@@flyingmonkeys9774 Canada, possibly. I've seen a few so called repairs that were comparable to what comes out of the opposite end of our digestive system.
i once had a neighbor, a quite pretty blonde actually, who said her new car kept stopping and would not restart. She told me that several times it had stopped, but she called a mechanic who got it going again. One day it conked out right in front of my house, so I offered to get it going again. I got in the driver's seat, turned the key and noticed the fuel gauge didn't move off the peg, but various lights came on. I got a length of electrical cable and poked it down through the filler tube - it came out completely dry. I explained to her that every few hundred kilometres she needed to buy gasoline, and she should do this when the gauge shows near empty. Later, I heard her and her husband have an almighty row. I don't know what exactly, but it had something to do with the car stopping.
@@insus100The customer brought the car in with a full tank of gas. Also shops will upcharge the price of fuel if they need to fill it. Like a rental vehicle if you don't bring it back with the same amount of fuel you had in it when you picked it up, then they charge you for it.
One of my coworkers said his company truck quit while driving and wouldn’t start. Towing and $800 later the garage informed management it had no fuel in it.
The best thing is that the hole has probably been there for ages ... and he works there. He probably watched it grow to that size and laughed when people drove into it.
The one with the almost full tank kills me. The ones I always got had to be driven several miles to duplicate a problem but only had enough fuel to back out of the stall.
"tell the customer to call an uber and come back in 3 or 4 days, maybe next week idk" "what why???" "he wants me to duplicate the issue and this thing gets 30 mpg"
"hmmmm im having an issue with my fuel system, better get this fucker as topped off as it gets before I take it in for my appointment!" - every customer ever
People! There is a reason Home Depot sells spray foam but not car parts. The same reason any auto parts store sells car parts, but not spray foam. Stop it! They need to start putting "Not for automotive use" on the can. This is where we are as a society.
Many car owners manuals caution the owner that batteries contain acid and they should not drink the acid that's inside the battery. That's where we are as a society.
"Wal, it SAYS not fer automotive use, but that's just so they don' get sued. It's jus' fine, 's long's ya use plenny of it." (accent intentionally nonspecific)
My dad grew up in the model T era. The heat came off the exhaust manifold. If they found out the guy had a date they would smear Limburger cheese on the manifold. I put a plate of tuna salad under the front seat of a friend's car once....
@@amandahugankiss4110 This used to be a *lot* more common than it is today, though the work was usually better than this. There's 4 main reasons that I can think of, though I'm really not too sure that any of them apply here. One of the big ones is to get around import fees. Importing a car has certain rules and fees associated with it. Cars that are cut in half are just scrap metal or parts though and that has a totally different set of rules and fees. People used to cut a car in half, import it, and weld it back together. It's totally illegal in most countries though. Some guys working in junkyards had a profitable little side hustle doing this with nicer, but not super rare cars. Car A comes into the junkyard with a totaled front end. Car B comes in with a totaled rear end. Cut them both in half and mate weld the two ends together. This ties into the next one which is - Crime. It's even more profitable if you have a stolen car to work with. Car A comes into the junkyard with a totaled front end. Car B comes in with a totaled rear end. Car C is stolen. Cut the bad ends off of A and B. Cut C in half. C donates to A and B. You have two 'legal' cars for the price of two junked cars and a stolen car. The last one I can think of is reealllllllllyyy niche. That's dealing with things that you're not supposed to be able to buy at all, but people want. A good example is the M151 jeep (not the willys family). The us gov said that their tendency to rollover made them too dangerous to sell as surplus. So they would sell them as scrap on the condition they got cut in half. Some enterprising individuals welded some back together. In fact, they welded quite a few of them back together. I know there's other examples of this happening too. Anyways, I expect that this guy was just a particularly enterprising DIY guy with a bright idea. He figured he could get a good car out of two junk cars on the cheap. He just didn't have any of the skill and knowledge needed to actually pull it off though.
As someone who makes differential bearings for a living, I am going to give my honest and professional opinion about that differential. I would say your bearings are shot right along with the rest of your differential.
As a Subaru tech, I can say it might be a lil more than a bearing replacement. I'm just amazed they didn't notice until it started flopping around. I bet there was quite a loud bang they just ignored.
I will tell on myself. I brought my Mustang to the mechanic because it wouldn’t take gas. The pump kept clicking off. My fuel gauge said half a tank. I wanted the mechanic to replicate the problem. He told me. “It won’t take gas because it’s FULL. The problem is the gauge.” It was the sending unit and five years later, I’m still dating the mechanic.
came in with a shitty little car said that the oil pressure light went on sometimes after some high way driving. I drove the car for a while nothing happened, she kept insisting that sometimes it did and starts beeping (VAG group car the will do that with low oil pressure) long story short the oil haddend been changed in a decade and the crud that accumulated in the oil siphon would eventually clog and fall back out when the engine was shut off. Anyway we were together for 9 years. Her shitty past and car maintenance brought us together lolz
Well, to be fair, your described symptoms could also point towards a problem with fuel tank venting - clogged vapor recovery line or failed purge solenoid. The gauge not moving past 1/2 could have also pointed to a bad ground on the sending unit or a damaged wire in the harness. Hopefully, your car has one of those access panels under the back seat to access the fuel tank - whoever came up with that idea is a freaking HERO! (I've owned too many cars where you have to drain the gas tank and drop it out underneath the car to change the pump, so I really appreciate when a manufacturer makes it easy to work on!) Five years dating the mechanic - I believe that's called "leasing." 🤣 Tell him to slide a -PTFE O-ring- engagement ring on that finger already!
If you have an S197, they DO have an issue with the saddle tank design. The evap system vent is the issue and causes the gas pump to click off at half tank. Once it clicks off, I have to hold the fuel hose at a 90 degree angle and then it will put in another 7 gallons and fill the tank.
I'm glad I'm not not one of these people. I dropped my truck for a repair. I was in at the scheduled time. It was clean inside. I knew what code it was giving so I could ask intelligent questions to the guy writing it up. Long story short I get a new transmission and my extended warranty paid for itself several times over on one repair.
You’re smart and lucky. On average, extended warranties are a better deal for the dealer than for the owner - otherwise they wouldn’t push them so hard! P. S. if you do want an extended warranty you can usually get a better price if you shop around online vs getting it from the dealer.
My shop loves me. I do the same, treat them with respect, consider their repairs and almost always accept them. If anything, I go looking for things for them to fix, and they say it’s not a problem, save your money. I like my guys.
