Trust this mechanic insight and avoid these things next time you’re at a repair shop!
Sometimes these mechanic insights are going to save you big time next time you’re getting your car checked out!
As a mechanic, I know that it is close to impossible to find a totally reliable car that is not going to bring you to a mechanic’s doorstep. The only issue is that some cars or models will bring you to our doorstep more often than you would like to see us.
However, no matter what, the chance may have it that you will be crossing our doorstep quite often. Be it that it is a periodic inspection of the car or that you have some issues and you need us, we are going to have to interact.
My advice is to find a garage that you vibe with and that you trust so that you can know that your car is going to be in good hands, no matter what happens.
To manage to create a long-lasting relationship like this is to not go anywhere just because it is less expensive and to make sure that you are not going to be taken advantage of.
To ensure that you are not going to be ripped off by someone at a garage, here are some of the things that I would never say to another mechanic, and then expect them to give me their best services!
Have you ever said these to a mechanic? How did your interaction go? Share your stories in the comments, and I may give you some tips and tricks personally!
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I go by the mechanics pray I do stuff that alot of people aren’t trained for buy putting a person in a vehicle after you have just done a brake job on it.
This was truly a wonderful article and very well needed. My experience in finding a good auto mechanic was that I asked a friend of mine who was a mechanic (not professionally practicing) who did he go to? (My thinking… “If a mechanic couldn’t repair on their own cars, i.e. illness, hospitalization, travel, etc., then who would a mechanic trust or use?) When he told me who he uses and recommended him to me, I went and used him. He’s been my (and my family & friends) auto mechanic for 30 years now.
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I recently paid a “technician” 160.00 per hour to install a water pump. He also replaced a serpentine belt and belt tensioner. I called the shop to inquire about the hefty rate and was told that it is standard.
Who governs the rates that shops can charge for auto repairs in my city? I live in Tucson, Arizona
No one can fix my ’07 Kia Amanti. 3 shops everyone has a different evaluation. From battery strain, starter, auto start to wiring or Powertrain Control Module. No answers, no parts, still sitting, not running. Need help or advice.
In other words, never trust a mechanic I have learned !! And in my own surveys they abuse women!!
Government should be in controll and that’s a statement I hate to say
This article contains good information, but also grammatical errors that detract from its value. Needs proofreading. ChatGPT can even do basic proofreading for you.
Humorous sign in garage
Car repairs $50/hr
If you watch me $60
If you talk to me $70
If you give advice $80
If you try to help me $90
If you worked on it yourself $100
The book you recommend–“How Cars Work”–was published in 1999!! Quite a bit has changed in the past 26 years (I hope)–do you have a more recent publication to recommend?
Spot on and absolutely correct!
I was an auto/truck ,mechanic for 40+years and “all of the above” do apply, and then some, The one single irritant that always got me was the customer who told me what “the problem was and how to fix it!” Followed by the next best one, “I can tell you thats not it”, when given the diagnosis of the problem! I also NEVER told a customer over the phone what the problem MIGHT BE! IF the customer could talk to the Tech fixing the car, and explain to them the symptoms, and when the problems occurred, they usually got it right the first time! Time is money, and fixing your car, is best left to the professional
I never found the 4 things because of all the fucking add!