads and other misc stuff. The most insane fix i ever had to do was replacing a heater hose in a truck. I ended up taking pictures of the engine as i couldnt figure out what the problem was and sending them to my dad who helped me spot the blown hose. I got it off, took it to Auto Zone where they got me a new one, went back and the only issue, i didnt have the right socket for the full fix. This is where things got entertaining as I went to my neighbors (who were mormons, this matters) and asked if i could borrow the socket size i needed (i knew it then so i had the number i just dont remember it now) and i remember the nice lady looked at me like i had 5 heads because well... i am a female. Her husband let me borrow the socket while also giving me that look of... BUT YOUR A GIRL!!! And i ended up bypassing the heater coil because the nipple for the hose into the heater had a TON of rubber bits stuck to it that hand sanding couldnt remove. That was a great truck and it served me for several more years before the keyswitch broke and i sold it to a mechanic who fixed and flipped it so fast he asked me to resign the title over to the person he sold it to. I am glad it is still going out there somewhere.

So thankful my grandad and dad were mechanically inclined, though I’ve never been a car guy they taught me the finer points of keeping a car going…like changing the damn oil!

Probably the craziest thing i heard about from a former Chrysler / Plymouth mechanic was his brother inlaw dissatisfied with his big Chrylsers ride removed all four shock absorbers . He was convinced the car would ride smoother without them . 😂

This makes me feel better about my alternator issue

"just rolled in" os a channel on here that deals soecifically with this stuff. I watched a fall off of the car when the mechanic kicked it, ppl gluing knick knacks and plastic gems all over the interior, including the sterring wheel, and any number of those scam fuel saver mods...some even catch fire.

I love hearing all these stories about people who don't change their oil and have issues. Makes me laugh knowing mine will never need an oil change. It's electric.

21:51 I think it should be in the driving lessons. But I agree, it should be mandatory to learn that, at least if you're gonna drive.

38:25 “did your parents drop you on the head” send me over the line😂😂

22:09 that is such an american sentiment (yes canadians, you are included here) Only reason you'd need to know car maintenance is if you use and rely on a car, there are plenty of places where you can go your entire life without ever needing a car or a driver's license and just rely on other modes of transportation, like most places in Europe. Knowing car maintenance is not an essential skill but might be a good addition to Driver's Ed to get your license.

Had some lady complain her car kept stopping, randomly, full on emergency stop. She had an air-fresher on the gear lever, and when you changed into second gear it activated the electric parking brake. Time for an emergency stop. The best bit, it was `Kevin’ from the minions movie franchise on the air-freshener. She had a little yellow guy wearing dungarees randomly applying the parking brake when she shifted into second gear. There were wear-marks on the cardboard that perfectly matched the parking brake switch. Moral, do not put bits of tat on your car’s controls.

I've got one. My old manager at TLE got into an argument with me because he was greasing break bleeder valves and he refused to believe me. The worst one I had in my shop was a 2006 Buick Regal that had a blown engine. The customer told me she thought it was because she forgot to do an oil change.

The same people who don't repair their cars are the same people who go and get 300 plus in lotto tickets a week

my mom had a white pontiac grand am. the muffler started making noise, my dad fixed it. it was ok for a while, and the it would make noise again, he’d fix it. rinse and repeat. so she finally gets sick of it and takes it to a mechanic. they came to get her from the waiting room and were like “umm maam we’re gonna need you to look at this.” wouldn’t you know it, my dad was using duct tape. for months he was just slapping duct tape on it. 🤣 she was so embarrassed. i also wanna say he’s greek, and duct tape is his thing like the dad from my big fat greek wedding’s thing is windex. 😅

Hearing the story about the hood scoop on the Corvair actually having a hood scoop installed made me cough up my coffee!!

