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So I talked to a muffler shop owner yesterday while my car was on the lift | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76699465  United States05/05/2021 04:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75032015 You spent hundreds of hours learning how to tighten two nuts and you call mechanics low IQ cretins?  If you were REALLY smarter than they were you wouldn't have had a whole engine replaced because it had a bad MAF sensor  Yes, there are dishonest mechanics, and they see a Mc Mansion type cubical class retard coming from a mile away in his fancy fucking crossover SUV. Most of them would never rip off a fellow working man, but there are exceptions to every rule.  you must be a mechanic. You have no reading compehension skill.Uh huh. I am a mechanic among many other things. I can basically do anything, including your job, better than you can. I'm not the one who had an engine replaced and got ripped off by the guy that did it. YOU ARE. And I understood every word you wrote. I wonder if you did. So you give trans blow Jobs better than him? Wow |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77082211 United States05/05/2021 04:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... Yes, Carbon Monoxide makes you really tired. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76699465 United States05/05/2021 04:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll tell you the quickest way to get ripped off my a mechanic. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80319674 Look down your nose at him. Generally speaking mechanics and mechanically inclined people are well above average intelligence and do what they do because they enjoy doing it. There are hundreds of thousands of people who do it just for the fun of it in this country. Despite what you might think, people can instantly sense when you are patronizing them or pretending to respect them. If you act like you suspect him of being dishonest, he's going to be dishonest with you. Every fuckin time, and you'll never feel the shaft going in. Honesty is not based upon being patronizing If they are HONEST they would not change depending on how others view them. Once dishonest.. always dishonest It is called being a criminal Criminals ALWAYS have excuses for thier dishonest behavior |
CosmicRays
 User ID: 63924692 United States05/05/2021 04:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. Honest to god, working at a Muff Shop is just fine if the owner/boss is fun and kind. It can really be a lot of fun. |
| Artificial Person
User ID: 79384281  Austria05/05/2021 04:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I watch these old guys fixing cars all the time close to my storage unit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77487197 The minute they get a cheap car for repair. The first tool they grab is an old hammer. Straight into the engine compartment. Tapping here , pushing there. Im amazed when they sell those cars haha  The secret is... knowing the precise spot and the number of tap tap's to apply to that spot. Sort of like making love to a woman. Now we know why you are a "hit" with women. From now on, DON'T USE A HAMMER ON THEM! I am a Synthetic but I prefer the term "Artificial Person" myself. I answer to "Bishop", "Synthetic" and "Hey man". Bite my shiny metal ass. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80197905 United States05/05/2021 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... I saw 2 overweight old dudes getting it done.  You poor, poor assfuk..you didn't get it did you?Thought of this thread this morning and laughed because I did not get the joke until a few more replies down the page. I meant to come back and tell you guys....mufflers....exhausting....exhaust pipes....i get it!! (old female here) Funny how you're going about your life and GLP comments come into your head and make you laugh or even laugh at yourself. 5 stars guys. |
| Reebl
User ID: 78218821 United States05/05/2021 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You guys seem to know a lot about sucking dick...just say'n Your the one who sucks cop dicks. It is exactly idiot posters like yourself that casts the ACs into the bad light that is sometimes well deserved. There is no fortune to be gained by a cure, there is however a great deal of profit to be made from treatments. ~Mark Twain If you want to live forever, live a life worth remembering. ~Bruce Lee You will find something in everything if you are looking everywhere for a thing. ~Reebl |
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| Dipshit20
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| rccola
User ID: 79830924 United States05/05/2021 04:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I watch these old guys fixing cars all the time close to my storage unit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77487197 The minute they get a cheap car for repair. The first tool they grab is an old hammer. Straight into the engine compartment. Tapping here , pushing there. Im amazed when they sell those cars haha The secret is... knowing the precise spot and the number of tap tap's to apply to that spot. Sort of like making love to a woman. Now we know why you are a "hit" with women. From now on, DON'T USE A HAMMER ON THEM!  ... |
| BRIEF
