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43 Times Car Mechanics Had To Take Pics Of What They Were Seeing To Make Others Believe Them (New Pics)
Mechanics recommend that we bring our cars in for maintenance visits every six or 12 months. But blessed be the car owner who actually does that. In reality, owners wait an average of four months before addressing their "check engine" lights. Perhaps, then, it's no surprise that mechanics have to deal with all sorts of crazy situations.
The community "Just Rolled Into The Shop" on Reddit collects the funniest and wildest things auto mechanics have come across on the job. Exhaust pipe on an electric car? Check! A car frame rusted so badly it has holes in it? Check! So, Pandas, scroll down and see the newest examples of the madness mechanics have to deal with almost daily.
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#1
C/S: Noise From Car
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#2
Looking Up Parts Before The Digital Age
#3
Just Rolled Into My Shop - Leased A Warehouse After 15 Years Of Working On My Cars In The Street
It's probably no secret why cars get into conditions like these. The longer we delay servicing our cars, the more likely they are to have serious problems. That's just simple physics. However, people still delay bringing their cars to the mechanic, and some even admit to putting them off for as long as six to 18 months.
32% of Americans also say they'll wait "as long as possible" to get their car serviced. 39% admit they don't even do regular check-ups – the only time they visit a mechanic is when something is broken or after an accident happens. But here's the truth: most people aren't doing it out of laziness or lack of attention. Almost half of Americans (48%) say they wait so long because frequent visits to the mechanic are just not financially feasible for them.
#4
Why Do People Do This?
Is it really that inconvenient or uncomfortable to put your seat belt on? With all the careless and aggressive drivers we have nowadays why would you purposefully put yourself in danger like this?
#6
Just Rolled Onto The Flatbed
If you've taken your car to the mechanic lately and thought that the bill was kind of high, you're not alone. Experts report that car repair costs have risen by 4.1% each year between 2013 and 2023. Still, they're having trouble explaining why exactly they're so expensive at the moment. One possible reason could be that the cost of collision insurance claims is rising.
Others speculate that cars are becoming more expensive to repair. The cars we're driving today are heavier (by 33% exactly, since 1985) and about twice as powerful than they were 40 years ago. There are also many other improvements: turbochargers attached to engines, all-wheel drive systems, and the cars are almost "a rolling network of computers," according to one repair shop owner.
#7
Poor Teenage Nephew Had A Learning Experience And Needed To Fix His Brakes And Suspension For The First Time...while 6 Family Members Watched And Gave Commentary
#8
Customer States “Don’t Ask”
#9
Got A New Alignment Tech
If you got into a car accident 10 years ago, your car would no doubt need some repairs. But today, experts claim, there are a dozen other tweaks that would need to be replaced. "You can have the same kind of accident that you would have 10 years ago, but now you have three additional sensors that are on the part of the vehicle that was impacted that you now have to potentially replace," the director of performance consulting at Mitchell Ryan Mandell told CNBC.
#10
I Don’t Understand
#11
Most Mileage Ever Seen On 2019
#12
Dude Asked If I Was The Inspector And Then Slid Me $10 Before Giving Me The Keys. Went Under And Found This
An average American spends around $438 on maintenance every year. Most car owners say they have had their current car for about seven years, but they claim they have spent around $6,272 in total on their car for repairs throughout the years.
There might be one advantage to this: people are determined to own their current cars for longer. In doing so, they're focused on taking better care of their car. Due to rising repair costs, 60% of Gen Zers say they're making an active effort to better maintain their cars.
#13
What A Capable Machine
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
I'm desperately trying to figure out how this happened. Two things get me. The missing hood and the front tires are bald AF. That screams carmeet. You know, those late night get togethers for men who are incredibly insecure. WTF was he doing that caused both front tires to demount?
#14
When You Own An Ev But Miss Your Exhaust
#15
1.8m$ Just Rolled Into Our Humble Little Shop
A true car repairman would tell you to never do repairs on your car on your own. Even minor ones. However, many Americans are trying to save money by doing things like oil changes, light maintenance, replacing interior parts, changing tires, or doing break maintenance themselves. At the same time, there are things many car owners just don't feel comfortable doing themselves. Perhaps that's why 64% of drivers are currently putting off some sort of vehicle maintenance.
#16
Loaner Truck Came Back Like This
#17
Just Encountered My First 7-Speed M/T
R1MV4Superleggera 2 months ago
And THAT, my little ones, is how you absolutely enjoy your car, no matter the brand, but with the manual transmission! We, the males (and females of course!) We are the ones who LOVE driving a manual transmission appreciate everything the manual provides, the joyful feeling of completing a well-executed shifting, the mechanical and human connectedness AND the utterly, awesome sound only the manual car can make it
#18
Freight Co Just Dropped By New Toolbox Off…
What about you, Pandas? When was the last time you brought your car to be checked out by a mechanic? Perhaps it's that time of the year? Let us know in the comments what was the worst thing that happened to your car because you delayed maintenance. And if you'd like to see more absurd stories from the mechanic, check out our previous articles about the "Just Rolled Into The Shop" subreddit here, here, and here!