What a way to spend an afternoon. "Hey bro grab some beers and come over." Then watch some dumdums try a push start an automatic transmission car. That's hilarious. ROTFL

So this is the dumbest thing I’ve seen a mechanic do. I’m not an expert but my grandfather was a mechanic and I understand how they work. My friends car needed a lot of work. I asked another friend for his mechanic ps info because I only knew vaguely where it was and there were several in the same building. So the one we went to wasn’t the one I was thinking, he’d moved but I trusted my friend and the car was give to the mechanic. A few days later and $2k given my friend picks up her car. Her husband calls me a few minutes later and asks about zip ties being on the engine. The mechanic only spoke Spanish and my friend doesn’t so I’d been there when they dropped it off. I told her husband, take it back and I’ll meet you there. I asked the mechanic if he thought we were stupid. He didn’t answer, I said plastic zip ties really? It’s going to melt and her engine is going to fall out so fix it properly or I’m calling the better business bureau and a lawyer. He fixed it, no zip ties and the car was fine for a few more years until they sold it for a bigger vehicle. I couldn’t believe he thought no one would notice. When her husband popped the hood for me to see you could clearly see zip ties without being pointed out. I’ve never seen someone use plastic zip ties on an engine.

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Most of thwae stories could have been avoided if schools still required shop class.

Story 15: mechanics should start telling to those kinds of customers that there was a safety recall on their brake pads.

The cheapest performance mod ever: remove the engine air filter to increase air flow!

I had a 95 Geo Tracker when I was in my mid-late 20s. When i got it, I was told to keep the fluids up, especially the coolant, and that the squealing belt couldn't be fixed. I was not told that the "especially the coolant" part was bc there was a crack at the top of the radiator, nor that the squealing belt might randomly break due to whatever the issue was. When the belt broke i was stranded on the side of the road, at night, in January. When i managed to get it replaced, i also stopped the squealing...by tightening the alternator another fraction of an inch. That summer it overheated when i was out of town and when I asked what to do, I was told to just add water to the radiator. Oook. Did that, got a little ways and it overheated again. More water. Over heated. I limped it within 3 miles of home before it died and wouldn't restart. Got a friend to come take a look and he told me that the reason it overheated was bc the radiator was cracked. But worst of all so was the motor. See...when I was told to add water...no one said to do so while it was running so it would circulate. I didn't know anything about cars at the time, those of you that do knows what happened. I stupidity didn't invest in getting it fixed, opting to just buy another vehicle(which turned into a lemon at no fault of mine). I miss my tracker... Moral of the story, when telling someone whats wrong with a vehicle and/or how to fix it...be very specific as to why and how. $150 radiator replacement and a slight adjustment to the alternator could have saved me a lot of stress and money.

Car knowledge should be a class, surely an option if not required.

When i was physically able,,i changed my own oil, did plugs and wires and changed filters. I could change a tire as well. I am female and am completely aware that even a simple tune up isnt the same anymore. I always took anything more to a qualified,,QUALITY mechanic. I would still.do my own oil if i could,,price is insane nowadays.❤

My older son didn’t change/replace the oil causing the engine to be ruined. The lead my second son to be OCD about changing the oil, he notches 5000 mi each oil change

22:01 my high school ran a drivers ed for EVERY student in year 10, the class only lasts 1 trimester (a third of a year) but they teach you most basic road rules as well as how to maintain your car. Most of it was just teaching us the system to learn on L plates and actually get a license.

The guy with the cheap overheating car: I'll do you one better. Bought a 2001 Buick that lightly overheated, had no power steering and bad wheel bearings. $275. Fixed the bearings and the overheating. Total cost, including the car: $450.

Someone soldered a headlight bulb to the loom because the £4 socket had gotten damaged

A guy comes in for some custom rims, tires and alignment. I get it on the lift to check the suspension and the tie rods were so bad, that I could move the rims with one finger as if the lugs were loose. He didn't want the work done but he bought the rims anyway. Made him sign a waiver. He left, made it one block and walked back in. Mind you, he had his family in the car.

