Never pretend you know what you’re talking about if you do not.
A surefire way of managing to ruin your relationship with any mechanic is to have them look at your car and then pretend like you know a lot of technical parts of the car.
Believe me, all mechanics can tell if a person has a lot of knowledge and a good grasp of mechanics; they may end up doing the job themselves, especially if it is not that complicated.
No one is going to have someone else look at their car and pay to fix something that they could have done themselves if they were that knowledgeable about cars.
Most mechanics end up being put off if someone tries to pretend like they know everything to do with mechanics and cars. It can go to extreme lengths since you can never know what kind of previous experiences the person you are talking with has had.
I have heard about a mechanic in the past who was really bothered by customers who pretended to know everything he was doing and breathed down his neck too.
It got to the point that this mechanic ended up creating certain issues with the car that the person would have to admit they know nothing about and then fix for them after they brought the car back with their tails between their legs.