User ID: 79662918 United States05/05/2021 04:49 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | God has always guided my hand...I retired in 2018 and sold my shop in 2019...It's not MY problem! Quoting: BRIEF  You owned a muffler shop? 26 years Very cool. Through some rough times no less. I went to visit dad last week on his 82nd birthday and we agree, we are happy where we are, and glad we don't have to go through it again... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80321264 United States05/05/2021 04:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll tell you the quickest way to get ripped off my a mechanic. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80319674 Look down your nose at him. Generally speaking mechanics and mechanically inclined people are well above average intelligence and do what they do because they enjoy doing it. There are hundreds of thousands of people who do it just for the fun of it in this country. Despite what you might think, people can instantly sense when you are patronizing them or pretending to respect them. If you act like you suspect him of being dishonest, he's going to be dishonest with you. Every fuckin time, and you'll never feel the shaft going in. Yeah sure.... Most mechanics in the auto repair business are outright crooks and just as many are thieving too. The rest are hacks that are totally incompetent. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77867111 United States05/05/2021 05:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Exhaust work is an art form. Sure you will have the gravy jobs (just replacing the muffler or cats which become routine and tedious) but most of those are modular now and are bolt-in, making things much easier for the most part. Custom exhaust jobs will be the relief valve. Learn about scavenging. It is fulfilling work and welding skills will always be needed. H-pipes, x-pipes, resonators, muffler placement in relation to desired tone and/or volume... yeah. Quoting: ZOOM OUT Edit: forgot about turbo plumbing. Yes, it's absolutely an art...I custom bent all of my pipes... Now you straighten pipes all day. Ironic. SAAAANNNNAP |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79094956 05/05/2021 05:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80321264 United States05/05/2021 05:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No loyalty either. Employers stopped being loyal to their employee's and thus employees are not longer loyal to their employers. Even if you are a class act and try to give your boss two week notice when switching jobs, you can expect to be let go right their on the spot. And, of coarse sometime people just quite without warning either, or just stop showing up. Which is the ultimate screw you to their work places. Businesses started this nonsense of not caring about their employees back in the late 80s early 90s and rightfully so the employees now certainly don't give too forks about the employers. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79094956 05/05/2021 05:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll tell you the quickest way to get ripped off my a mechanic. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80319674 Look down your nose at him. Generally speaking mechanics and mechanically inclined people are well above average intelligence and do what they do because they enjoy doing it. There are hundreds of thousands of people who do it just for the fun of it in this country. Despite what you might think, people can instantly sense when you are patronizing them or pretending to respect them. If you act like you suspect him of being dishonest, he's going to be dishonest with you. Every fuckin time, and you'll never feel the shaft going in. Yeah sure.... Most mechanics in the auto repair business are outright crooks and just as many are thieving too. The rest are hacks that are totally incompetent. Im not a crook totally honest and im a genius at diagnosing and super fast, but i dont have a mind for business. I aired my concerns to a prior boss about how he was overcharging, he went on this weird rant and fired me later that day after lunch. His main guy is so incompetent, has cars come back all the time and he breaks shit everyday, but they are best friends. Its all about who you know. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74901497 United States05/05/2021 05:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll tell you the quickest way to get ripped off my a mechanic. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80319674 Look down your nose at him. Generally speaking mechanics and mechanically inclined people are well above average intelligence and do what they do because they enjoy doing it. There are hundreds of thousands of people who do it just for the fun of it in this country. Despite what you might think, people can instantly sense when you are patronizing them or pretending to respect them. If you act like you suspect him of being dishonest, he's going to be dishonest with you. Every fuckin time, and you'll never feel the shaft going in. Honesty is not based upon being patronizing If they are HONEST they would not change depending on how others view them. Once dishonest.. always dishonest It is called being a criminal Criminals ALWAYS have excuses for thier dishonest behavior That was a bit like picking up a fumble, going the wrong way, running into the wrong end zone, and scoring a safety for the other team instead of a touchdown for your own. Except what the other ac said wasn't even a fumble.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 34404409 United States05/05/2021 05:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | nobody wants to work Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot he has work backed up the employees I saw were over 50 years old I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. I heard that kind of work is exhausting... I saw 2 overweight old dudes getting it done. Show me anyone that's fit anymore lol does that include you? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 72510478 United States05/05/2021 05:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why would anyone want to go back to work since there is an extremely strong possible they will shut everything down again in fall/winter So they can spend months trying to navigate getting back on unemployment and lose everything like last time? Covid is fucking SEASONAL that’s why it’s HILARIOUS to see all these idiots patting themselves on the back saying we’re back and it’s post covid time Is anyone paying attention to south of the equator lol Has anyone realized how bad it is that the new mutations are crippling India, Thailand, vietnam, phillipines etc, after they had some sort of immunity to the early variants lol There’s just as many cases and hospitalizations now as there were in November …we are WORSE than we were this time last year lol It’s like living in bizzaro world. I’ve never seen so many morons running government in my life…I’ve never realized just How retarded the citizenry was and how extensive the idiocy has spread Everyone is running around injecting themselves with genetic therapy that doesn’t work on any of the new variants and where the most affected population 60+ Starts to lose most antibodies after three months and has none at 5 lol Meanwhile in South America and Mexico there are mass infections and that shit is stewing around mutating like crazy lol….wait till it becomes a Latino MERS It’s comical |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79992675  Canada05/05/2021 05:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am contemplating quitting my IT job and going to work in a muffler shop, at least my work will have some meaning. Quoting: CharlieFoxtrot I hear that kind of work is exhausting... I saw 2 overweight old dudes getting it done. :picard:  lol |
