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No shortage of amazing auto adventures here! Love it ❤

After seeing that thumbnail and laughing to near tears. I just had to say, "You really can't make this stuff up".

That one made me snort laugh

@@chrisnielsen9885 Well, it made me lol

With that many fresheners you could probably chew it too…

Stoner car detected

The owner has the shit scared out of himself. Repeatedly !!

Yeah, I feel you. Talk about knowing enough to be a danger to yourself and everybody else on the road!

Indeed.

Yes its hard to imagine a total void

It's a lot of work to make something that terrible. He would have had to change or drill out all the rotors too, or leave them off. Not to mention the wheels surely would be off center, etc.

It takes a special dedication to the art of customisation to do that kind of work.

No car should have a stinking plastic pan, fetching stupid. This is why I hate modern cars

They want you back at the dealer in no time, money's gotta keep rolling!

Plastic fuel tanks are ok.

@@themaskedmusician4846 Even cast alumimium is suboptimal.

@@dsloop3907I’d rather have rubberised Kevlar like the F1 cars have. Not only is it flexible enough that it can go pretty much anywhere in the vehicle, it’s literally bulletproof and lighter than any metal can on top. Hellishly expensive though.

... and they vote.

@@bobmcdoggish9659and at least 3 of them are HIGH SCHOOL AUTO SHOP *TEACHERS* ... (Walla Walla High School, Walla Walla, WA.)

@@bobmcdoggish9659and have kids and some are even teachers or doctors.

Ok that one seems like an innocent but good natured mistake. How many of these videos would have been prevented if people had been paying attention to their oil pressure and taken the car to the shop because it was low?

@@tenlow2 I agree, innocent mistake, and I have to give them some credit for noticing their oil pressure gauge and not just ignoring it like everyone else on this.

Here is a wild theory: Owner / boss respected and trusted employees. Employees felt appreciated. Employees performed work with pride. Customers were happy and returned for more services which led to plenty of work.

@mountainousterrain1704 You are 100% correct..He passed away and his brother ran it, lasted about 2 years after a couple older mechanics left. His brother was money hungry and overcharged customers.

@@mountainousterrain1704you mean the “Boeing but reverse” approach?

@@mountainousterrain1704 Pish posh to your wild ranting.

A great part of this channel is the condition some of the interiors are brought in. Junk, forest debris, cigs up to the door sills, mold, garbage, etc.... Anyone with an ounce of dignity would tell those lunatics to go home and clear it out. Any boss who told you to ignore it, is an a**ole and you should quit on the spot.

And having a plastic tranny pan🤦‍♀️

Plastic transmission pan shouldn’t be a thing omfg

Seriously why make a fetching plastic pan that’s the dumbest possible thing

"BUILT FORD TOUGH ™" apparently

A plastic pan is one thing, but when it's damaged by a traffic cone??

Unfortunately that's the truth with most dealerships

To be fair, control arm nuts aren't something I regularly inspect either lmao

10,000 point inspection! but that part wasn't one of the inspected parts 😂

I used a '95 Grand Prix as a trade-in for another car. By the time I drove to get the down payment, they already had my car on the lot to sell. I told them I wanted to get my stuff and my stereo out of the car and the manager said "well, it has to have a stereo in it for us to sell it" (which is bullshit), but I just replied "oh, you won't get anything out of that car, the entire rear end is rotted and the trailing arms are dragging on the ground". Two of the managers just looked at each other like "oh, shit...".

​@@cujoedaman Hope that you learnt not leave anything you want to keep in/on any vehicle you're trading-in!

Kind of like - Common sense is very Uncommon.

Aaron there’s plenty of stupidity out there for sure

There are only two things that expand to infinity: The universe and human stupidity. And the universe one is just a theory.

"Half-eaten ear of corn in the cup holder."

Agree ! & im not sure about the universe !!! People are pathetic!! Common sence is not in there vocabulary. Der der is tho

AND IT still works

You'd have loved the varister I wired in when the oxygen sensor kept blowing. Hey guys, I've invented the choke!

If it's stupid but it works, is it then perhaps, not stupid?

More like that art is a work of horn

That's what she said....

I gotta admit that was a bit of a joke bomb for me.

What about the " you just ran over bacon light?" 😂

@@vs-ww7cb YES 🥴😂

I'm actually more worried about the shop. Almost seems like a bomb where 1 spark in the shop could blow it up.

Otherwise it will explode the highway

He must of been a non smoker.

