Nate
I drive an older car that’s a little beat up, so I always wonder about what the mechanics I go to think when I pull into the garage. Auto mechanics see a lot of stuff, so I’m sure it can’t be as bad as some of the pics mechanics are sharing in this online group.
1. “The Eyes After A 30 Mile Trip”
2. “Not A Rolled In But More Of A Birth Into The Shop… Stray Left A Puddle Of Kittens Out In Our Side Yard A Year Ago. The Neighbour Took This One Home And The Boss Took Another”
3. “I Swear These Customers Do This On Purpose”
4. “Customer Complains Of Fuel Smell. This Is Half Of The Gas Cans He Has In The Back”
5. “Just Saved This Lil Guy. I Had To Remove The Front End Of The Vehicle To Do It, But He Is Now Free And Alive And Well”
6. “Customer Said All 4 Of Them Were Uninjured But We Can’t Say The Same About The Car”
7. “Customer Said Her Husband Patched The Tire But It Keeps Leaking Air”
8. “Soooooo”
9. “When You’re Towing A Car Behind Your Rv, Remember To Put It In Neutral”
10. “Customer States Left Rear Tire Is Flat, Please Repair”
11. “Well… Almost Pissed My Pants… Caught Off Guard”
12. “My New Carpeting”
13. “Can’t Explain To The Elderly That They Don’t Need An Oil Change After 8mo/23 Miles”
14. “How American”
15. “Found A Friend”
16. “Guess Somebody Has A Hard Time Remembering”
17. “So, We’ve Got A New Regular Customer In The Shop Now Apparently”
18. “There’s A Battery Terminal In There Somewhere”
19. “Customer Asked Me To Put Their Spare Tire On. Saw A Cement Atlas Ball In The Back. Those Things Are Solid Concrete And This Thing Weights Like 150lbs. I Said No Way. I’m Not Blowing Out My Back On A Job I’m Not Being Paid For”
20. “Sister Just Bought A New Nintendo Switch. This Is Her Tire. Priorities”
21. “When You Dispute The Bill And Tell The Other Mechanic To Just Put The Motor Back In The Car”
22. “Customer Says ‘Don’t Worry, It’s Friendly'”
23. “Expecting Snow And Ice Statewide Tomorrow. Cs ‘.. And Don’t Try To Sell Me New Tires – Don’t Need Them!'”
24. “Customer’s Vehicle Has Been Overheating For The Past Month”
25. “Who’s Talking”
26. “Just Rolled Into The Shop”
27. “This Could Get Messy”
28. “Grandpa Said ‘Just Pump The Tire Up'”
29. “Inside Of The Smokers Cars From Earlier”
30. “My Dad Asked Me To Come Over And Give Him A Hand With His Vette. He Hands Me A Pair Of Gloves To Wear Around The Headers. Uh, No Thanks Dad”
31. “Anyone Else Hate These Kind Of Car Seats? Scared The Hell Out Of Me”
32. “Customer Installed The Wrong Battery And Slammed The Hood Down. I’ve Seen It All Now”
33. “He Drove 700km Like This In Outback Aussie, Rims So Bent He Couldn’t Get The Nuts Off To Change Them”
34. “Engine Swap That I Bought Off Of Facebook Marketplace… Turned Fine And Seemed To Have Good Compression There, But This Was Hiding Under The Valve Cover”
35. “When The Edible Starts Kicking In”
36. “Paper, Rock, Scissors On This One”
37. “Pick Up Your Starfire Slicks From Your Local Pep Boys!”
38. “Rolled In For Timing And Exhaust Work But Couldn’t Help But Notice The Custom Lift”
39. “A Customer Came And Said ‘I Can Smell Something A Little Bit And There’s Small Noise Front Right'”
40. “Passenger Door Felt A Bit Heavy”
41. “Northeast USA, It Seems Nobody Ever Buys Tires Anymore”
42. “Yeah, She Felt The Car Was A Little Slower Today”
43. “Another Super Safe Michigan Vehicle. Seat Belts Are For Pussies Anyway”
44. “So We Have A New Advisor”
45.
46. “People Fought Wars Over This Much Salt”
47. “Normally I Don’t Post Here But I Couldn’t Resist With This One”
48. “When The Dealership Lets A Kid With 0 Manual Transmission Experience Test Drive A Mazdaspeed 3”
49. “Some Honesty Tests Are Harder Than Others”
50. “Just Rolled Into The Shop… Guy Came In For A Flat Repair, Didn’t Understand That He Needed A New Sensor After He Twisted His Stem Off With Pliers. Thought I Was Ripping Him Off When I Told Him He Needed New Lugs And Studs. Brakes Were Metal To Metal And He Said They Were Brand New”
h/t: BoredPanda