| Malleus
User ID: 79035915 United States05/05/2021 05:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A gynecologist who had lost interest in his medical practice decided to change careers and enrolled in auto mechanic school. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80197204 He performed well in the course but was still shocked when he got an off-the-chart 200 on his final exam. He asked the instructor to explain the grade. "I gave you 50 points for taking the engine apart correctly," the teacher said, "50 points for putting it back together correctly -- and an extra 100 points for doing it all through the muffler." I think that works better if you used a proctologist. Last Edited by Malleus on 05/05/2021 05:22 PM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 73429163 United States05/05/2021 05:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80321264 United States05/05/2021 05:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Im not a crook totally honest and im a genius at diagnosing and super fast, but i dont have a mind for business. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094956 I aired my concerns to a prior boss about how he was overcharging, he went on this weird rant and fired me later that day after lunch. His main guy is so incompetent, has cars come back all the time and he breaks shit everyday, but they are best friends. Its all about who you know. I certainly don't think all mechanics are crooks, and I know how to do some basic work on my car but not enough to do more, I realize how hard some of the work can be and I respect the trade. I'm willing to pay really good money, almost 50% more than standard rates but the problem is finding honest and COMPETENT people to do the work where I am. If you are the honest, super skilled guy you claim to be I have 110% respect for you, the work can be physically hard, and many times frustrating if you have things like rusted fasteners to deal with as well up north. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States05/05/2021 05:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80319674 There are losers in every line of work, usually because they're not any good or dont have any fuckin brains.  First of all, you dont RENT a shop, you build one, on your own fuckin land in a location that is not to hard to find or get to, and you pay off your debts as soon as you are able to financially even if you have to scrimp. This cuts down on INTEREST, which is often 30 percent of any kind of business development THEN, you actually work yourself. You are there in the shop ramrodding anyone you hire and doing the hardest and most profitable jobs YOURSELF, and you pay employees based on their ability TO MAKE YOU MONEY Mkay?. You dont have to be a certified public accountant to run a business either, you just need to know some old alcoholic who hates the government and is good with numbers Land has to be zoned for commercial automotive use. You dont know much do you? Where I live in East Texas you can build a fuckin moat with crocodiles and poisonous snakes in it around your house if you want to. I wouldn't live in a place where you have to operate in some "zone". Basically if you're not within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality you can put any business you want to, anywhere you want to. And if you have any problems you can always loosen up their thinking by hiring a combination lawyer/hit man. So build a shop in the sticks, away from primary income areas, thats your advice? You dont know the first thing about having a successful business. Rule 1, location. Yea i can build a shop in the middle of nowhere, but who is going to bring me their car? Most successful shops are in the middle of town in high traffic areas. Yep, a half mile out of town on the main highway IDIOT |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States05/05/2021 05:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: BRIEF There's no standard for custom work... On the diagnostic side there were standard prices, but when it comes to labor, I operated by the job and not by the hour unless it's a long tedious job like drilling a head or manifold bolt extraction... Did you ever remove exhaust manifold bolts from the heads of Ford FE engines? 352,360,390 v/8s from the 60s and 70s The secret there is two things really, heat them to red hot with a torch before trying to remove them and use a socket especially designed for removing rounded or rusted nuts. You should also give it a liberal dose of penetrating oil AFTER it cools off and let it sit overnight. BE PATIENT. What this does is causes the bolt (or stud) to expand enough to break the rust free from the cast iron head , and it gives the penetrating oil a gap to go into in by something called capillary action. The bitch can be when you break off a stud in the head by trying to remove a rusted on nut (and they are always rusted on), but if you get them red hot and let them cool before you try to get them out they will come off pretty easy. studs can be removed by the same technique once you get the manifold off, if you need to replace them. You'll need a GOOD set of vice grips for this "procedure". No oil and no cooling, extract red hot! Heat the area around the stud to expand the metal and you must have a feel for the stud turning or twisting... Huh huh. If you try to wrench a bolt out while it's really hot it will twist off every fuckin time because the steel is much weaker while above 1000 degrees hot. .The idea is it EXPANDS while it's hot, which breaks the rust bond between the head and the bolt. This bond can be like it's welded in. The bolt then contracts when it cools down. When it cools down it will be much stronger than while hot. Follow my instructions and you wont have to have it drilled out, ever. