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50 Times Car Mechanics Took Pics Of What They Were Dealing With So Others Would Believe Them
If you're counting everything down to the smallest screw, a single car has about 30,000 parts. That's way too many for us average folk to maintain. This means that over time, bad things happen, and we need to take our metal horsies to the mechanic to fix them.
But the state of some of our cars... Due to money shortage, ignorance, or neglect, we DIY or pretend we don't see a problem when it's clear that a professional has to take care of it. So when the inevitable occurs and we pull up to their place begging for help, the poor fellas know they're stuck with it for good.
There's even a subreddit for such situations. r/JustRolledIntoTheShop is a community that collects "those absolutely stupid things" that we bring, roll, or toss into their businesses and car mechanics are pretty popular there. Continue scrolling and you'll understand why.
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Stayed A Little Longer At The Shop To Save This Little Guy From Someone’s Engine Bay
A recent study of 2,000 American car owners support the message this subreddit is sending, too. It found as many as a quarter feel they take a risk each time they hit the road as their vehicle is currently in need of repair or no longer runs well.
The study asked people to reflect on the current state of their vehicle and tested their knowledge of car basics. Results showed an alarming number of drivers are rolling the dice on vehicles in need of work — 68 percent said their cars currently have at least one thing wrong with them.
And with so many vehicles in need of love, Americans could stand to do a bit of brushing up on how to take care of their cars a little better. 36 percent of those studied confessed they don’t know the first thing about fixing a flat tire.
Customer: "Let Me Know When You Are About To Pull My Truck In So I Can Get My Raccoon" And He Sat In The Lobby With A Raccoon Until His Truck Was Done
The survey, conducted by Cooper Tires, discovered that nearly half of American car owners think they couldn't change their car’s oil and almost 30 percent believe they couldn't even pick out the correct oil their car needs in the first place.
One in four Americans also aren't confident they could jump-start their vehicle should they need to.
Even using an air pressure gauge to check tire pressure can prove to be too difficult for nearly one in five Americans.
I Dont Condone Stealing... But Man I Want To
“Although many Americans have a lack of confidence and knowledge when it comes to vehicle maintenance, it’s important to plan ahead and take initiative," Jessica Egerton, director of marketing for Cooper Tires, said. "Don't wait until there is an issue with a vehicle. It’s why Cooper Tires is passionate about helping educate and empower car owners across the country.”
This Made Me Laugh Way More Than It Should Have
Hood Opens. Hood Is Layed Down Immediately. Tech Exclaims "Oh Hell No."
Actual Work Order At Our Shop From One Of Our Technicians
Customer Has Been Coming Since 200k Miles, Said He'd Get To 1 Million. I've Been Waiting For That Day For Years, Today He Casually Rolled Up And Asked To Plug His Tire, Needless To Say Best Tire Plug Ever
The Odds Of A Single 4 Leaf Clover Rooting Into A Fender Line
The Car Sounds Like A Cartoon
Customer Refused All 4 Tires On A Rainy Day, She Also Had To Sign A Waiver Before Releasing The Car
this person is putting their own life, and that of innocent people in danger. In Europe, you could go to prison for driving like this.
Just Crawled Out From Under A Broken Lift
I Work At A Rental Company And The Police Brought This Back...
Customer Failed To Mention The Fact That His Dog Was In The Vehicle, Scared The Hell Outta Me
Accerlator Gets Stuck To Floor. Pull On String To Unstick
Self Aware Prius Owner
This says a lot about the kind of friends he has, or the kind of town he lives in.
C/S She Hears A Flapping Noise Coming From The Driver's Side
I Am Pretty Sure I'm Younger Than The Tire
16 Years Of Writing Service And It Finally Happened. Gloves In A Glovebox
The First And Probably Last Time I Will Ever See One Of These. Jaguar Xj220 With Only 3k On The Odometer
Just Hopped Into The Shop
Work Never Fails To Disappoint
Surprised It Didn’t Explode Into The Shop
Customer States Temperature Gauge Is Reading Full Tank
A Girl Who Works At Sonic Just Paid Her 1k Repair Bill With Mostly 1's And 5's. Mad Resolve
Private Security Tahoe With 1” Bulletproof Glass. The Rest Of The Vehicle Is Just As Heavily Armored
The Only Worthwhile Lift Kit Instructions
When I Saw This I Told Her It Wasn't Going To Be Cheep
Just Pulled This Out Of A Customers Car Between The Grill And Condenser
7 Months Since The Last Post About This Car... He Finally Did It. Our Customer Bought This Civic New In 06 And It Has Only Been Serviced At Our Dealership. Original Motor And Transmission
Just In For An Inspection & Was Greeted With This...
