Don't Make My Life More Difficult

http://www.ericthecarguy.com/
I suppose this could fall under a crybaby session but really I want to post this for those that might need a little more time to "mature" with their automotive skills. This has happened to me more than once in my career and if you are a technician I'm sure it has happened to you more than once. What do you do?

Stay dirty I suppose.

ETCG1

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[Falewick]

I screwed up a refrigerator beyond repair once. The technician said some words I never heard before :) Cars I am super scared to mess with, I wanted to clean my throttle body once but after loosening two screws I chickened out.

[ETCG1]

@Falewick Sometimes it's good to know your limitations, thanks for the comment.

[seasonedtoker]

I have seen too many so-called mechanics surfacing the cylinder head and block with a dremel or air grinder. I just don't bother anymore, some people will never stop paying for their mistakes

[ETCG1]

@seasonedtoker Yea you really can't change people.

[filthyphillyboy]

This reminds me of one of the first places I worked at. Guy comes in with a shot water pump on a Subaru; got an estimate but couldn't afford it. He begged the manager to let him fix it himself in our gravel lot. Boss finally gave in. Then the car just sat there for a couple weeks. I paid it very little mind until one day I received a work order to "install water pump" on this Subaru. Owner had removed the pump & given up. Bolts , brackets, belts laying everywhere. Never again.

[ETCG1]

@filthyphillyboy Yea that is a bad situation EVERY time. Thanks for the comment.

[WSmart1]

Looks like Big Bertha's back on the maxi.

Beer is queer. Be real, be sober.

[MrImacarfan]

@UberPloxage im 15 as well. replacing a head gasket is a straight foward procedure if you take your time, and use people like ericthecarguy as your trainers. the perosn who worked on this car oviously had no knowledge on how to work with it at all.

[snf09]

i'm a mobile mechanic. Just recently a lady called me to check her Lexus out because it was shaking a lot when braking and making weird sounds and the brakes just didnt feel right she said. She said she had her friend who said "i know what im doing" change the brakes on it, so first thing i went after were the brakes and oh behold he put a Brake Rotor on her car that was 2 INCHES smaller than the stock rotor and only half the pad was in tact with the rotor. What a good friend..

[ETCG1]

@FromThe3PointLine My shop is in Cincinnati OH, I don't do too much 'customer' work anymore however as I spend most of my time making ETCG videos and answering questions. Thanks for the comment.

[onyxreddragon]

this is soooo true!