And they are not even as bad as the lifetime warranties. My dad went to a place like that to check out a truck he wanted and it was some $4-5K extra but required to purchase a vehicle there. Truck was like 300 miles away from one of the big maintenances and to keep the lifetime warranty it is required to be done on time and by a shop they chose. You go past the mileage or use a non approved shop (or do it yourself) and it’s instantly void.
@@eaglerider1826to be fair, if you get pizza from most chains the box will taste better than what’s in it, and I don’t know if you know this or not but cups can have more than just hot things in them, so it can save some trouble by warning you if there’s a hot thing in a cup vs a cold thing or even a room temperature thing…
Me: Following torque specs and factory manual instructions, still second-guessing the quality of my DIY work Also me: There are people out here spray-foaming two cars together and daily driving it
Me: 18 months into a project to put a rusty old van back on the road, because I'm learning and practising welding and fabrication so I can carefully rebuild the rotten sills (rockers) as close as possible to how it was put together at the factory Also me: Watches video where rusty cars have major parts of their structure made out of shelving brackets, self-tapping screws, spray foam and duct tape
My son came home one day with a damaged wheel and destroyed tire. Told me he hit a pothole. I understood as it happened to my wife and I both in the past and I helped him fix it. Then about a week later, I drove by where he said he hit the pothole. I was about 3 feet off the road going around a turn. 🤦♂
Bloody eck, haven’t seen a cut n shut for years, but most I saw were welded together not gaffer taped with a couple of bolts! One advantage of us having yearly MOTs (inspections for you on the other side of the water) as catches all of these out. Must admit though, that one looked like it could’ve done with a few more cable ties to hold the two halves together 😁
For 30 years Japan had a perfect solution for disposing of old cars - they cut them in halves and sold them to Russia. At some point almost all cars in the eastern part of the country were rebuilt 'constructors'. Still a lot of them roam the streets. 😂
Oh you haven't been to Poland then I'd guess :D There is a youtuber who used to do "pimp my ride" style videos for free for his viewers, they got a random car from a viewer that was welded together out of 3 cars. Cut across A pillar, B pillar. Front, center and rear were different cars You can scroll around this video if you want to see the carnage 😂 They had to buy a different car for the viewer to finish the project. ua-cam.com/video/gwaAFD8v1Sc/v-deo.htmlsi=wfZX-OfpcQj-l_NQ&t=89
2 friends were arguing about a BMW that came into the shop. "It's a 1980" "No, look at the rear lights, it's an 81' Eventually, they realized that yes, the front didn't match the back. So they called a local that was known to do such work. He admitted he had done an 80/81 cut and shut. "Where's the join?" they asked, as they couldn't figure it out. "You'll never find it" They never did, nor find any functional defects in the car.
Back in the late '60's and early '70's we used to make Dune Buggies by cutting a VW Beetle in half, removing about 16" of the chassis and then welding it back together. I stress "welded" as using cable ties and duct tape would fail on a dune. These vehicles had no problem passing inspections as they were solid, sturdy buggies.
"The customer declined repairs . . . " How do they even get those wrecks into and out of the shops? Another great posting. Keep it up. It is always good for a hearty laugh.
I know for a fact that some are convinced that the shops are trying to take them for a ride (sounds like these particular shops aren’t given the video evidence of clear related issues) Others I’m sure are confident that now that they are informed of the issue that they can fix it themselves and save a ton of money And some just don’t have the money to do the repairs at the time I’m kinda in both the second and third situation with some things right now… I’ve gone nearly a year without horn/cruise/airbag, but I can’t afford $400+ for a new clockspring from O’Reilly’s or Napa ~plus~ install at a shop, but after watching some how-to’s online, I’m 98% confident that I can install the $140 one I ordered online… coulda gotten for as low as $40 but was uncertain that it would have the proper pin count as apparently there are several that are offered for my truck that vary in pin count… ---- Also my steering shaft joint assembly (my shop called it an intermediate joint assembly I think) has gone out after 312k miles so steering at all is often a bit of a challenge as at predictable times the wheel feels like it’s resisting my efforts to turn/is binding I can still steer, but that resistance varies from basically none (occasionally) to noticeable (most of the time) to “damn, I hope I can crank through this and make my turn at all” (sometimes) But I can’t miss work and the part won’t be here until late this upcoming week at earliest… so I had to drive off without the repairs this time… though I **WILL** be going to my usual shop for this one
I spent 10 years in a Ford dealership. I left the business almost 10 years ago, I hate cars and never work on them anymore, but I love these videos. Keep them coming!
i worked in a smog check in my city and in only a year and a half, it made me hate people and their cars, don´t want to work on anything car related again
"Please test the effects of low fuel with my fully-fueled car." "Will do - I will drive this home every day. I live close by, so come back in a month."
For the stuff I can't do, I go to a local good honest shop and they got signs that says if your car runs out of gas on a test drive there will be an additional charge for the tow and the needed gas... I recently noticed they got their own tow truck too... I'm guessing they've had this happen a few times 😂
The fact that in the last clip the lady helped him pick things up, shows there are still good humans out there, i would have gave her a discount just for that alone if i could
Indeed many states don't require safety inspections, only for pollution in some of them. They should require it on any personal and small commercial vehicle after 3 years and every 1-2 years thereafter, including as PA and NY do for rust out, suspension, brakes, lights, etc.
I'd argue cars need a regular inspection similar to propane tanks and other similar tanks, because people sure as hell don't look after their cars and inspections are only necessary when it changes names (generally I know each state has different laws)
@michaelscarport I was given stuff to eat while in the back of a car in the 70s. That stopped really fast once it became clear that I got carsick just from *being in the back* and that adding food to the equation made things 10x worse - and messier.
Of course they did. You think a reasonable person would drive a car like theirs into the shop to begin with?? The kind of people that do this stuff are very low iq.
@@daveh7720 You actually have to really search around for wire hangers. Kinda sucks. They were usually the right size for odd jobs that weren't related to clothes.
I’ve struggled more with folding beach chairs when they want to give me a run for my money than that cart folding. I mean there was just zero protest, it collapsed before it even hit the pothole
The amount of work that must go into fixing together 2 half-cars and it still work (to some degree). Just feels like a lot of effort, to then have at best, a heap of junk at the end. They must have some skills to get that far though. In the UK, we call that a 'cut n shut' job and up until about 20 years ago use to be common, with even garages knowingly doing it
It was a common way for crash shops to fix cars here in Australia where I live for a very long time. but....they had to follow very strict rules and regulations to make sure the cars were 100% safe for use.