Don't worry, there were so many fumes in the air the mixture was way too rich to ignite 😂

That actually happened about 70 miles west of me. A couple went car shopping and happened upon a small car lot. When I say small, I mean it was a one man band, with just a handful of cars up for sale. So couple asked the dealer if they could test drive one that they took an interest in. Dealer said "Sure, Let me come with ya! I need to get some gas anyways!" and took a jerry can in the trunk. You can probably already see where this is going. Test drive went well, and along the way, the dealer filled the jerry can with 5 gallons. Couple went ahead and got the car, went back to the office and did all the paperwork and exchanged money. After the deal was done, the dealer said, "OH! I forgot, I need to get my gas out of the trunk!" Up until this point, both sides agree that this happened. What is disputed is what followed. Somebody pressed the button on the key fob to open the trunk. Dealer says it was the couple, the couple says it was the dealer, either way, somebody pressed the button, and there was a spark from the electronic trunk latch, and the car burned down to the bare frame, even the aluminum wheels were gone. Ponder on that for a second. The couple got to enjoy the car on a test drive, but never got to get behind the wheel after they owned the car. Because when they signed the paperwork, and the money changed hands, the car was theirs. It went to court, they demanded a refund, dealer says that the couple pressed the button so they were responsible for burning down their own car, couple said the dealer pressed the button so he burned down the car, no idea how it ended, never saw it in the paper again.

It's cheap garbage made in Mexico, anyone buying these is stupid. The "customer states" was in French, which means Quebec,Canada. I see PLENTY on the roads here and I always giggle when I see one because I know they'll be scrap within a couple of years. People don't do their research.

A plastic trans pan doesn't bode well for the longevity of any vehicle.

Its not really an off road vehicke

@@Bigbacon Brother at 60 miles an hour, an intermediate-size pebble will crack that thing.

Mall crawler...

Where I work we have a small fleet of about 10 vehicles that case managers use to transport clients. I needed to transport a client once and requested a car, when I picked it up it had a due for service indicator light on, so I wrote up a maintenance request. Facilities manager told me that I was the first person to write it up, and when he checked the other cars they all were past due on maintenance.

I had a work truck once that blew white smoke out of the exhaust and ate coolant like there was no tomorrow. I told my boss repeatedly the head gasket was blown but he insisted it was just burning oil. He was an idiot. That truck lasted until the next tech took it after me and it finally cracked a cylinder somewhere several hundred miles from the shop and had to be towed back.

Good on you for the CYA reports!

I once did Security/Shuttle Bus work for a certain pharmaceutical company. I reported several times that my particular bus (1996 Ford E-350 Cutaway, with a Champion 14-passenger shuttle bus body) had very weak brakes. As in like, pedal-to-the-floor. The part of the facility that was my route had a speed limit of 5 mph, so he deemed it safe. At one point, I'm squeezing through this narrow roadway between two buildings, a roadway that also has train tracks down the center, with overhead pipes. As I'm slowly idling through, a forklift driver zips out of one building right in front of me. I hit the brakes, pedal goes to the floor, bus doesn't slow at all. A few moments later I'm descending a hill, riding the brakes, and picking up speed. I hit the E-brake gently to slow down, but the E-brake didn't work AT ALL. My fourth call over the radio, I blasted the "Transportation Secretary" explaining the bus would barely stop, and I refused to drive it any more, he could pick it up at one specific building and I would walk two miles to my car because I wasn't putting my safety, or any others, at risk. Finally, he decided to take a look at it, drove it around a bit, and said "the brakes have always been soft on this bus." Which is absolute BS, I drove the same exact bus on the same route two days prior with no issues. I reiterated my stance that I would refuse to operate the bus until it had been repaired. He threatened me with my job, I threatened him with the Department of Motor Vehicles, so he reluctantly gave me a GMC Safari as an alternate vehicle and had the bus towed. In a little over an hour, he had heard back from the shop the bus was towed to. Master cylinder was completely shot, barely holding any pressure at all. They took it for a test drive and lost all brakes completely, had to stop the vehicle by slamming it into Park because the E-brake was shot (E-brake indicator light switch was bad in all of our buses, some drivers would drive around all day with the E-brake on wearing the brakes down to nothing, you could check every bus's "Deficiency Report" in the mileage logbook and find me reporting every one of them as I found them). "Andy, you seem to know a lot more about cars than I do." I smiled sweetly and said, "Don't you think you're in the wrong job, then?" Which is something you never say to a retired military man who has no auto repair experience, yet is in charge of managing a fleet of buses, company cars, commercial trucks, the company's own fire department trucks... 🤣

