If you’re counting everything down to the smallest screw, a single car has about 30,000 parts. That’s way too many for us average folk to maintain. This means that over time, bad things happen, and we need to take our metal horsies to the mechanic to fix them.
But the state of some of our cars… Due to money shortage, ignorance, or neglect, we DIY or pretend we don’t see a problem when it’s clear that a professional has to take care of it. So when the inevitable occurs and we pull up to their place begging for help, the poor fellas know they’re stuck with it for good.
There’s even a subreddit for such situations. r/JustRolledIntoTheShop is a community that collects “those absolutely stupid things” that we bring, roll, or toss into their businesses and car mechanics are pretty popular there. Continue scrolling and you’ll understand why.
#1 Stayed A Little Longer At The Shop To Save This Little Guy From Someone’s Engine Bay
A recent study of 2,000 American car owners support the message this subreddit is sending, too. It found as many as a quarter feel they take a risk each time they hit the road as their vehicle is currently in need of repair or no longer runs well.
The study asked people to reflect on the current state of their vehicle and tested their knowledge of car basics. Results showed an alarming number of drivers are rolling the dice on vehicles in need of work — 68 percent said their cars currently have at least one thing wrong with them.
And with so many vehicles in need of love, Americans could stand to do a bit of brushing up on how to take care of their cars a little better. 36 percent of those studied confessed they don’t know the first thing about fixing a flat tire.
#2 Customer: “Let Me Know When You Are About To Pull My Truck In So I Can Get My Raccoon” And He Sat In The Lobby With A Raccoon Until His Truck Was Done
The survey, conducted by Cooper Tires, discovered that nearly half of American car owners think they couldn’t change their car’s oil and almost 30 percent believe they couldn’t even pick out the correct oil their car needs in the first place.
One in four Americans also aren’t confident they could jump-start their vehicle should they need to.
Even using an air pressure gauge to check tire pressure can prove to be too difficult for nearly one in five Americans.
#3 I Dont Condone Stealing… But Man I Want To
“Although many Americans have a lack of confidence and knowledge when it comes to vehicle maintenance, it’s important to plan ahead and take initiative,” Jessica Egerton, director of marketing for Cooper Tires, said. “Don’t wait until there is an issue with a vehicle. It’s why Cooper Tires is passionate about helping educate and empower car owners across the country.”
#4 This Made Me Laugh Way More Than It Should Have
#5 Hood Opens. Hood Is Layed Down Immediately. Tech Exclaims “Oh Hell No.”
#6 Actual Work Order At Our Shop From One Of Our Technicians
#7 Customer Has Been Coming Since 200k Miles, Said He’d Get To 1 Million. I’ve Been Waiting For That Day For Years, Today He Casually Rolled Up And Asked To Plug His Tire, Needless To Say Best Tire Plug Ever
#8 The Odds Of A Single 4 Leaf Clover Rooting Into A Fender Line
#9 The Car Sounds Like A Cartoon
#10 Customer Refused All 4 Tires On A Rainy Day, She Also Had To Sign A Waiver Before Releasing The Car
#11 Just Crawled Out From Under A Broken Lift
#12 I Work At A Rental Company And The Police Brought This Back…
#13 Customer Failed To Mention The Fact That His Dog Was In The Vehicle, Scared The Hell Outta Me
#14 Accerlator Gets Stuck To Floor. Pull On String To Unstick
#15 Self Aware Prius Owner
#16 C/S She Hears A Flapping Noise Coming From The Driver’s Side
#17 I Am Pretty Sure I’m Younger Than The Tire
#18 16 Years Of Writing Service And It Finally Happened. Gloves In A Glovebox
#19 The First And Probably Last Time I Will Ever See One Of These. Jaguar Xj220 With Only 3k On The Odometer
#20 Just Hopped Into The Shop
#21 Work Never Fails To Disappoint
#22 Surprised It Didn’t Explode Into The Shop
#23 Customer States Temperature Gauge Is Reading Full Tank
#24 A Girl Who Works At Sonic Just Paid Her 1k Repair Bill With Mostly 1’s And 5’s. Mad Resolve
#25 Private Security Tahoe With 1″ Bulletproof Glass. The Rest Of The Vehicle Is Just As Heavily Armored
#26 The Only Worthwhile Lift Kit Instructions
#27 When I Saw This I Told Her It Wasn’t Going To Be Cheep
#28 Just Pulled This Out Of A Customers Car Between The Grill And Condenser
#29 7 Months Since The Last Post About This Car… He Finally Did It. Our Customer Bought This Civic New In 06 And It Has Only Been Serviced At Our Dealership. Original Motor And Transmission
#30 Just In For An Inspection & Was Greeted With This…
#31 This Little Girl Helped Me Check Codes In Her Owner’s Car Today. Good Girl
#32 86 Yota. 211k Miles. In Mint Condition
#33 They Told Me Someone Was Dropping Off Their BBQ For Me To Do Brakes And Bearings On. I Thought They Were Joking, They Were Not
#34 Guy Drove In Like This. Another Reason Why We Are Essential
#35 Lexus In To Pick Up Some Brake Pads
#36 In Case You’ve Ever Wondered That The Undercarriage Of A Tesla Looked Like
#37 Which Car Has The Worst Battery Location?