What's so bad about them that they're NOT perfectly acceptable? Unless it's in the engine bay, I guess, where water and dirt can get into the connection
I worked on an SLK years ago at an independent shop in Kentucky that was two cars put together but was silver and more twisted than this one. Four people purchased this car on the internet and brought it to us, just for us to turn it down
When I worked for Toyota we had a Prius that came in with electrical issues. Turned out the whole roof had been replaced from another car and whoever did the work melted some of the wiring harness. Was the craziest thing I had ever seen.
Same here, I’ve never had a situation with any of my vehicles in over 30 years of owning and driving cars where I thought spray foam was an answer to any of my vehicles problems! 😂
The fish reminds me of what happened during a campout. A certain individual made a huge ass of himself and caused a lot of drama, and somehow some fish ended up in his spare tire well. To make matters more interesting, he had BSed a dealership to loan him a car that had already been sold to someone else while his car was in the shop.
People are blind. Back where I used to work, we had an "underground" car park. To get into it, you either had to approach the gate with a car (motorcycles are too small!) or use the one and only pedestrian access, which had an automatically closing door, to keep the homeless people or hooligans out. To get in, you had to present your parking ticket (issued at the front gate) to a machine, that would open the doors. There was no other way in. The number of times people would come back to us claiming that our automatic door was broken was insane!!! Not only would they not see the machine, but when they did, they would consistently fail to notice the BIG, FUCK-OFF SIZED ARROW ON THEIR TICKET indicating which side that needed to be inserted into the slot, along with the words: "THIS SIDE UP"! This was, of course, when they hadn't forgotten their ticket in their car altogether, despite the gate at the entrance audibly reminding them to take it with them when it distributed it!!! This continued, even when we put signs up on the doors themselves, inside the car park, and audio recordings explaining everything in the elevators!!! It drove us mad!!!
Imagine being a designer who assumes that people who grew up reading labels in their native language, and not having touch screens, will somehow, in their old age, be able to figure out all of the strange, stylized, arbitrary hieroglyphs you come up with mean, and that their presence on the screen implies that they are touch screen controls instead of indicators. I'm starting to realize that sometimes the drivers aren't fully responsible for not understanding how their cars work.
From the other side of the world I find some of the "INSANE" experiences that are shown like the interior of cars looking like the inside of a garbage truck, parts missing or about to fall off, the home expert repairs, a car from two cars etc, laughable but worrying.
I used to get wiring harnesses like that every fall. But from mice! It's more fun when someone takes a pick through the insulation every couple of feet.
I was at the dealership getting a manual regen done on my 2016 GMC Sierra 2500 Denali and "someone" left a section of the wiring harness, under the hood, hanging free instead of bolted back to the fender well. It got loose and the fan belt ate it, severing twenty-something wires. At least that's what the dealer told me. I don't know what really happened, but it cost me $450 to get it manually spliced back together.
@@CaptainFalcon92 That sounds good for the rest of us.... I keep thinking that as the average price of cars goes up that people will get more particular about their vehicles but clearly not.
I once had a winter beater that ran great, frame solid, but big rust holes in the trunk and rear quarters. Didn't want exhaust fumes coming in, so used spray foam. Ground it off, bondoed it, painted it shit brown, and drove for a couple winters. My kids made me a shirt that said, dad's ugly cheby! Yep... spelled it cheby... with the same ugly paint! Wore the shirt proudly! 😀👍
It’s sad to see how many people are struggling to maintain their vehicles. Back when I was a young fella in the military we used to second opinion deployed members family’s vehicles. We couldn’t fix them in the shop, but I did many a job in my driveway for a case of beer on the weekends. Let’s all help out our struggling cash strapped community members.
@@DJGRoca lot of them arent even done by the owner. Perfect example was my looking for a new truck. It was advertised as a 4x4 and said 4x4 on it. It even had the knob inside. I get down on my back to look at the frame.....2 wheel drive.
@DJGRoc the insurance Companies reason is that you are technically making it look more appetising to thieves who and therefore increasing its risk of being stolen.
I don't know what's more amazing...(1) how these "customers" can successfully drive their clunkers into the shop, decline repairs, and then successfully drive them away; or (2) how you can narrate these videos with such a calm steady voice 😮
Customer... probably: HELP! When my car runs out of gas, it acts like its running out of gas! Can you stop it from running out of gas when its running out of gas? Mechanic: Sure! Let me take a look at it! *2 hours later* Mechanic: Well, I took a look! Turns out when youre running out of gas you have to add gass to stop it from running out of gas. Who knew! Customer: Thanks so much. Who wouldve guessed? *A totally real and not an AI conversation... apparently*
LOL at the parts guy and the pothole. I actually said "Oh no" as he approached it. "Recreate what happens when I run out of gas" and customer brings in a full tank, LOL. The diagnostic fee won't be nearly as much as the customer replacing that tank of gasoline.
Anytime I question the current state of my vehicles, I see these videos and realize: "Maybe I'm not doing such a bad job at taking care of my vehicles, and should maybe even be proud of how much care I give to them"; Thanks for the cringey laughs and the confidence boost!
I can't believe how some people live their lives. Even when I was a broke teenager in the 1980s I drove a better car that I paid for myself and put alot of hours into so it wasn't quite a death trap like these cars. Wow... Keep the videos coming.
Agree. In college, I was living off 4 for $1 mac and cheese but always scraped together enough for synthetic oil. I think the more broke you are, the more you respect how SOL you'd be if you didn't maintain it.
@@sometimesleela5947 Mean this to be encouraging - I've gotten 300K miles out of a Honda engine using Havoline conventional oil and Purolator filters. Materials that could be purchased on sale if a person plans ahead. Ordinary but quality fluid and filter. Just change it when it gets dirty and baby it when the engine is cold. BUT - I got through college like you did. Modest spending paired with a modest income. Graduated with no debt from StateU - found a solid job.
I dont get it either. My car is the most expensive thing I own and it is my lifeline to groceries and work and school. It is the bare fucking minimum to keep it maintained and I'm SOL if I don't
@@Ksweetpea Yep, I owned cheap cars I could pay cash for. Bought them, fixed them up with used parts when I could, new if I couldn't - and drove them for a while. And repeated. Basically drove for free this way. Good luck to you.
Fish under the hood: Angry ex, Angry co-worker, Angry neighbor, Drunken buddies prank, Totally random vandalism, Or maybe you were a "Karen" to some skate boarders, bicycles etc kids. What else did I miss?
Submit your clips/photos at www.justrolledinyt.com Have a great weekend!
And stay safe during cold.
What 3rd world country do these customers live in? Surely this can't be in the USA?
Maybe it’s possible to put a flag on screen or something indicating which country the clip comes from , just for the sake of interest ?