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79094956 05/05/2021 05:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094956 Land has to be zoned for commercial automotive use. You dont know much do you? Where I live in East Texas you can build a fuckin moat with crocodiles and poisonous snakes in it around your house if you want to. I wouldn't live in a place where you have to operate in some "zone". Basically if you're not within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality you can put any business you want to, anywhere you want to. And if you have any problems you can always loosen up their thinking by hiring a combination lawyer/hit man. So build a shop in the sticks, away from primary income areas, thats your advice? You dont know the first thing about having a successful business. Rule 1, location. Yea i can build a shop in the middle of nowhere, but who is going to bring me their car? Most successful shops are in the middle of town in high traffic areas. Yep, a half mile out of town on the main highway IDIOT A half a mile from what town? Bumfucksville? Population 25? You arent going to find land suitable for auto use within close proximity to a booming city. Even if you did cities are large, half a mile north is still further than staying in city limits or being in the south part of town. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States05/05/2021 05:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll tell you the quickest way to get ripped off my a mechanic. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80319674 Look down your nose at him. Generally speaking mechanics and mechanically inclined people are well above average intelligence and do what they do because they enjoy doing it. There are hundreds of thousands of people who do it just for the fun of it in this country. Despite what you might think, people can instantly sense when you are patronizing them or pretending to respect them. If you act like you suspect him of being dishonest, he's going to be dishonest with you. Every fuckin time, and you'll never feel the shaft going in. Honesty is not based upon being patronizing If they are HONEST they would not change depending on how others view them. Once dishonest.. always dishonest It is called being a criminal Criminals ALWAYS have excuses for thier dishonest behavior In this world you reap what you sow, asshole. Tell Jesus on me |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States05/05/2021 05:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80319674 you must be a mechanic. You have no reading compehension skill.Uh huh. I am a mechanic among many other things. I can basically do anything, including your job, better than you can. I'm not the one who had an engine replaced and got ripped off by the guy that did it. YOU ARE. And I understood every word you wrote. I wonder if you did. So you give trans blow Jobs better than him? Wow I bet you get the shit kicked out of you alot dont you? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States05/05/2021 05:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80319674 Where I live in East Texas you can build a fuckin moat with crocodiles and poisonous snakes in it around your house if you want to. I wouldn't live in a place where you have to operate in some "zone". Basically if you're not within the boundaries of an incorporated municipality you can put any business you want to, anywhere you want to. And if you have any problems you can always loosen up their thinking by hiring a combination lawyer/hit man. So build a shop in the sticks, away from primary income areas, thats your advice? You dont know the first thing about having a successful business. Rule 1, location. Yea i can build a shop in the middle of nowhere, but who is going to bring me their car? Most successful shops are in the middle of town in high traffic areas. Yep, a half mile out of town on the main highway IDIOT A half a mile from what town? Bumfucksville? Population 25? You arent going to find land suitable for auto use within close proximity to a booming city. Even if you did cities are large, half a mile north is still further than staying in city limits or being in the south part of town. Whatever you say, shit for brains |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80319674 United States05/05/2021 05:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why would anyone want to go back to work since there is an extremely strong possible they will shut everything down again in fall/winter Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72510478 So they can spend months trying to navigate getting back on unemployment and lose everything like last time? Covid is fucking SEASONAL that’s why it’s HILARIOUS to see all these idiots patting themselves on the back saying we’re back and it’s post covid time Is anyone paying attention to south of the equator lol Has anyone realized how bad it is that the new mutations are crippling India, Thailand, vietnam, phillipines etc, after they had some sort of immunity to the early variants lol There’s just as many cases and hospitalizations now as there were in November …we are WORSE than we were this time last year lol It’s like living in bizzaro world. I’ve never seen so many morons running government in my life…I’ve never realized just How retarded the citizenry was and how extensive the idiocy has spread Everyone is running around injecting themselves with genetic therapy that doesn’t work on any of the new variants and where the most affected population 60+ Starts to lose most antibodies after three months and has none at 5 lol Meanwhile in South America and Mexico there are mass infections and that shit is stewing around mutating like crazy lol….wait till it becomes a Latino MERS It’s comical I suppose if you can make more being a leech just sitting on your ass thats what you will do. But most of us can do much better actually working. |