My ex husband drives an STI he tried to make look like a WRX. He is, in fact, a tool bag

I also have another story lol, me and my dad were friends with other mechanics and these guys were working on a 2003 VW Passat and they were changing a valve but they used a cheap valve and my dad said “guys don’t do this, this is a bad idea” (btw he was a master tech gold certified and was very familiar with almost every car especially German cars) they pretty much told him to shut up so they finish up installing it and they start the car, it ran well for 30 sec, made a topping noise then the valve dropped and locked the engine, he had a big smirk on his face idk what was more impressive that they killed it or that he revived the engine

Someone brought their vehicle in for a wheel balance. The two year old vehicle shook like a pile of junk that was on its last leg. When I put the car on the stand and took of the wheels, I found the owner had stuffed the inside of the wheels with aluminum foil, like an entire roll's worth in each wheel. I cleaned out the aluminum foil and zip tied and balanced the wheels. Two weeks later, she came back on a warranty claim that the wheels fell out of balance again. Again, the wheels were stuffed with foil. However, I did not do a warranty job. I charge $100 to clean out all the foil garbage. When I asked why she kept doing that, she answered back that the foil will keep police radar from detecting her speed. I laughed and told her that did nothing but u balance her wheels. She got angry at the price and said she ouod never return. However, about a month later, she returned with the wheel issue again. I told the, different, attending mechanic the story about the aluminum foil and reached into the wheel and got a hand full of aluminum foil and showed him. The mechanic took it off the lift and told the woman that our shop could no longer server her. She called the shop manager and complained. The shop manager knew about the foil lady and even said, "You are the foil lady, am I right?" Then I heard the shop manager say, "I am sorry. Our shop can not help you with a car that heavily modified," and hung up. The foul lady was never heard from in our shop again.

I was raised in the car shop and my dad is a master tech and I do some of my own stuff, I once had to take a look at my moms car (this was a 2016 Chevy sonic that I later on bought from her) the second we get in I heard the front brakes were grinding so bad it was metal on metal and I told her to get that fixed immediately, it also needed a lot of body work like the front bumper was held in with nailing screws… and she didn’t even change the oil plus I also noticed some wires from the harness were cut when I was checking the ambient air temp sensor (I was diagnosing my AC) I did fix up what I could but sadly lost the car to a guy who ran a red light

U had a nice situation. 1 guy put 8L about 1 gallon oil in a ford fucus 1L eco boost. The dipstick wasnt completley wet. Then drove of after a warning not to do it. After 2Km the engine blown up. Hydrolocked of its own oil

Tires change, listen to what the tire says, not what the door frame says. Thats how we ended up with tires that were 30psi above the rated pressure at amazon.

I worked as an assistant at a mechanic shop, we had this car come in b/c the transmission was overheating. The transmission was recently rebuilt by shop as well. So the actual mechanics in my shop probably thought they didn't place much fluid in the trans, so they just had me just go and fill it up. So, I started to unbolt the plug, and oil started coming out quick. So I got an oil pan, placed under to catch it. Continue to unbolt it, and once I finally pulled it out, the oil just shot out like 2-4 feet. The other mechanics thought I was being a retard and making a mess, but then realized whoever filled the trans up, filled it up *way* too much. We eventually got several quarts of oil in the pan

21:52 I believe this is mainly covered in Driver's Ed, if a school offers it (which would be a no brainer in my mind). I'm not sure if other Driver's Ed schools, like the ones that are more geared to people who are learning to drive a bit later in life, offer that. I remember having to fill up the gas for the training car so that we'd (the other student learning and I) would know how to find the side wit the gas tank and how to use the fuel pump. While we were filling the tank we also learned a bit about certain parts of the car that were under the hood, this is what I don't know if other Driver's Eds do this with their students or not.

@michaelbujaki2462

14 күн бұрын

Oh now I get it. While I was in Driver's Ed the instructor had me pull into a gas station to fill up. I thought it was odd, but I went with it. I was already pumping the gas when the instructor got out of the car.