@@flyingmonkeys9774 Canada, possibly. I've seen a few so called repairs that were comparable to what comes out of the opposite end of our digestive system.
That cart folded faster than superman on laundry day.
It was funny but I feel bad 😅
@@JustRolledIn Making it fit in your luggage, car, and storing it easy in the house.
slips right under the bed!@@thewubmachine840
Hahahaha!
Well said.
I hope this was the start of a beautiful romance, because that was Hugh Grant rom-com grade clumsy.
I have said it before, but it bares repeating. This channel is THE
gold standard of the "Customer States" genre.
I don't even watch any others.
@@timothyball3144 same...
@@JustRolledIn Relax & unwind with "Customer States" Playlist.
I made the mistake of watching another channel one time and clicked off after 5 seconds. This is the best channel for this
@@timothyball3144 there really isn't a reason to imo.
These never disappoint. We went from 2 cars "bolted" together to a Customer not knowing what happens when you run out of gas......
Just your average Friday
i once had a neighbor, a quite pretty blonde actually, who said her new car kept stopping and would not restart. She told me that several times it had stopped, but she called a mechanic who got it going again. One day it conked out right in front of my house, so I offered to get it going again. I got in the driver's seat, turned the key and noticed the fuel gauge didn't move off the peg, but various lights came on. I got a length of electrical cable and poked it down through the filler tube - it came out completely dry.
I explained to her that every few hundred kilometres she needed to buy gasoline, and she should do this when the gauge shows near empty.
Later, I heard her and her husband have an almighty row. I don't know what exactly, but it had something to do with the car stopping.
He knew he just wanted free gas
@@insus100The customer brought the car in with a full tank of gas. Also shops will upcharge the price of fuel if they need to fill it. Like a rental vehicle if you don't bring it back with the same amount of fuel you had in it when you picked it up, then they charge you for it.
@@keithammleter3824maintaining the “blonde dumb” stereotype
“Nope” - closes bonnet
That had me on the floor 🤣🤣
👍🤣🤣...
Could insert that sound clip for almost every one of these lol
@@nodsib I most certainly would not touch the disgusting back seat of that RAV4
@@pommunist I wouldn’t say “nope” to touching that back seat… I’d be too busy throwing up to get the words out.
Yep
"My car is out of fuel and won't start. How do I fix this?"
"You're out of gas. Go to a fillup station."
"Nah, that's not it."
"Customer declined repairs"
One of my coworkers said his company truck quit while driving and wouldn’t start. Towing and $800 later the garage informed management it had no fuel in it.
"How can I get to the gas station stupid? I already told you, my car won't start"
The number of times I’ve had this conversation…
😂😂😂
that was great. "make sure you avoid the ONE pot hole in the parking lot"... youre the best.
The best thing is that the hole has probably been there for ages ... and he works there. He probably watched it grow to that size and laughed when people drove into it.
typical "Parts Guy" behavior lol
Or how about this: fill in the pothole.
He needs pothole practice. Just a bit of training and he'll be out there at it again.
@@meroddaglenholm7924Exactly. One day he probably looked at it and saw money. "Workman's comp here I come!"
The one with the almost full tank kills me. The ones I always got had to be driven several miles to duplicate a problem but only had enough fuel to back out of the stall.
And then they bitch about the price of the fuel ya put in !!
I laughed so hard when I saw that because that is my exact experience as well 😂
woman moment
"tell the customer to call an uber and come back in 3 or 4 days, maybe next week idk"
"what why???"
"he wants me to duplicate the issue and this thing gets 30 mpg"
"hmmmm im having an issue with my fuel system, better get this fucker as topped off as it gets before I take it in for my appointment!" - every customer ever
Parts Guy noticed Blonde Lady Driver seemed the Nice Type, so he ... fell for her. That is one savvy dude.
I see what you attempted there, 14/10 IGNs.
People! There is a reason Home Depot sells spray foam but not car parts. The same reason any auto parts store sells car parts, but not spray foam. Stop it!
They need to start putting "Not for automotive use" on the can. This is where we are as a society.
Many car owners manuals caution the owner that batteries contain acid and they should not drink the acid that's inside the battery. That's where we are as a society.
But I did like the shed hasp as a replacement for the trunk latch. Innovative, other than putting it THERE where it will maximize water intrusion.
"Wal, it SAYS not fer automotive use, but that's just so they don' get sued. It's jus' fine, 's long's ya use plenny of it." (accent intentionally nonspecific)
@@MrSloikabut but all the cool kids are drinking battery acid 😂
@@MonkeyJedi99Once spray foam is a major structural component of your car, it’s a bit late to worry about water intrusion.
On the 2023 Rav4 that the rear seats had to come out in order to perform a recall .. How the hell can anybody trash a car so quickly? WOW !!
More money than brains. I see it all the time.
It’s like they have had two sacks of fertilizer laying there since day one.
It looked like mold was forming too.
Either lots of kids or big dogs.
Children. Have young babies in the car, it can get that way real quick.
Any guy with prankster buddies know how those fish got there.
Or an ex-spouse.
Reminded me of all the top gear episodes where that prank was pulled.
@@TheAtomicSpoon I can hear Clarkson already: "There had been treachery"
My dad grew up in the model T era. The heat came off the exhaust manifold. If they found out the guy had a date they would smear Limburger cheese on the manifold. I put a plate of tuna salad under the front seat of a friend's car once....
@TheAtomicSpoon I was thinking that as I wrote the comment. I miss those crazy Brits.
The guy that stitched two cars together has an amazing work ethic...in a way.
Yeah.
How could that have been easier than a repair?
Even a bunch or repairs.
So curious now.
Fucking why??
@@amandahugankiss4110 This used to be a *lot* more common than it is today, though the work was usually better than this. There's 4 main reasons that I can think of, though I'm really not too sure that any of them apply here.
One of the big ones is to get around import fees. Importing a car has certain rules and fees associated with it. Cars that are cut in half are just scrap metal or parts though and that has a totally different set of rules and fees. People used to cut a car in half, import it, and weld it back together. It's totally illegal in most countries though.
Some guys working in junkyards had a profitable little side hustle doing this with nicer, but not super rare cars. Car A comes into the junkyard with a totaled front end. Car B comes in with a totaled rear end. Cut them both in half and mate weld the two ends together. This ties into the next one which is -
Crime. It's even more profitable if you have a stolen car to work with. Car A comes into the junkyard with a totaled front end. Car B comes in with a totaled rear end. Car C is stolen. Cut the bad ends off of A and B. Cut C in half. C donates to A and B. You have two 'legal' cars for the price of two junked cars and a stolen car.
