Car Mechanics Are Sharing Pics Of What They Deal With Because People Don’t Believe Them (50 Pics)
There’s more to being a car mechanic than trying to sell you everything under the hood. Sometimes they share pics of their crazy car mechanic stories in the popular subreddit r/Justrolledintotheshop for all to see. You never know what will pull up and sometimes, it’s not even the car, it’s the owner. We hope you enjoy the following examples of what just rolled into the shop!
1. Stayed A Little Longer At The Shop To Save This Little Guy From Someone’s Engine Bay
2. Hood Opens. Hood Is Layed Down Immediately. Tech Exclaims “Oh Hell No.”
3. The Car Sounds Like A Cartoon
4. 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
5. I Don’t Condone Stealing… But Man I Want To
6. This Made Me Laugh Way More Than It Should Have
7. 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
8. The Odds Of A Single 4 Leaf Clover Rooting Into A Fender Line
9. Customer Refused All 4 Tires On A Rainy Day, She Also Had To Sign A Waiver Before Releasing The Car
10. Actual Work Order At Our Shop From One Of Our Technicians
11. I Am Pretty Sure I’m Younger Than The Tire
12. C/S She Hears A Flapping Noise Coming From The Driver’s Side
13. Customer States Temperature Gauge Is Reading Full Tank
14. Accelerator Gets Stuck To Floor. Pull On String To Unstick
15. Self Aware Prius Owner
16. I Work At A Rental Company And The Police Brought This Back…
17. Customer Failed To Mention The Fact That His Dog Was In The Vehicle, Scared The Hell Outta Me
18. C/S Lost His Keys… I Wonder Why
19. Just Hopped Into The Shop
20. The First And Probably Last Time I Will Ever See One Of These. Jaguar Xj220 With Only 3k On The Odometer
21. Just Crawled Out From Under A Broken Lift
22. Private Security Tahoe With 1” Bulletproof Glass. The Rest Of The Vehicle Is Just As Heavily Armored
23. Work Never Fails To Disappoint
24. A Girl Who Works At Sonic Just Paid Her 1k Repair Bill With Mostly 1’s And 5’s. Mad Resolve
25. Surprised It Didn’t Explode Into The Shop
26. 16 Years Of Writing Service And It Finally Happened. Gloves In A Glovebox
27. Just In For An Inspection & Was Greeted With This…
28. 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
29. Guy Drove In Like This. Another Reason Why We Are Essential
30. 86 Yota. 211k Miles. In Mint Condition
31. Customer States “I Played Edm Once And Now My Car Won’t Stop Pretending It’s At A Rave”
32. The Only Worthwhile Lift Kit Instructions
33. 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
34. When I Saw This I Told Her It Wasn’t Going To Be Cheep
35. An Actual “Key” Supplied By A Customer
36. Just Pulled This Out Of A Customers Car Between The Grill And Condenser
37. Had An Interesting Tailgate Come In Today
38. Lexus In To Pick Up Some Brake Pads
39. This Little Girl Helped Me Check Codes In Her Owner’s Car Today. Good Girl
40. Which Car Has The Worst Battery Location?
41. In Case You’ve Ever Wondered What The Undercarriage Of A Tesla Looked Like
42. Says Didn’t Have A Spare, Drove For 3 Days! I Found The Spare In The Trunk Complete With Jack!
43. 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
44. Rental Car Came Back Like This “Had A Plane To Catch”
45. Sorry Officer I Didn’t Know How Fast I Was Going
46. Ya Think
47. Customer Stated He Needed A Punctured Tire Repaired, Had To Tell Him He Was Screwed
48. I Think My Boss May Be Compensating For Something With His New Toolbox
49. 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
50. 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
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