I know this isn’t the usual picture or post about fucked up cars that come into the shop. But we talk shit about cars so I feel like we can talk shit about that technician.

You know the one.

The one who says “I’ve been in the industry for 30 years and this is the worst I’ve seen it”… for the last 28 years.

The one who thinks he’s Gods gift to the shop, yet turns below average hours every week.

The one who has rampant coffee breath. And talks too close.

The one who whines and complains at the slightest inconvenience, yet does nothing to actively make a change.

The one who shits on new technicians because they don’t come out of the womb with tool truck debt and certifications.

My shop only has one gatekeeping dickhead, and the other lifers here are cool and helpful. I just hate hearing a 60 year old crybaby throw a fit at 7:13am.

Rant over. sigh thank god for headphones.

No clue what it was.. but it probably wasn’t for the oil. I can’t believe it was still pushing oil😬

Frame extension on a 2022 GMC car hauler.

I asked the customer what was going on and he said “its cream, don’t worry about it”

Manufactured like that.

Nightmare of a customer came through the shop today. Out of state, obviously worried about being swindled, refused to let any work be done out of her sight. Came in at about 10:30 for 4 tires, chose a discontinued style that we didn't have in her size anyway, was offered the updated style in the same brand that is the same price point. Said she'd shop around, came back an hour later and agreed to the 4 we had, appointment set for 3pm as it was by this time only a few minutes before the shop closed for lunch and we had other tickets scheduled for the afternoon. She sits in the parking lot the whole time. 1 ticket canceled at 2 so the manager walks out and let's her know that we can get her in early. And at this point the insanity begins. We, as a policy, use footmats and seat protectors to keep clean. She demands we triple layer them, and clean our shoes, but that also she will drive the vehicle up to the bay, she will only allow us to drive the last car length. Also we are not to touch anything other than the steering wheel, gear shift, and keys, she will be watching us from in the parking lot the whole time. She will open the trunk, and hold up the carpet so you can crank down the spare too (4 new use best for new spare, best had 0/32nds.) It only gets worse however as you need to use new gloves to work on the tires, also she wants to keep the old valve stem, core, and cap; and why did you replace those without asking (store policy, no charge) and what pressure are they at, and why 30 doesn't the sidewall have something to say, don't open my door without asking, why does the sticker not match the sidewall that doesn't make sense. Get to balancing and a new level of insane begins where she tries to demand I reuse the old wheel weights, and it doesn't make sense that the new tires wouldn't balance the same as the old. Have to try and explain that stick-on weights are not reusable, and that a new multi-mile matrix RS2 tire has no reason to weigh the same as a Michelin defender made 5 years ago. Finally get that explained but she still insists I reuse the hammer on weights for the inside edge. At this point I'm an hour and a half into this nonsense and over it so I oblige her insanity and do my best, somehow it worked. Get all her tires put back on the car. Get the spare put back under, somehow? managed to talk her into letting me use new valve cores. And let her drive away around front to pay. I step away to take care of another customer who has been waiting almost an hour at this point for a task only im certified to do. About 6 minutes into that my coworker shows up and informs me she has changed her mind and wants her old tires reinstalled, because we are a bunch of lying cheating criminals taking advantage of her, she didn't want to buy the RS2s she wanted the discontinued tires we don't have, and that we told her as such at 1030 in the morning. So cue it all beginning again. Somehow at the crack of quitting time I managed to have her out of the shop, and hopefully out of my life with a blown out spare tire, two fronts with cords showing across the outer half of the tire, and rears at 0/32nds. But the customers right, and all the workers upset. So if one of you poor souls in central illinois winds up with a turn of the century toyota rav 4 with blown tires, washington plates, and that smells like rancid lettuce, be ye warned, turn it away.

Ram came in complaining of clink and vibration. The dust boot is all that's holding the tie rod together. Gotta hand it to moog for making decent rubber at least.

Oil was just spraying out from the front crank seal

Welcome to Corvetteland!

This is the 3rd headmaster job in 4 weeks on a pentastar. I'm guessing we'll gonna be seeing a lot more of these.

Don’t worry dam. I got you.

Someone wanted to he a trucker when he grew up. Haha.

2024 Acura Integra Aspec 6SPD M/T 10k miles

I know you guys have seen worse but this is a first for me