The last one I can think of is reealllllllllyyy niche. That's dealing with things that you're not supposed to be able to buy at all, but people want. A good example is the M151 jeep (not the willys family). The us gov said that their tendency to rollover made them too dangerous to sell as surplus. So they would sell them as scrap on the condition they got cut in half. Some enterprising individuals welded some back together. In fact, they welded quite a few of them back together. I know there's other examples of this happening too.
Anyways, I expect that this guy was just a particularly enterprising DIY guy with a bright idea. He figured he could get a good car out of two junk cars on the cheap. He just didn't have any of the skill and knowledge needed to actually pull it off though.
@@amandahugankiss4110 I thought everyone loves a customized car in the US? :-)
@@amandahugankiss4110 Well maybe he crashed the car and the only other Mercedes he could find was crashed on the opposite end?
Called a cut'n'shut in the UK two cars normally accident damaged welded together death trap waiting to happen.
As someone who makes differential bearings for a living, I am going to give my honest and professional opinion about that differential. I would say your bearings are shot right along with the rest of your differential.
It'll be fine, just needs a bit of grease.. and a new diff.
I have no bearing on this bearing matter. 🤣😂
And here I thought I knew the problem.
IT AIN'T GOT NO GAS IN IT.
No wait... that was a different one.
Name checks out.
As a Subaru tech, I can say it might be a lil more than a bearing replacement. I'm just amazed they didn't notice until it started flopping around. I bet there was quite a loud bang they just ignored.
The guy and the cart collapsed like one of those soft body physics animations.
I will tell on myself. I brought my Mustang to the mechanic because it wouldn’t take gas. The pump kept clicking off. My fuel gauge said half a tank. I wanted the mechanic to replicate the problem. He told me. “It won’t take gas because it’s FULL. The problem is the gauge.”
It was the sending unit and five years later, I’m still dating the mechanic.
Sounds like an expensive repair there 😂😂
came in with a shitty little car said that the oil pressure light went on sometimes after some high way driving. I drove the car for a while nothing happened, she kept insisting that sometimes it did and starts beeping (VAG group car the will do that with low oil pressure) long story short the oil haddend been changed in a decade and the crud that accumulated in the oil siphon would eventually clog and fall back out when the engine was shut off. Anyway we were together for 9 years. Her shitty past and car maintenance brought us together lolz
Well, to be fair, your described symptoms could also point towards a problem with fuel tank venting - clogged vapor recovery line or failed purge solenoid. The gauge not moving past 1/2 could have also pointed to a bad ground on the sending unit or a damaged wire in the harness. Hopefully, your car has one of those access panels under the back seat to access the fuel tank - whoever came up with that idea is a freaking HERO! (I've owned too many cars where you have to drain the gas tank and drop it out underneath the car to change the pump, so I really appreciate when a manufacturer makes it easy to work on!)
Five years dating the mechanic - I believe that's called "leasing." 🤣 Tell him to slide a -PTFE O-ring- engagement ring on that finger already!
@@dashcamandy2242 The O-rings do make the difference.
If you have an S197, they DO have an issue with the saddle tank design. The evap system vent is the issue and causes the gas pump to click off at half tank. Once it clicks off, I have to hold the fuel hose at a 90 degree angle and then it will put in another 7 gallons and fill the tank.
I'm glad I'm not not one of these people. I dropped my truck for a repair. I was in at the scheduled time. It was clean inside. I knew what code it was giving so I could ask intelligent questions to the guy writing it up. Long story short I get a new transmission and my extended warranty paid for itself several times over on one repair.
You’re smart and lucky. On average, extended warranties are a better deal for the dealer than for the owner - otherwise they wouldn’t push them so hard!
P. S. if you do want an extended warranty you can usually get a better price if you shop around online vs getting it from the dealer.
My shop loves me. I do the same, treat them with respect, consider their repairs and almost always accept them. If anything, I go looking for things for them to fix, and they say it’s not a problem, save your money. I like my guys.
Most of those extended warranties are just legal scams that won't pay out for anything.
@@Sashazur Here is an idea: buy a better brand car, that does not break down every 2 years...
And they are not even as bad as the lifetime warranties. My dad went to a place like that to check out a truck he wanted and it was some $4-5K extra but required to purchase a vehicle there. Truck was like 300 miles away from one of the big maintenances and to keep the lifetime warranty it is required to be done on time and by a shop they chose. You go past the mileage or use a non approved shop (or do it yourself) and it’s instantly void.
60 years ago, the owners manual told you how to adjust the valves. Now they tell you to not consume any automotive fluid. Way to go society
You mean to tell me you don't drink antifreeze in the winter?
God, I've been doing it wrong for so many years 😂
Because the older generation drank automotive fluid that's why warning labels are in place because of previous mistakes.
We also have pizza boxes that recommend you remove from box before eating and coffee cups that state Hot .
@@dukenukem5753 I found an old fan belt in my garage which had instructions on the sleeve . Number 1 was turn off engine .
@@eaglerider1826to be fair, if you get pizza from most chains the box will taste better than what’s in it, and I don’t know if you know this or not but cups can have more than just hot things in them, so it can save some trouble by warning you if there’s a hot thing in a cup vs a cold thing or even a room temperature thing…
Me: Following torque specs and factory manual instructions, still second-guessing the quality of my DIY work
Also me: There are people out here spray-foaming two cars together and daily driving it
Apparently some continents have stronger spray foam than others! I have no other explanation.
Me: 18 months into a project to put a rusty old van back on the road, because I'm learning and practising welding and fabrication so I can carefully rebuild the rotten sills (rockers) as close as possible to how it was put together at the factory
Also me: Watches video where rusty cars have major parts of their structure made out of shelving brackets, self-tapping screws, spray foam and duct tape
How did the guy not see the 2ft pothole ? Its like he meant to hit it. Drives like my wife.
😂😅
@@JustRolledIn When we find his wife we can blackmail him to keep our mouths shut.
😂😂 @@richardl6751
@@richardl6751Nah, looks to me like a workman's comp claim. The wife probably appreciated the extra money.
My son came home one day with a damaged wheel and destroyed tire. Told me he hit a pothole. I understood as it happened to my wife and I both in the past and I helped him fix it. Then about a week later, I drove by where he said he hit the pothole. I was about 3 feet off the road going around a turn. 🤦♂
Bloody eck, haven’t seen a cut n shut for years, but most I saw were welded together not gaffer taped with a couple of bolts! One advantage of us having yearly MOTs (inspections for you on the other side of the water) as catches all of these out.
