Meeting people as a mechanic.

[LaserSVT]

Another one from today. Truck wont restart in the inspection station. 2002 F150. Not even a click. All power inside. Check the fuse and its blown. Keeps poping fuses so I grab a screwdriver and short the solenoid. Get the truck over to my bay (its 6PM and I close at 5:30) and look a little bit but unsre of the issue so I inform the customer (who only speaks Spanish) that I need the truck for a few hours tomorrow to run a diagnostic on it. He agrees but somehow I get he needs to pick up his kids... or beer... not really sure. So I reach in and hit the solenoid with a screw driver again and notice he is watching intently on what I just did. He pulls out and my business partner looks at me and says "Hes Mexican, you know damn well that truck will forever be started that way. It will be handed down to his son with the key and a screw driver."
My first thought was "That's racist" followed instantly by "But true" LOL

[svauto-erotic855]

Before I started doing pool service I was doing aftermarket engine management installs & tuning. Had a dune coon bring in an older Formula Ford for some pre-race maintenance and a power tune; he then paid me with a bad check from a closed account. Since it did not have a VIN I could not file a normal mechanics lien on the car but I could on trailer which I had also worked on. I also filed theft by check against him and his dumb ass called the cops on me when I was picking up the trailer that had the car inside of it. Unbeknownst to him he had a felony warrant out over the check he gave me and I got to watch the PD cuff him. I had the car and trailer for nearly 4 months before I got paid and wore out 3 sets of tires (there were 2 spare sets in the trailer) on the car by driving the hell out of it on the street in that time frame.

[SMKR]

lol @ dune coon

[svauto-erotic855]

lol @ dune coon

Okay; Saudi national. Ya happy now?

[appelingogt]

had a elderly spanish lady with an 02 focus come in on a flatbed back in 03ish...says she checked her coolant and didnt see any, so she filled up with "hose"...now it no crank...verified good battery and performed visual inspection...while I was doing this, she saw me thru the damn shop window and came out to tell me which hole had no water...yup, she filled the crankcase appearently to the top and threw 2 pistons out the side...nephew interpreter asked if it would be covered under warranty....... .... .. . .. ......

[appelingogt]

Oh yeah...anybody in DFW hear about the purple Dildo lady at Sam Pack's Ford County???

[svauto-erotic855]

^^^^^^

You have my attention Sir; please go on.

[appelingogt]

Super hot chick pulled in with a "abnormal noise" in her new Expedition....tech next to me verified concern, then proceeded to roll on the fucking ground outside the shop door...purple dildo vibrating against the passenger seat track...never saw her again

[dsrtuckteezy]

Purple crayon

[4king]

I work at a parts place that does check engine lights, been working on cars for fun forever and retail forever but just recently mixed the two.

The most common car is a kia spectra. My friend said I just needed to have these 14 codes cleared and it would go away.

My favorite ones are the other part stores that send us dumb customers because they only deal with primarily commercial accounts. I have no idea how they got an 05 Malibu out of their lot to ours but by the time she pulled in the car died and caught fire when we tried to jump start it because the customer refused a new battery because she swore some one had it under warranty

The worst freaking part is the vato mechanic that buys one quart of oil and an oil filter. Charges people $20 for an oil change and just puts in a new filter and 1 quart of oil. Most of the time he does the filter change quick enough he doesn't even need to add much oil because he doesn't drain the old stuff out

Also have a crack head millionaire who is literally so high he has no idea what he is talking about or who he is talking to and tries to steal stuff from us. He literally drives a brand new c7 vette and comes in and steals sockets because he is so sky high he doesn't know better. A few of the more seasoned guys sent me out there to talk to him about his corvette, that conversation lasted about 10 seconds before he start spouting out at random things he saw passing down the street and then asking random people for five dollars. I've worked retail and can handle a little bit of crazy but this guy was sky high bonkers and had no grip on reality

[asphaltjunkie]

Working behind a parts counter (and actually knowing what the fuck you're doing) has it's moments....

Back in '07 I had this....dilapidated black woman come into the store, and I, pen in hand ready to write shit down, ask her how she is and what I can help her with. She proceeds to say "I need a part for mah car....", to which I reply "what kind of part?". She says "Hell, I don' know! Dat man done sint me down hur to get a part." So I ask the obvious question, "Well what kind of car do you have?" and she blurts out "Hell, I don' know! You's the parts guy, you sposed to know dat!" O.o

[03mustangdude]

Working behind a parts counter (and actually knowing what the fuck you're doing) has it's moments....

Back in '07 I had this....dilapidated black woman come into the store, and I, pen in hand ready to write shit down, ask her how she is and what I can help her with. She proceeds to say "I need a part for mah car....", to which I reply "what kind of part?". She says "Hell, I don' know! Dat man done sint me down hur to get a part." So I ask the obvious question, "Well what kind of car do you have?" and she blurts out "Hell, I don' know! You's the parts guy, you sposed to know dat!" O.o

When I worked retail had a customer do that, I was getting off shift so I sold her spark plugs oil filter air filter etc everything you could possibly need for a tune up for a 03 impala ( just guessed the car)

We have a system that attaches the car to the receipt but I made sure to delete it before printing the receipt. Sold like 300 worth of parts. She comes back later from what I'm told saying half the parts dont fit. Had my archenemy deal with it and he was pissed took him an hour to figure out what kind of car she had and why half the parts were working and half not.

[helosailor]

Those are my favorite (sarcasm). "Yeah, I need that part, you know, it goes under the hood...it's a 99 Taurus, or maybe it's an 03." Is it a DOHC or OHV? "A what?! Oh, you tell me. I don't have the car here, or the VIN".
GO. AWAY.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Those are my favorite (sarcasm). "Yeah, I need that part, you know, it goes under the hood...it's a 99 Taurus, or maybe it's an 03." Is it a DOHC or OHV? "A what?! Oh, you tell me. I don't have the car here, or the VIN".
GO. AWAY.

can you give me a price on both?

[03mustangdude]

Those are my favorite (sarcasm). "Yeah, I need that part, you know, it goes under the hood...it's a 99 Taurus, or maybe it's an 03." Is it a DOHC or OHV? "A what?! Oh, you tell me. I don't have the car here, or the VIN".
GO. AWAY.

sell both.

Or sell one and when he comes back say you told me other one lol.

Hate retail.