When doing german Army basic service, one of my duties on occasion was to drive some guards around which were looking for the sheltered jet fighters and nukes there. First round in the morning was with an old VW T2 bus with aircooled engine. the rest of the day I had a T2 twin cab with the little Diesel engine in it. The bus, however, was completely rundown, and in dire need of maintenance. for unknown reasons the guard group never submitted it to maintenance at all. the brakes were so weak even if I stood on the brake pedal with all my weight (around 200 pounds at the time) I could only barely slow the vehicle down. there were other issues coming from wearout. being a car mechanic I could not risk it anymore and wrote a report on the order sheet. next day the bus was gone, and later I heard they thrashed it right away. the guard's boss tried to chew me out over it (they were afraid they wouldn't be assigned a bus again after that), so I explained to him that being a car mechanic I ought to know better than to drive a car without brakes, and could not take the risk to me and anyone else; and that was that. I was never again assigned that duty. worked for me.

Yes. Rarely surprised by the stupidity of the general public anymore.

Always, every time, check brake power before you move. His was unusual circumstance but brake failure by natural causes happens all the time.

Someone has to. So was she responsible for tightening the door plugs?

I'm surprised her defense wasn't "He said he hates getting stuck in traffic! I was only helping!"

And directions on toothpaste, shampoo, the list is endless.

@@richwielechowski5191 "Remove packaging before placing in oven"........................

In the book “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish” Wonko the Sane realized the world was a nuthouse when he read the instructions on a packet of toothpicks.

I've been working in the auto parts for the past 30 years and some of the instructions on parts tells you this is not a new problem. FAN BELTS ... 1. Please be sure the engine is not running before attempting removal. HEADLIGHT BULBS ... CAUTION. please allow bulbs to cool before attempting removal

Also the "not for internal use" in the hair curler manual

Stupidity has no limits.

If I were king, all cars made going forward for the U.S market would be Lada 2107's only. That's all we're capable of handling now. Lada Riva. Built Stronk! Like Bear!

"It's like walking on sunshine" - Allison, the girl who huffed computer duster from the show intervention.

"That's what she said."

TASTE THE DIFFERENCE!

Their clothes must smell interesting too when taking a long trip. 😂

I can smell it too.... HERE IN GERMANY!

Yeah well we've known that since 2016

I think the verdict is in and it's beyond all argument. All cars made and sold in the U.S must be Lada 2107's only. That's all we're capable of handling now. Lada Riva. For the man who is really ready for the Zombie Apocalypse. His commie car will work while your touch-screen smart hybrid will be broken down somewhere in the city and stripped for parts by the local ghouls because you don't dare stay with it after dark.

Zombies would starve to death if they only eat brains.

The zombies work for and run the comment control system.

like he's going on a racetrack............hope he has a chiropractor on speed dial..

There is ALWAYS a more stupid person.

and s smoked out one too!

Shi... Man they don't even look that good!

Our shed is so much cleaner.

@@MsAubrey How many sheds?

@@RideAcrossTheRiver just one, but only because of city codes. We do have a nice, neat garage too.

@@MsAubrey Did you ever have two sheds?

Nascar ready!

Much as we all laugh at them, the customer with the dumb question is infinitely better than the know it all customer who makes a bad situation worse because they refuse to ask for help.

or someone was smokin' skunk....

Nope, they be a pot head for sure!

I once was two cars back from a Suburban at a stop light. Their windows were down, and the fragrance that came from that vehicle was so powerful it cannot be described.

He’s transporting dead bodies is my guess

Or he has been transporting 4/20

An old trap of buying used performance or used luxury. You think you got a great deal until its time to service it. Of course they could also just be a dumbass who thinks that their Lexus SUV goes x thousands of miles without a change so the Porsche guy must be trying to rip them off. Forgetting that the Lexus is a Toyota under the hood and is built a bit more forgiving than a performance car like a 911.

@@filanfyretracker FWIW though 911s are pretty solid cars, especially for how high end they are, as they almost routinely top the TÜV charts for reliability (or at least least issues found during mandatory inspections), and on average with decently high mileage too. Probably the owners in Germany are also taking care of their cars better as well, but still, they regularly beat everything Toyota puts out over there... =)

I once bought a chain smoker's car. I had to open both doors from the outside and leave them open for a minute before I could get in. Then, I could only drive it with the windows down.