Must admit though, that one looked like it could’ve done with a few more cable ties to hold the two halves together 😁
For 30 years Japan had a perfect solution for disposing of old cars - they cut them in halves and sold them to Russia. At some point almost all cars in the eastern part of the country were rebuilt 'constructors'. Still a lot of them roam the streets. 😂
Oh you haven't been to Poland then I'd guess :D
There is a youtuber who used to do "pimp my ride" style videos for free for his viewers, they got a random car from a viewer that was welded together out of 3 cars.
Cut across A pillar, B pillar. Front, center and rear were different cars
You can scroll around this video if you want to see the carnage 😂
They had to buy a different car for the viewer to finish the project.
ua-cam.com/video/gwaAFD8v1Sc/v-deo.htmlsi=wfZX-OfpcQj-l_NQ&t=89
2 friends were arguing about a BMW that came into the shop. "It's a 1980" "No, look at the rear lights, it's an 81' Eventually, they realized that yes, the front didn't match the back. So they called a local that was known to do such work. He admitted he had done an 80/81 cut and shut. "Where's the join?" they asked, as they couldn't figure it out. "You'll never find it" They never did, nor find any functional defects in the car.
Back in the late '60's and early '70's we used to make Dune Buggies by cutting a VW Beetle in half, removing about 16" of the chassis and then welding it back together. I stress "welded" as using cable ties and duct tape would fail on a dune. These vehicles had no problem passing inspections as they were solid, sturdy buggies.
@@grahammonk8013
Reminds me of a certain Johnny Cash song 😂. It's called "One Piece At A Time", a great song!
these people are comiting car crimes😂😂
Likely to scam or having problems after driving.
@@thewubmachine840 lol
"This repair is necessary to make your car at least moderately safe to be on the road!"
- "I decline the repairs."
And should be in jail
"The customer declined repairs . . . " How do they even get those wrecks into and out of the shops? Another great posting. Keep it up. It is always good for a hearty laugh.
I know for a fact that some are convinced that the shops are trying to take them for a ride (sounds like these particular shops aren’t given the video evidence of clear related issues)
Others I’m sure are confident that now that they are informed of the issue that they can fix it themselves and save a ton of money
And some just don’t have the money to do the repairs at the time
I’m kinda in both the second and third situation with some things right now… I’ve gone nearly a year without horn/cruise/airbag, but I can’t afford $400+ for a new clockspring from O’Reilly’s or Napa ~plus~ install at a shop, but after watching some how-to’s online, I’m 98% confident that I can install the $140 one I ordered online… coulda gotten for as low as $40 but was uncertain that it would have the proper pin count as apparently there are several that are offered for my truck that vary in pin count…
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Also my steering shaft joint assembly (my shop called it an intermediate joint assembly I think) has gone out after 312k miles so steering at all is often a bit of a challenge as at predictable times the wheel feels like it’s resisting my efforts to turn/is binding
I can still steer, but that resistance varies from basically none (occasionally) to noticeable (most of the time) to “damn, I hope I can crank through this and make my turn at all” (sometimes)
But I can’t miss work and the part won’t be here until late this upcoming week at earliest… so I had to drive off without the repairs this time… though I **WILL** be going to my usual shop for this one
I spent 10 years in a Ford dealership. I left the business almost 10 years ago, I hate cars and never work on them anymore, but I love these videos. Keep them coming!
I'm with you Tom. Sold my business and retired two years ago , at 55.
Never want to see another car or talk to an owner for the rest of my life.
Well now I need to hear the rest of it.
10 years is plenty of time to get your fill of the work, I don't blame you one bit
32 years @ 3 different GM dealerships. Got out 12 years ago and got a real job that paid well with good benefits. No regrets.
i worked in a smog check in my city and in only a year and a half, it made me hate people and their cars, don´t want to work on anything car related again
"Please test the effects of low fuel with my fully-fueled car."
"Will do - I will drive this home every day. I live close by, so come back in a month."
For the stuff I can't do, I go to a local good honest shop and they got signs that says if your car runs out of gas on a test drive there will be an additional charge for the tow and the needed gas...
I recently noticed they got their own tow truck too...
I'm guessing they've had this happen a few times 😂
_"By the way, I'm billing by the hour."_
"Another shop tried to fix it" = the customer tried to fix it and failed spectacularly. As Dr. House always says..."everybody lies".
Also Dr Kelso.
That technician just looking under the engine cover and just saying nope got me good
Literally “IT AIN GOT NO GAS IN IT!” 🤣🤣🤣
Far from the first time that particular complaint has shown up in this channel.
The fact that in the last clip the lady helped him pick things up, shows there are still good humans out there, i would have gave her a discount just for that alone if i could
This channel exists as a constant reminder of why vehicle inspections should be required everywhere. So many deathtraps out there! smh
HERP! GOVERNMENT REGULATION IS COMMUNISM! DERP!
Indeed many states don't require safety inspections, only for pollution in some of them. They should require it on any personal and small commercial vehicle after 3 years and every 1-2 years thereafter, including as PA and NY do for rust out, suspension, brakes, lights, etc.
As a retired technician, I enjoy this and similar channels because I've been through these before myself.
I don't want to deal with inspections - safety or pollution - but this channel constantly makes be second guess that.
I'd argue cars need a regular inspection similar to propane tanks and other similar tanks, because people sure as hell don't look after their cars and inspections are only necessary when it changes names (generally I know each state has different laws)
I had to rewind when you said that was a 2023 Rav4 because there was no way I heard that right. How can you possibly do that in just 1 year??
Go through a car wash with the windows open and don't do anything about drying it out afterwards.
@michaelscarport I was given stuff to eat while in the back of a car in the 70s. That stopped really fast once it became clear that I got carsick just from *being in the back* and that adding food to the equation made things 10x worse - and messier.
The most terrifying thing I hear in these videos?
"The customer declined all repairs"
Of course they did. You think a reasonable person would drive a car like theirs into the shop to begin with?? The kind of people that do this stuff are very low iq.
Back in the day, we fixed everything with wire coat hangars. Now, I guess spray foam and zip ties are the hot ticket.
Ok Boomer!!! Oh...wait I'm a boomer too!
When was the last time you saw a wire coat hanger? They're all plastic now.
Wire coat hanger = emergency exhaust bracket, or antenna.
@@daveh7720 You actually have to really search around for wire hangers. Kinda sucks. They were usually the right size for odd jobs that weren't related to clothes.
Yes, wire coat hangers were good for exhaust pipe/muffler hangers, battery hold downs.