#19
Well This Is My Favorite Customer States Of All Time
#20
A Fancy Key
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
We had these thing called "keys". They were so small, they fit into pockets.
#21
My Neighbor Is A Carpenter, He Asked For My Help Replacing His Calipers And This Is What I Saw
Marcos Valencia 2 months ago
Wooden blocks, pegs, and shims... this is how carpenters put the basis for building every single castle you still can visit.
#22
Ev Fire On The Lift While Dealer Was Closed
#23
A Friend Sent Me This - Serious Car Issues
#24
Texas Requires The Front Tint To Be At 25% Or Greater To Pass State Inspection.. This Customer Was Upset I Couldn’t Just “Let It Go“ And Oh Yeah You Can Barely See Through The Windshield
#25
Thought I Was Having A Stroke
#26
My Toyota Part Is Just A Mazda Part With A Toyota Part Sticker Slapped On Top
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 months ago
Some parts are universal to many cars. In the USA in Ye Olden Times, there were only FOUR kinds of headlights. Big square, little square, big round, little round.
#27
Porter Took This On A Test Drive And Called Us To Pick Him Up Because The Car Stopped All Of A Sudden
#28
Guess My Service Writer Doesn’t Like Kia
#29
Cust Doesn’t Trust Plugs And Patches. Paid For A New Tire
#30
Their Brain Doesn’t Have Memory Controls Either
#31
Operator Went Full Beans Through Granite For 25 Hours And Never Thought To Change The Teeth
#32
Getting Called A Scammer For Not Wanting To Patch This
#33
Trunk Of A Hyundai At That The Yard I Work At
Alex Martin 2 months ago
Those look like catalytic convertors. Catalytic Convertors have platinum, palladium, and rhodium in them as part of the chemical process that reduces your vehicle emissions. Those are somewhat rare and very expensive metals. Someone has been stealing catalytic convertors off of cars.
#34
I’m Starting To Think He Lied On His Resume
#35
Was At A Pawn Shop Last Weekend, They Say A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
#36
Plastic Control Arms. Never Thought I Would See The Day
Jrog 2 months ago (edited)
A well designed plastic part can be much better than a badly designed steel part. I read this is on a Dodge Ram and the part is an upper control arm, that handles only a limited load and is paired with a steel reinforcement plate. The material used is frankly impressive in terms of plastics: 50FWF-PA6 (nylon with long strand fiberglass making up half the weight of the part), the datasheet is a monster https://download.basf.com/p1/8a8081c57fd4b609017fd636478c3e5e/en/ULTRAMID%253Csup%253E%25C2%25AE%253Csup%253E_B3WG10. The expected service life exceeds the steel one, that historically had corrosion problems due to the complex shape of the sheet metal part and the weldments, and it performs on par with the far more expensive cast aluminum option.
#37
Just Rolled In With Two Confirmed K**ls On The Imperial Japanese
M O'Connell 2 months ago
Many many many years ago my father had a Buick Skylark with a little German flag on the corner of the door, for the Volkswagen Beetle that pulled out in front of him and got squished.
#38
Found This Sitting In The Oil Pan Of A 2011 Bmw 1m. I Have No Clue What It Is Or What It Could’ve Come From. Any Ideas?
#39
The Duality Of Chevy Truck Owners
michael Chock 2 months ago
When a truck has more to do with what's in the pants than what's in the bed.
#40
Ford, I Hate You
michael Chock 2 months ago
The stickers are on the part in an area that has to be 100% spotless. Mechanic will now have to take extra time getting this clean.
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Gavin Johnson 2 months ago
Ford management ‘Let’s save some money in the supply chain, sack those experienced parts handlers, employ some low wage fruit loops, it’s only parts innit?’.
Dusty's mom 2 months ago
Spouse used to wash oil pans as a job. If he ran across this, especially a quantity of them, it would have sent him into orbit.
Melanie Fisher 2 months ago
Nice clean oil pan apart from the stupid placement of the sticker!
#41
It's Refreshing When A Hyundai Shows Up With The Key
#42
If I Didn't Hold It In My Hand I Would Not Believe It Existed... An Aluminum Brake Disc
#43
I Can’t Think Of A Second Reason To Have This In A Lexus Nx300
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Seadog 2 months ago
When it comes to automotive design, there's not one company anywhere in the world where the designers have ever once consulted with mechanics on what to NEVER do when designing a car. Most designers clearly have never worked on a car. This is especially true for all those super expensive hand built cars that are nearly impossible to do even an oil change on without literally taking 1/2 the car apart.
Seadog 2 months ago
When it comes to automotive design, there's not one company anywhere in the world where the designers have ever once consulted with mechanics on what to NEVER do when designing a car. Most designers clearly have never worked on a car. This is especially true for all those super expensive hand built cars that are nearly impossible to do even an oil change on without literally taking 1/2 the car apart.
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