This Little Girl Helped Me Check Codes In Her Owner’s Car Today. Good Girl
86 Yota. 211k Miles. In Mint Condition
They Told Me Someone Was Dropping Off Their BBQ For Me To Do Brakes And Bearings On. I Thought They Were Joking, They Were Not
Guy Drove In Like This. Another Reason Why We Are Essential
Lexus In To Pick Up Some Brake Pads
In Case You’ve Ever Wondered That The Undercarriage Of A Tesla Looked Like
That's smart actually. We are losing parts of the cars on the road, not to mention some of them get stollen while you are parked.
Which Car Has The Worst Battery Location?
C/S Lost His Keys... I Wonder Why
So this fool is driving while he's high? Better report your findings to the police.
Had An Interesting Tailgate Come In Today
A Sweet Old Lady Asked Me To Apply Her 2018 License Plate Decal Today As She Couldn't Kneel Down To Do It Herself Anymore
In the United States, it's a registration sticker for your vehicle. Some states have them on the license plate like this, and others have a sticker that goes on the inside of your windshield.
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This is an Ontario place. Every year you pay registration tax and get a special metallic decal for your license plate. This lady has owned this license plate (and likely the car) for probably 20 years.
I also thought hey that's an Ontario Licence plate!! I am from Ontario St.Catharines
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We had these stickers in the Midwest US years ago. Thieves would remove them, but if you took a blade and cut an X into them, people were more likely to leave them alone. Nobody wanted to f**k around peeling four little pieces off...
dued, why can't you just take of the old ones, and when you do, the place where the fist sticker was, will be mint condition, all nice and clean.
If Florida didn't make us get a new plate every 10 years mine probably would look like that too...lol
Not necessarily. You can move old plates to a new car when you trade it in
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In the UK it's all done online now, so you don't need to show any stickers on the car.
I’m sure this is a North Carolina plate. You do not get a new plate every few years like in some states, you just keep the one you’ve got and put a new sticker on it each year.
Holy s**t, what state is this? In Michigan, if your plate is 10 years old, you're required to get a new one by state law.
Here in Canada it'sa ll renewed when insurance is bought. Plus, where I live in Canada there are no mandatory vehicle inspections unless orderedbytes cops.
Should I assume it’s not mandatory to have every single one stacked up, right ?
actually the states that the stickers are to be removed when replacing with new
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Are people allowed to remove and toss the old ones? That's quite a stack of decals!
My '96 S-10 is starting to look like that. 25 years, maybe it's time for a new set of plates...
I sympathize, can't get my old ones off either, that adhesive is really good.
Used to have these on the windscreen in Australia... been about 11 yrs since it stopped.
How old are these plates and the car they're on? Even the screw is rusted and old.
Maybe she lives by the ocean. Maybe she lives in a wet climate. Rust on a car doesn’t necessarily mean age. Besides old cars are common for older people. Not everyone can afford a new car. If you get your car paid off and it’s fine, why go out and saddle yourself with a new payment. My car is paid for and I’m keeping it.
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Florida makes you get new tags every five years, probably to avoid stuff like this.
Yes, at least here in CA the instructions on the sticker sheet (and, if I recall, in the DMV's Driver Handbook) say to remove the old stickers if there are already 2 or more stacked up (not that anyone reads the instructions for anything except for us oddballs). You don't have to remove every year, but they want to avoid exactly this scenario. Should also note that those stickers are worth more than their weight in gold. When they are stacked high like this it becomes very easy to scape one off someone's car and apply to your own license plate. At least *used to* be a "thing" (maybe less so with ubiquitous license plate readers; the highway patrol isn't looking for wrong-color stickers on license plates, but rather waiting for the reader to flag a plate which hasn't reregistered).
Wow in my state you have to replace the actual plate every 10 years (I think)... obviously it isn't the same in other states!
In California the sticker part appears to be the DMVs latest punishment for forcing them to do their job. Myself, my partner, and my boss all paid our registration and the tags never got sent. Then the DMV charges you $26 for "replacement" tags. I paid mine in December, then traded it in in June (no tags STILL). I see my old car around town, and it still has last years tags, lol.
I hope you asked her if she wanted the old ones back, surprised they are still attached. You could tell this one was a one owner car.