2:57 thing folded like a beach chair 😂
I’ve struggled more with folding beach chairs when they want to give me a run for my money than that cart folding. I mean there was just zero protest, it collapsed before it even hit the pothole
The amount of work that must go into fixing together 2 half-cars and it still work (to some degree). Just feels like a lot of effort, to then have at best, a heap of junk at the end. They must have some skills to get that far though. In the UK, we call that a 'cut n shut' job and up until about 20 years ago use to be common, with even garages knowingly doing it
Here in europe you see giant welds under the covers, dash and everythig else. That is a poor mechanic's job
It was a common way for crash shops to fix cars here in Australia where I live for a very long time. but....they had to follow very strict rules and regulations to make sure the cars were 100% safe for use.
Some of these customers don't need quotes they need an estimated life expectancy
1:45 That 'nope'. TOO funny.
Gotta love it when someone thinks wire nuts are perfectly acceptable 😂😂😂
He went and asked that 80-year old sparky friend "how do I connect wires together?" and took the first one sentence answer as the solution.
What's so bad about them that they're NOT perfectly acceptable? Unless it's in the engine bay, I guess, where water and dirt can get into the connection
"another shop" is a codeword for a buddy who got paid a 24pack plus fifty bucks and worked on the 24pack along with the vehicle.
I worked on an SLK years ago at an independent shop in Kentucky that was two cars put together but was silver and more twisted than this one. Four people purchased this car on the internet and brought it to us, just for us to turn it down
The car with the fish. I’d be looking at family and friends for the prankster. 😂😂😂
That's not a pot hole, that was a crater!
You must never have driven on a Pennsylvania highway.
@@JCWren pothole in a highway?
Have you heard of the grand canyon? That is bigger, lol.
thats a regular pothole in montreal. Its average really
When I worked for Toyota we had a Prius that came in with electrical issues. Turned out the whole roof had been replaced from another car and whoever did the work melted some of the wiring harness. Was the craziest thing I had ever seen.
2:56 Always check for fish in your car and you always have a full tank of gas. 😂👍💯
Imagine finding fish in your car and not knowing how they got there.😂
They got pranked for sure lol
I did that to someone's car once.
The prank of choice we had was placing dead squid on the exhaust manifold-the gift that keeps on giving,especially on a hot,humid day.
In my family, finding fish in your car is a sign of trouble. Time to lay low.
I wonder if someone was sending a message about the previous owner?
The amount of times that spray foam makes an appearance in these BLOWS MY MIND
Same here, I’ve never had a situation with any of my vehicles in over 30 years of owning and driving cars where I thought spray foam was an answer to any of my vehicles problems! 😂
The fish reminds me of what happened during a campout. A certain individual made a huge ass of himself and caused a lot of drama, and somehow some fish ended up in his spare tire well. To make matters more interesting, he had BSed a dealership to loan him a car that had already been sold to someone else while his car was in the shop.
That last clip of the folding cart looks like it came from a Three Stooges clip. Can't help but laugh.
Whoop whoop whoop
Imagine bringing your car to a shop because you didnt press the singular, huge button on the screen.
People are blind.
Back where I used to work, we had an "underground" car park. To get into it, you either had to approach the gate with a car (motorcycles are too small!) or use the one and only pedestrian access, which had an automatically closing door, to keep the homeless people or hooligans out.
To get in, you had to present your parking ticket (issued at the front gate) to a machine, that would open the doors. There was no other way in.
The number of times people would come back to us claiming that our automatic door was broken was insane!!!
Not only would they not see the machine, but when they did, they would consistently fail to notice the BIG, FUCK-OFF SIZED ARROW ON THEIR TICKET indicating which side that needed to be inserted into the slot, along with the words: "THIS SIDE UP"!
This was, of course, when they hadn't forgotten their ticket in their car altogether, despite the gate at the entrance audibly reminding them to take it with them when it distributed it!!!
This continued, even when we put signs up on the doors themselves, inside the car park, and audio recordings explaining everything in the elevators!!!
It drove us mad!!!
Some people aren't used to the concept of touch screens and look for a physical button. My old folks did something similar just now.
I wonder if they know what that book that lives in the glove box is for?
@@The_Ballo that's fair. I'd rather assume that, than the alternative
Imagine being a designer who assumes that people who grew up reading labels in their native language, and not having touch screens, will somehow, in their old age, be able to figure out all of the strange, stylized, arbitrary hieroglyphs you come up with mean, and that their presence on the screen implies that they are touch screen controls instead of indicators. I'm starting to realize that sometimes the drivers aren't fully responsible for not understanding how their cars work.
There's something about the final clip, that watching it over and over again, makes it funnier.
hahaha the person who hid those fish there know how they got there...🤣
That cart went from 3d to 2d real fast.
Maybe it's the mean streak in me, but the parts guy hitting the only pothole in the parking lot made me laugh.
I am pretty sure I don't want him looking at my car.😊
@@jacqueline-fc8wb he will miss something right in front of him
*(**0:30**)* - Dude gave himself an extra swiggidy-sway bar. XD
That pothole jumped out in front of him outta nowhere! 🤣
On a serious note, I'm glad he's okay. Can't say the same for some of those poor cars though.
2:20 classic prank. I’ve seen people hide fish in body panels before as well
There are a lot of customers named "Other Shop", "Some Other Shop", "Another Shop", "A Different Shop", and "One Of Their Friends".
Attaching steering stabilizers to the sway bar!
Wonder if he showed his buddies the great looking additions?
😂😂
The way he just fell silently like a rag doll as if though he just got killed is hilarious
From the other side of the world I find some of the "INSANE" experiences that are shown like the interior of cars looking like the inside of a garbage truck, parts missing or about to fall off, the home expert repairs, a car from two cars etc, laughable but worrying.
I’m convinced whenever someone says “another shop did it” it might as well be “my buddy Dave”
I normally hide fish under the driver's seat. It works even better with heated seats!!
A hot lunch always makes me feel better 🤤
Fish fry
@@erichoekstra206 That reminds me of a Bloodhound Gang song!
That cart folded faster than the Cowboys in a playoff game
I used to get wiring harnesses like that every fall. But from mice! It's more fun when someone takes a pick through the insulation every couple of feet.
I was at the dealership getting a manual regen done on my 2016 GMC Sierra 2500 Denali and "someone" left a section of the wiring harness, under the hood, hanging free instead of bolted back to the fender well. It got loose and the fan belt ate it, severing twenty-something wires. At least that's what the dealer told me. I don't know what really happened, but it cost me $450 to get it manually spliced back together.
I would've made them pay for it!
There needs to be a basic maintenance test for getting a driver's license.
I wish!
How about just making people prove they have an IQ over 85?