I used to work at an auto parts store and we saw some crazy stuff. My all time favorite didn't actually happen to me, but happened to a good friend of mine who I worked with. He bought this mark 4 Toyota Supra for real cheap off Craigslist and it ran kinda rough. On further inspection, the guy had painted the inside AND outside of the engine. Neon green and school bus yellow. Needless to say that car got scrapped. I'm surprised the guy with two different wheel sizes didn't shred his transmission driving like that

About car maintenance class in school: I live in the USA and car maintenance should be part of the driving test to get a driving license, and people not knowing about car maintenance is also there parents/guardians not telling them about it when learning about driving a car.

Look at the design philosophy between Japanese and German car makers. Anecdotally worked with a guy that had a 92 Civic, this was in 05-08 he never changed the oil in that thing. There's a saying never change the oil in a Honda, if you do you have to for the rest of the life of the car. He gets deployed, sales the car for a couple grand the guy does an overhaul on the car in the hobby shop on base. it didn't last two months after that. I had a 95 Accord bought it in 05 and did a stupid shortly after I bought it. It ran hot could never find the reason, sold the car for salvage six years. Radiator number 5 died on my birthday six years after I bought it, the guy I sold it to turned around an sold it to a guy for $800, I had all the maintenance record for the six years I had it. the dude did everything trying to find the heating issue. He did things I don't under spends $2500 and finds out a $12 hose in the back was spraying fluid on the down in the back, I just assumed all the fluid I was seeing was from the radiator over heating on occasion.

I teach my kids this stuff if they can’t do simple maintenance then they ain’t driving

I work at an auto parts store. Saw someone come in with an old rotor, the outer part where the pads meet the rotor was separate from the middle

2:39 - Owning lots of shitboxes in my life (like over 50) - not one was bone dry on oil. There definitely was something else VERY wrong with that car, perhaps a fucking hole in the oil pan.

I'm not a mechanic, but I have seen people unintentionally pouring AdBlue into the oil tank. Besides that, I think most of us know these channels who just mess with cars. Specifically, here in Germany there's a channel, which used manure, Nutella and sand instead of engine oil.

Parents quit teaching kids the crap they need to know for life...poor world😶

I had to hear story 3 twice and it hurt the same both times.

3:12 some people think cars are like microwaves or TVs. Supposed to go on and on with virtually no maintenance. But in reality, cars are really heavy machinery that needs a fair bit of maintenance. There's alot of cars that are called "unreliable" because people don't maintain them, and some of those cars are sensitive to a lack of maintenance.

If people aren’t taught how cars work, they aren’t going to know to do the maintenance. It’s easy to judge, but there are real people out there who think “meat” comes from the grocery store and no cows, pigs, chickens, or goats were involved.

@Freezinggreece2

16 күн бұрын

I've seen a post go around about some lady who knew meat came from animals, but thought it could grow back and be harvested again. How freaky would that be

@kryw10

16 күн бұрын

@@Freezinggreece2 I honestly don’t judge people for some of this because they are so profoundly disconnected from the nuts and bolts of the food chain. But yeah, that there is a miracle of genetic engineering there! 😂

@sammy5576

15 күн бұрын

People can chose to learn if they want

The people with off road vehicles and live in the city. Most off roading they do is driving into their garage.

Other than your house your car is the 2nd most expensive thing you will own. Why people don’t bother to do any maintenance just blows my mind. Spend 40k on a car and never spend the $35 to change the oil. Brakes start to get low. Don’t spend the $80 for new brakes. Keep driving until there is so much damage to the brake rotors and calipers that now it’s going to be $500 to fix. Not to mention that driving with metal on metal brakes is extremely dangerous. The list goes on and on. If you just fallow the simple maintenance plan the car will last longer and run a lot better.