In some states in the United States your vehicle had to be inspected every year and the sticker placed on the license plate. That was approved your car was safe to be on the road. It always had the last two digits of the year. Also on the license plates were stickers in the opposite corners with the year of the vehicle was registered. So this could be either one.
In Louisiana, plates are replaced every 2 years (each time registration is renewed). I just learned today that every state doesn't do this. We also must get inspection stickers for plate and windshield either each year or every other year (your choice).
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If she can't kneel to do it, does she have the adequate mobility and reaction ability to be driving?
Customer States "I Played Edm Once And Now My Car Won't Stop Pretending It's At A Rave"
Damn that's a lot of malfunction lights! That's a total crab rave
An Actual "Key" Supplied By A Customer
Says Didn't Have A Spare, Drove For 3 Days! I Found The Spare In The Trunk Complete With Jack!
Ya Think
Sorry Officer I Didn't Know How Fast I Was Going
I Think My Boss May Be Compensating For Something With His New Toolbox
Customer Stated He Needed A Punctured Tyre Repaired, Had To Tell Him He Was Screwed
Rental Car Came Back Like This "Had A Plane To Catch"
I Replaced A Battery Last Week In A Customers Car And She Is Trying To Claim The Battery Is Causing Weird Things To Happen To Her Car Now. This Morning, She Said The Red Line Was Never There Before The Battery Was Replaced And Wants A Refund. Lord Help Me
Customer Was Wondering Why When He Started His Car This Morning, It Sounded Different. He Didn't Understand It When I Told Him He Had Been Robbed
They stole the catalytic converter, which contains precious metals like titanium, rhodium and palladium. Replacement costs can run up to $3000 depending on what car you are driving.
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Some of these are pure stupidity but some I just feel bad for. Obviously no one thought them anything about cars and maybe some people don't have someone to teach them. I wish they had life skill classes in school. Cars, banking, how to write a check, credit, sewing, cooking etc. I had some of these when I went to school but they took them out a year or so after.
When I was in school, the driver's ed class taught us not just how to drive, but the parts of a car and how to maintain it. We also had home economics that did cooking and light sewing, etc. It was a well funded school. Not every family can teach these. Vote to fund schools and well rounded curriculum.
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If you ever need to be reminded about how dangerously dumb millions of people are (and you shouldn't, especially if you live in the US right now) just talk to doctors, mechanics, plumbers, etc. Anyone who fixes things for a living.
I never thought I'd hit worse than a pediatric ward full of kids destroyed by measles back in the 1990s. And then Covid hit... Turns out there's worse than kids in the USA of all places dying of measles. It's .... Yeah. Fixing? We're lucky if we don't break, too.
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My ex was the epitome of why mechanics get a bad rep. A very dear friend recommended my ex to his employee, who had a classic Chevy El Camino. It was an absolutely beautiful car in "Plum Crazy" purple. I WATCHED as he and his dipshit buddy backed it into the shop - and right into the end of the engine hoist. It put a huge dent in the tailgate. They went ahead & did the work requested (brakes & an LOF, I think). My friend brings the guy over to pick up the car and he freaks over the dent. My ex tries to tell him that it was there when the car showed up. My friend takes one look at my face & knows that I KNOW, he's lying. I've never been more humiliated in my life. Lost the ex, kept the friend.
And these folks are on the road driving next to you...
I dont understand the level of poverty in some of these pictures.. stealing some parts-driving without a tyre..just cant get my head around
in the 'old' days, my dad believed girls should be able to do basic maintenance/repair on their cars. fast forward 50 yrs and i am lost w/all the new crap as well the computers in cars. now, i call my great mechanic, curtis, and just tell him that my car is 'screaming' at me, telling me to have [blank] checkes and i would like him to shut it up
It is ridiculous on modern cars! To specialised to be able to fix anything. I'd never realised how much of a difference there was until my bf at the time bought a mach 3 escort. It stopped working once when we were driving, and I was thinking, like with any modern car, it was going to be a big expensive hassle. But he just broke open a pen, took out the spring, used it to hold whatever it was (something to do with the alternator?), we drove home and he fixed it properly when we were there. Old cars aren't safe re crashes etc but by God they were easier to maintain
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Back in 1971, a customer came in to get her car. She paid the bill, went outside and claimed that her car had been damaged in the parking. We went outside to see a crunched area where the damage was all the way down to bare metal. She claimed that the damage wasn't there when she brought the car in for service. We pointed out that the rust on the bare metal couldn't have possibly formed during the few hours her car was in our possession because it hadn't rained for many weeks. She disagreed. Yeah, right.