@@MrSloika Good luck with that! I swear people get dumber with each passing year. SMH...
streets would be empty @@MrSloika
@@CaptainFalcon92 That sounds good for the rest of us.... I keep thinking that as the average price of cars goes up that people will get more particular about their vehicles but clearly not.
Spray foam for the win once again!!! Who would've thunk it!!
Don't forget the salt tappers 😂
@@JustRolledIn maybe relabel a few cans of spray foam as instant car body repair in a can and see how well they sell!
@@TheDisgruntledMechanic now that's a great idea! lol
I once had a winter beater that ran great, frame solid, but big rust holes in the trunk and rear quarters. Didn't want exhaust fumes coming in, so used spray foam. Ground it off, bondoed it, painted it shit brown, and drove for a couple winters. My kids made me a shirt that said, dad's ugly cheby! Yep... spelled it cheby... with the same ugly paint! Wore the shirt proudly! 😀👍
At this point I'm surprised nobody has made an entire body panel out of cans of spray foam then shaved it down to shape
2:53 And maybe install the bolts in the crash cart while you're at it.
Can't, used then on the crash bar car :P
2:53 you immediately know what's coming.
It’s sad to see how many people are struggling to maintain their vehicles.
Back when I was a young fella in the military we used to second opinion deployed members family’s vehicles. We couldn’t fix them in the shop, but I did many a job in my driveway for a case of beer on the weekends.
Let’s all help out our struggling cash strapped community members.
It's like that Fraiser episode where he is learning to ride a bike.... and keeps riding into the tree 😂
What did they do to that seat in less than a year for it to look like that?
An incontinent Rottweiler comes to mind.
@@daveh7720 Hauling small farm animals? Or children...
@@joeaverager In Redneckville, children are small farm animals!
Car seats. Kids spill and stick all kinds of crap in and around them.
In the UK, badging your car to make it look like a different/better model can invalidate your insurance.
Your country is communist.
That's awesome! Sadly, up-badging is far too common here in the US. SMH...
@@DJGRoca lot of them arent even done by the owner. Perfect example was my looking for a new truck. It was advertised as a 4x4 and said 4x4 on it. It even had the knob inside. I get down on my back to look at the frame.....2 wheel drive.
@DJGRoc the insurance Companies reason is that you are technically making it look more appetising to thieves who and therefore increasing its risk of being stolen.
@@arcticfox5118Did you sue for false advertizing?
that last one just rolled out.
I'll go away now.
I don't know what's more amazing...(1) how these "customers" can successfully drive their clunkers into the shop, decline repairs, and then successfully drive them away; or (2) how you can narrate these videos with such a calm steady voice 😮
Love the vids keep them up
Thanks! I appreciate it
Your welcome
Haha that guy at the end has to be a setup that is too funny.
I'm thinking the parts guy was trying to tell the shop that they should finally fix that pothole.
Stupid just can't be replaced..😂😂
Excellent show! I didn’t know spray foam was so useful for car repairs.
Brought it to another shop just means they tried to fix it themselves and are to embarrassed to admit it.
Customer... probably: HELP! When my car runs out of gas, it acts like its running out of gas! Can you stop it from running out of gas when its running out of gas?
Mechanic: Sure! Let me take a look at it!
*2 hours later*
Mechanic: Well, I took a look! Turns out when youre running out of gas you have to add gass to stop it from running out of gas. Who knew!
Customer: Thanks so much. Who wouldve guessed?
*A totally real and not an AI conversation... apparently*
You gotta let the parts guys out more often so they can see where the potholes in the parking are.
What in the Pimp My Ride is that first clip all about? Somebody get them a Scion xB, STAT!!
Funny, I was thinking the same thing. 😂
Chrysler 300 with Bentley badges is always a winner.
@@fredygump5578 I make fun of those all the time.
It is amazing how many people just don't GAF about anyones safety including their own.
Sometimes I see these horrific repairs, and wonder how people thought they were doing it right.
LOL at the parts guy and the pothole. I actually said "Oh no" as he approached it.
"Recreate what happens when I run out of gas" and customer brings in a full tank, LOL. The diagnostic fee won't be nearly as much as the customer replacing that tank of gasoline.
I’m almost impressed that these cars can even move.
The customers ties rags to ball joints, takes it in and then declines repairs? Must be crazy or something doesn't add up 😆
Anytime I question the current state of my vehicles, I see these videos and realize:
"Maybe I'm not doing such a bad job at taking care of my vehicles, and should maybe even be proud of how much care I give to them";
Thanks for the cringey laughs and the confidence boost!
I never understood why people bring a vehicle to a shop to get it inspected after they bought it.
It never ceases to amaze me how some of these people manage to breathe. And we are sharing the roads with them.
Gonna need a JRI spray foam compilation.
2:20 like a scene from Grumpy Old Men!
I can't believe how some people live their lives. Even when I was a broke teenager in the 1980s I drove a better car that I paid for myself and put alot of hours into so it wasn't quite a death trap like these cars. Wow... Keep the videos coming.
Agree. In college, I was living off 4 for $1 mac and cheese but always scraped together enough for synthetic oil. I think the more broke you are, the more you respect how SOL you'd be if you didn't maintain it.
@@sometimesleela5947 Mean this to be encouraging - I've gotten 300K miles out of a Honda engine using Havoline conventional oil and Purolator filters. Materials that could be purchased on sale if a person plans ahead. Ordinary but quality fluid and filter. Just change it when it gets dirty and baby it when the engine is cold. BUT - I got through college like you did. Modest spending paired with a modest income. Graduated with no debt from StateU - found a solid job.
My car still eats and drinks better than I do... Its spoiled with synthetic oil 😂
I dont get it either. My car is the most expensive thing I own and it is my lifeline to groceries and work and school. It is the bare fucking minimum to keep it maintained and I'm SOL if I don't
@@Ksweetpea Yep, I owned cheap cars I could pay cash for. Bought them, fixed them up with used parts when I could, new if I couldn't - and drove them for a while. And repeated. Basically drove for free this way. Good luck to you.
0:41 Im a chev tech and have had the exact same concern LMAO
Fish under the hood:
Angry ex,
Angry co-worker,
Angry neighbor,
Drunken buddies prank,
Totally random vandalism,
Or maybe you were a "Karen" to some skate boarders, bicycles etc kids.
What else did I miss?
2:20 That's some Grumpy Old Men level shit right there!
If you can't trust the parts guy to drive a cart do you want them driving a truck?
No matter how hard I try, I just can’t understand the rationale of buying a used car AND THEN getting it inspected.
It's so you can find out how badly you were screwed over!