Dead Battery Rant

[JPiZZiJP]

It bothers me that some people just don't know jack about their cars... like, not performance type stuff, but just basic stuff.

I jumped my friend's friend's car this weekend, and this guy didn't know a damn thing about cars. He didn't understand the concept of jumper-cables...

Oi.


~Joe

[formula4speed]

My sister drove home on a flat tire so I could change it for her. Ruined the tire needless to say.

[BigAls87Z28]

now multiply that by 2034820384029384, and then add in tires, brakes, oil changes, flat repairs, shocks.....

That is my job.

[foff667]

Originally Posted by JPiZZiJP

It bothers me that some people just don't know jack about their cars... like, not performance type stuff, but just basic stuff.

I jumped my friend's friend's car this weekend, and this guy didn't know a damn thing about cars. He didn't understand the concept of jumper-cables...

Oi.


~Joe

this coming from the guy that had to have someone replace their clutch for them

[JPiZZiJP]

Hey Bill, I completely admit I'm no mechanic whatsoever... it's people like me that pay mechanic's salaries If I had instructions, I'm sure I could replace my clutch on my own, but the thing is, it would take me much longer than someone that already knows how to do it (mind you, someone that's already replaced clutches on f-bodies too). Come tax time, I'm sure mechanics can do their own taxes, but I bet some of them take them to accountants like me. Why? Because I can do it quicker and more efficiently.

But I mean come on, some basic stuff like, oil changes, replacing a tire, jumping a car... this is something that everyone should know. Jumping a car... you get jumper cables, positive to positive and negative to negative... how difficult is that? lol :P


~Joe

[BigAls87Z28]

Originally Posted by JPiZZiJP

But I mean come on, some basic stuff like, oil changes, replacing a tire, jumping a car... this is something that everyone should know. Jumping a car... you get jumper cables, positive to positive and negative to negative... how difficult is that? lol Â*:P


~Joe

You would think that right? You would think that people would look at the sticker in there window or wait ever 3k miles to get an oil change right? You would think they wouldnt wait till the little oil light came on there dash, thinking thats when they should change there oil....
You would think that......right?
You would think that people would look at there tires and check them before the steel belt sticks out of the side right?.....right?
You would think that people would get there brakes checked when they heard the screeching, and not the grinding noise right?

[foff667]

Originally Posted by JPiZZiJP

Hey Bill, I completely admit I'm no mechanic whatsoever... it's people like me that pay mechanic's salaries If I had instructions, I'm sure I could replace my clutch on my own, but the thing is, it would take me much longer than someone that already knows how to do it (mind you, someone that's already replaced clutches on f-bodies too). Come tax time, I'm sure mechanics can do their own taxes, but I bet some of them take them to accountants like me. Why? Because I can do it quicker and more efficiently.

But I mean come on, some basic stuff like, oil changes, replacing a tire, jumping a car... this is something that everyone should know. Jumping a car... you get jumper cables, positive to positive and negative to negative... how difficult is that? lol Â*:P


~Joe

hey youd be suprised...when i was like 18 i got a flat on my buick regal and needed my dad to come out and help me change it...when your young and dont have someone to teach you these things or your friends just werent into that your not gonna be into it...i dont think i changed my own oil till i was like ~20 and now ive swapped heads/cam, installed a blower & do my own tuning so i think ive graduated for the most part. Bottom line is dont bust on the kid, why not show him around a car...if I didnt have a hand holding mine through some stuff I dunno where I'd be.

[foff667]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

You would think that right? Â*You would think that people would look at the sticker in there window or wait ever 3k miles to get an oil change right? Â*You would think they wouldnt wait till the little oil light came on there dash, thinking thats when they should change there oil....
You would think that......right? Â*
You would think that people would look at there tires and check them before the steel belt sticks out of the side right?.....right?
You would think that people would get there brakes checked when they heard the screeching, and not the grinding noise right?

hey you have no right to complain either they pay your salary bud

[BigAls87Z28]

Originally Posted by foff667

hey you have no right to complain either they pay your salary bud

They do, but I become the bad guy whenI tell them that they have worn down the rotors to where the center vents are showing, the calipers are locked up, the wheel cylenders are blown the rear drurms are deeply scored and there is no material left on the shoes or pads, not to mention there brake fluid level is low, so the master needs replacement, as well as hoses and hard lines. Then when I give them the 3k brake job estamate, they look at me like I am the one thats crazy.

[foff667]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

They do, but I become the bad guy whenI tell them that they have worn down the rotors to where the center vents are showing, the calipers are locked up, the wheel cylenders are blown the rear drurms are deeply scored and there is no material left on the shoes or pads, not to mention there brake fluid level is low, so the master needs replacement, as well as hoses and hard lines. Â* Then when I give them the 3k brake job estamate, they look at me like I am the one thats crazy.

i was just jokin with ya, i can only imagine the morons that come in there.

[BigAls87Z28]

Actualy, now that I think about it, thoes people usualy look at me when I say 3k and turn around and tell me I am trying to rob them. Â*I walked them out to the car, but that doesnt matter because they have NO ******** clue what I am saying, pointing to, or what any of that has to do with why that person is there. Â*
So really, they DONT pay my salary. Â*They just walk off pissed. Â*And when they crash into a bus full of nuns, guess who they are going to sue? Â*
You got it.

This is the SOLE reason I wana do the Average Guy Car Show. I would love to be able to get these shows out there to people and show them what to look for. Shows like that should be on NBC, ABC, or CBS. With all these new car shows, it should become really popular and the networks should pick up a show like this.

[formula4speed]

I think basic car maintenance should be a part of drivers ed, you should have to know how to change a tire before you get behind the wheel of a car.

[JPiZZiJP]

Originally Posted by foff667

hey youd be suprised...when i was like 18 i got a flat on my buick regal and needed my dad to come out and help me change it...when your young and dont have someone to teach you these things or your friends just werent into that your not gonna be into it...i dont think i changed my own oil till i was like ~20 and now ive swapped heads/cam, installed a blower & do my own tuning so i think ive graduated for the most part. Â*Bottom line is dont bust on the kid, why not show him around a car...if I didnt have a hand holding mine through some stuff I dunno where I'd be.

Bill,

Big difference... I'm not busting on the kid. I feel sorry for him that he doesn't know some basic stuff. When he told me he didn't know, it's not like I made fun of him, I actually taught him how to jump the car... but inside, I was just in pure disbelief.

I think formula4speed spelled out what I'm really trying to get across... I agree with him wholeheartedly that people should know some basic stuff about maintenance before they can drive.

BigAl... you would think that, right? Just so you know... when I go to the mechanic and he gives me a price I don't give him hell


~Joe

[9secfirebird]

eh, some people just dont know alot about cars, thats not their fault.
in my opinion, the only thing peoble absolutly have to know is that the should come in for an oil change as close to the specified milage as possible. and the second thing, is if you have someone you trust working on your car for you, just do what they say, and if you cant afford it, then worry about it. if you dont trust the guy, dont let him touch your car.

eh, iunno. as statedbefore, when i need my taxes done, ill have an accountant do it. and when i need a house built, a contracter/carpenter will do it. and when someone needs their car worked on, let a mechanic do it. (unless you think you can do it)

[foff667]

Originally Posted by 9secfirebird

if you dont trust the guy, dont let him touch your car.

would you trust this face?