That certainly would explain it. It would be an extremely difficult smell to cover. Outdoors, you can smell the stuff from half a kilometer (third of a mile) away, in suitable conditions. If the smoke is stuck inside a car... I can't even imagine it.

Maybe he's lactose intolerant, but can't stop eating cheese and milk.

I was thinking they had mold growing and didn't care to fix the actual issue.

Dude .....

That means they are going to "fix it" themselves and bring it back once it's broken worse.

A lot of times, it's a $$$ issue.

Probably quite often the car is some piece of crap and the repair quote was more than the car would be worth even when fixed with all the other issues it has.

@hnsk Another reason is when a previousshop messed up the repair they intend on taking the issue back to the previous shop. I would. A lot of different reasons.

It means they're taking to another, never to be named shop if it goes South. AKA their driveway.

home made terrorists............

Well not a truck but I agree not a container tied off. 😂

Even better, have a clean car so you don't have to have some disgusting smelling 'air freshener' which makes me want to gag

Never underestimate the power of stupidity.

It happens more than you think!

Also great for reducing squeaks and noise!

@@ccoder4953 Also brake chatter from overheated rotors. Works like magic. Sorta.

@@ccoder4953 but not from the driver when he needs to stop the vehicle

@@ccoder4953 wonder if they would smoke a lot??

Everyone knows you grease the rotors! The pads and rotors will last the life of the car.

And it meets the legal requirement.

IDK, I've never seen that on any car I've worked on. Although I've seen lug nuts repurposed before.

Ba dum tss

Some Protoss told him so.

That driver probably behaves like a Zergling on the road, too.

The worst part of that story was a plastic transmission pan.

Yes I remember in My younger years of guys doing this. A cheap way of keeping that body off those wide tires. Not too safe though.

Doesn't take much to have self control and not take a $20 bill tied to the steering wheel... But a half eaten ear of corn? Even Buddhist monks wouldn't be able to control themselves!

Appreciate it!

Why? No one will use them off of pavement. They're status symbols- not an off-road vehicle. Anyone who owns one is a pavement princess.

i’d pay to see that

Celsius or Fahrenheit? Luke-warm(as in body temperature) is 37 in Celsius, but 96 or something in Fahrenheit.

All this time I thought it was a cup holder-it’s a corn holder!

I worked as a buyer for a used car lot and one of the cars that my boss decided to buy had at least 15 "fresheners" hanging and stuck everywhere. Before we drove the car off the lot, we managed to fill 10 garbage bags worth of crap out of that vehicle. Some people are just pigs.

Thanks for sharing the photo with us 😊

That's horrific

So does my 2017 Ram!?!

That would be a big no for me. I don’t know a ton about cars, but checking the oil, coolant, and other fluids is a habit.

The 2004 Mazda 3 was particularly infamous for that, with its oil-filled engine mounts disintegrating. I replaced mine with solid urethane ones - it's rougher, but no fear of the engine falling out.

Instant poisoning by air freshener

so can everyone in a 10 mile radius.

and gasoline, and smoke too...............................

He has just had twins so I think they have their hands full right this minute.

I thought he's Canadian...?

If you can't afford to pay for proper maintenance I'm afraid you can't afford a Porsche.😥

@@nelsonbergman7706 the maintenance isn't even that expensive! Thats the joke! And Porsches are build so you can do most of the maintenance yourself. Its not hard at all. One youtube tutorial would do the trick.

@@CJO-no1 Except for the oil filter with a built in pressure regulator. As Nelson said: if you can't afford the maintenance, you can't afford a Porsche. I'm not saying you can't work on these by yourself, at least up to the CANbus era, but you need to know what you're doing. Also, new Porsches don't last, like nothing does anymore.

​@CJO-lq8bp the turbo cars require the motor to be pulled to change the spark plugs. Since it's a boxer the plugs get dirty faster too.

@@cyclonebuzz8172 yeah but that wasn't one of those.

Shop should've put it back on, really. They had no idea it turned on or off, they'd never messed with it.

Please, like anyone wiring that cares about color codes? It's the wire they had on-hand.

But surely pressing that contact is what grounds the horn and makes it sound....

Probably not. Nearly all horns operate by being live & the horn button is the switched ground. Unless the horn is on a relay, in which case you're probably right.

Wellll, yellow and green can also be signals, so maybe they were going for , hazard! Run awayyyy lol.