I've had an appalling number of people tell me they're "too busy" to remember car maintenance--you know, they have jobs and kids and they're just overwhelmed. Dude, the job you can't afford to lose and the kids you need to keep safe are the reasons you need to maintain your car! (Not a mechanic, just someone who does not F around with car maintenance.)

@littleblackcar

3 күн бұрын

. . . okay, the hood scoop on the Corvair is hilarious, though.

i repair my own vehicle, with help from my dad and grandpa when im stumped though, my grandpa seems to have lost it a bit and kept thinking that the issue with the engine in my 97 nissan pickup truck was igntion timing... it infact was not ignition timing, it was valve timing, chain had been done in from the 50k miles it was in the engine yeaaaaa

22:00 Part of German theoretic drivers license exam is how a motor functions, what maitenance to do regulary and what you can do and how to do them by yourself.

Any chance you guys can start saying when you're on the last story, or having some sort of outro line? It's really jarring when the video just suddenly ends.

Brake calipers are cheap if you buy rebuilt ones. The front calipers for my Ram 1500 were about $95 each

5-6 mm on brakes doesn’t sound too bad, I went to the dealership for a recall on a transmission control module, they convinced me to get new front brake pads because they were “1mm” which i know wasn’t true but they wouldn’t shut the fuck up about it

43:00 is actually just kind of a douche, Subarus are notorious for placing the trans drain plug in a position under the car that's in the general area you'd find many oil drain plugs and it's also on a little separate pan vs being part of the trans housing proper. It looks ALLOT like an oil drain plug and it's about the right size too. The actual plug is concealed above a small cut out in the plastic splash shield further forward. Its actually very common for newer techs unless specifically warned to accidentally drain the trans on them by accident. The fluid looks way different (usually) though so you should realize right away. It's also not a huge deal and nothing to go crazy over if it happens. You just need to put new fluid back in the trans maybe like 50 bucks for the fluid. And yes I was one of those guys that did it once when new.

I work at a dealership of a high end manufacturer. Had a customer come in wanting us to do a full inspection of a pre owned car he bought. Said he wanted it done, but he knows the car is in great condition because he checked it himself and hes a car guy so he knows. And whatever we find we should just fix it because he wants the car to be perfect no expense spared Cue in to later that day when he got our quote at 25k in just parts with pictures and videos. Told us to just replace the front tires and top up the fluids.

@deller3800

13 күн бұрын

Another one was when a customer wanted to replace a wheellock on his car because he lost the nut for the wheel lock. Just wouldnt accept that we cant just hand out our master set to him so that he could do it himself. But he was welcome to bring his car and for us to do it for him free of charge. He would just have to bring in replacement bolts or buy some from us. Just couldnt accept that we cant hand out our entire master set to a customer.

Worked at Valvoline. Had a guy in a squatted truck come in. We have to try to recommend maintenance. Now we don't try to sell them if they are done just if the Carfax says it hasn't been done. One of them was the diff. I told him about it and he said "oh I just replaced my diff like 3 weeks ago so the fluid is fresh" I say "oh okay I'll put in the notes" he then says "yeah it's the 4th one in a little over a year" he then floored it leaving the lot. I wonder why you go through so many with how you treat it and with it not getting proper fluid through it. I wonder what could cause it. So for me it's squatted bros. I don't know why they complain about trans and diff problems. Like your putting excess strain on it. Not only that. But it's a double whammy because while it has extra stress. It's also not being properly lubricated because it's squatted Another story: we had a lady in a early 2000s CRV roll in. She took it to grease monkey but noticed it was smoking afterwards and brought it here for us to check as she was on the road we were on. They put 14quarts of oil in it. Drained the oil filled it up. Ran like a champ. Blew smoke for about 30 seconds idled weird for that 30 seconds. Then ran perfectly fine. Here's the kicker. The CRV 380,000 miles on it on the original motor. That was the day I swore by Honda being the most reliable brand