I ran an auto parts shop for a few years and during the busy season (mid-March through Thanksgiving) I would frequently have to deliver parts myself. I have actually patted fenders and apologized to cars for being owned and driven by total idiots.
Interesting. Some were just plain unbelievable.............can't believe some are so DUMB!
I have to admit I took my 21 foot RV in for a winterization and the tech opened the lid and there was a bee hive growing in there.. I had left it next to the house with a heavy tarp over it...
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Some of these are pure stupidity but some I just feel bad for. Obviously no one thought them anything about cars and maybe some people don't have someone to teach them. I wish they had life skill classes in school. Cars, banking, how to write a check, credit, sewing, cooking etc. I had some of these when I went to school but they took them out a year or so after.
When I was in school, the driver's ed class taught us not just how to drive, but the parts of a car and how to maintain it. We also had home economics that did cooking and light sewing, etc. It was a well funded school. Not every family can teach these. Vote to fund schools and well rounded curriculum.
Load More Replies... If you ever need to be reminded about how dangerously dumb millions of people are (and you shouldn't, especially if you live in the US right now) just talk to doctors, mechanics, plumbers, etc. Anyone who fixes things for a living.
I never thought I'd hit worse than a pediatric ward full of kids destroyed by measles back in the 1990s. And then Covid hit... Turns out there's worse than kids in the USA of all places dying of measles. It's .... Yeah. Fixing? We're lucky if we don't break, too.
Load More Replies... My ex was the epitome of why mechanics get a bad rep. A very dear friend recommended my ex to his employee, who had a classic Chevy El Camino. It was an absolutely beautiful car in "Plum Crazy" purple. I WATCHED as he and his dipshit buddy backed it into the shop - and right into the end of the engine hoist. It put a huge dent in the tailgate. They went ahead & did the work requested (brakes & an LOF, I think). My friend brings the guy over to pick up the car and he freaks over the dent. My ex tries to tell him that it was there when the car showed up. My friend takes one look at my face & knows that I KNOW, he's lying. I've never been more humiliated in my life. Lost the ex, kept the friend.
And these folks are on the road driving next to you...
I dont understand the level of poverty in some of these pictures.. stealing some parts-driving without a tyre..just cant get my head around
in the 'old' days, my dad believed girls should be able to do basic maintenance/repair on their cars. fast forward 50 yrs and i am lost w/all the new crap as well the computers in cars. now, i call my great mechanic, curtis, and just tell him that my car is 'screaming' at me, telling me to have [blank] checkes and i would like him to shut it up
It is ridiculous on modern cars! To specialised to be able to fix anything. I'd never realised how much of a difference there was until my bf at the time bought a mach 3 escort. It stopped working once when we were driving, and I was thinking, like with any modern car, it was going to be a big expensive hassle. But he just broke open a pen, took out the spring, used it to hold whatever it was (something to do with the alternator?), we drove home and he fixed it properly when we were there. Old cars aren't safe re crashes etc but by God they were easier to maintain
Load More Replies... Back in 1971, a customer came in to get her car. She paid the bill, went outside and claimed that her car had been damaged in the parking. We went outside to see a crunched area where the damage was all the way down to bare metal. She claimed that the damage wasn't there when she brought the car in for service. We pointed out that the rust on the bare metal couldn't have possibly formed during the few hours her car was in our possession because it hadn't rained for many weeks. She disagreed. Yeah, right.
I ran an auto parts shop for a few years and during the busy season (mid-March through Thanksgiving) I would frequently have to deliver parts myself. I have actually patted fenders and apologized to cars for being owned and driven by total idiots.
Interesting. Some were just plain unbelievable.............can't believe some are so DUMB!
I have to admit I took my 21 foot RV in for a winterization and the tech opened the lid and there was a bee hive growing in there.. I had left it next to the house with a heavy tarp over it...
Hello! I am so glad to found your website on google and found it very useful and Informative and I shared your website with my all colleagues and friends and they are really happy with your website information. if you have a scrap car or junk car and want to sell it for top cash and also get the best services then get in contact with our company NSW EXPRESS CAR REMOVAL and get the best car removal services. Link: nswexpresscarremoval
My heart was broken. I never believed I would get my ex back until Dr Akhigbe brought my ex in 48hrs with a powerful love spell. It is reliable to get a positive result, contact the spell caster for a love spell by email: drakhigbespellhome7@gmail.com or WhatsApp on +2349021374574.
