Is there such thing as an honest mechanic?

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Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
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Originally posted by: Zanix
Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: LoKe
If you know of any highschools with an automotive shop I suggest you take your car there. The teacher will love it because it gives his/her students something to work on. Knowing first hand, they're carefull. The teacher supervises the entire time if they're working on someone elses car so you're guaranteed nothing will go wrong. ^_^

Free labour.


NO!

I took autoshop in high school- NEVER take your car to a highschool autoshop. The kids will screw it up because they're kids who don't care.

Guess it's different in Canadian schools...;)

Kidding, of course.

But I'm taking an auto class right now, and from what I've seen, everyone's carefull.

Or you could try the local community college, I bet they'd do it right.

I don't have a problem paying a reputable mechanic. I'm quite mechanically inclined, it's just that I'm getting to old to be crawling in and under vehicles. Not to mention that I just don't have the collection of tools I once had when I was in my 20's and full of piss n vinegar.

 

Phoenix86

Lifer
May 21, 2003
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Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: cjgallen
That's how they feed their family.

Don't like it? Do it yourself.


Wrong.

They don't make money by lying and ripping people off. In fact, that is illegal.

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My room mate in college once told me he had a guy clueless about cars come in and start being a jerk about his bill and what he thought needed to get done, etc. Because he was being anal retentive, my room mate added the follwoing charge: "have the ball bearings in the muffler replaced".
 

Plasdom

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Jul 17, 2004
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Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
My room mate in college once told me he had a guy clueless about cars come in and start being a jerk about his bill and what he thought needed to get done, etc. Because he was being anal retentive, my room mate added the follwoing charge: "have the ball bearings in the muffler replaced".

funny, but dishonest. that is downright stealing
 

Smackem

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May 23, 2005
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Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: LoKe
If you know of any highschools with an automotive shop I suggest you take your car there. The teacher will love it because it gives his/her students something to work on. Knowing first hand, they're carefull. The teacher supervises the entire time if they're working on someone elses car so you're guaranteed nothing will go wrong. ^_^

Free labour.


NO!

I took autoshop in high school- NEVER take your car to a highschool autoshop. The kids will screw it up because they're kids who don't care.



no kiddin, we used to SCREW up cars all the time.