#38 C/S Lost His Keys… I Wonder Why
#39 Had An Interesting Tailgate Come In Today
#40 A Sweet Old Lady Asked Me To Apply Her 2018 License Plate Decal Today As She Couldn’t Kneel Down To Do It Herself Anymore
#41 Customer States “I Played Edm Once And Now My Car Won’t Stop Pretending It’s At A Rave”
#42 An Actual “Key” Supplied By A Customer
#43 Says Didn’t Have A Spare, Drove For 3 Days! I Found The Spare In The Trunk Complete With Jack!
#44 Ya Think
#45 Sorry Officer I Didn’t Know How Fast I Was Going
#46 I Think My Boss May Be Compensating For Something With His New Toolbox
#47 Customer Stated He Needed A Punctured Tyre Repaired, Had To Tell Him He Was Screwed
#48 Rental Car Came Back Like This “Had A Plane To Catch”
#49 I Replaced A Battery Last Week In A Customers Car And She Is Trying To Claim The Battery Is Causing Weird Things To Happen To Her Car Now. This Morning, She Said The Red Line Was Never There Before The Battery Was Replaced And Wants A Refund. Lord Help Me
#50 Customer Was Wondering Why When He Started His Car This Morning, It Sounded Different. He Didn’t Understand It When I Told Him He Had Been Robbed
#51 Chile Isn’t Known For It’s Tires But I Didn’t Know It Was This Bad
#52 What Was The Customer Complaint Again?
#53 Customers Tire That Was Struck By Lightning
#54 Cw: Is It Leaking? Me: Pretty Sure It Might Be
#55 Customer Request: Reflect On Your Life
#56 Customer States: Frog In Headlight. Diagnosis:frog In Headlight
#57 Guy Bought An Artificial Femur That Had Been Removed From Grandma Before Cremation From A Yard Sale And Used It As His Shifter
#58 Customer States Rear End Impact. Requests That We Don’t Total The Vehicle And That It Is Repaired To Like New Condition For 1500 Or Less
#59 C/S Needs An Alignment, It Pulls To The Left
#60 Well That’s A First
#61 Just Rolled Into The Shop, Literally
#62 Hilux Radio Begs Tech For Salvation
#63 I Probably Won’t See One Of These Ever Again
#64 Our 6’6″ Shop Foreman Just Got A 5’7″ Apprentice
#65 A Forest Of Black Ice
#66 Coworker Left A Couple Shop Rags In The Engine Valley When Doing Intake Gaskets. Now He Gets To Replace The Engine
#67 They’ll Wanna Take Selfies With Them
#68 “The Skidsteer Track Is Making A Funny Noise”
#69 Little Dude Picked A Bad Spot For Metamorphosis
#70 The Check Engine Light Was On
#71 2017 Maserati Owner Refused To Buy New Rear Tyres And Insists On Driving It Away
#72 Jesus Has The Wheel, The Saints Have The Tach. And Speedometer
#73 I’m A 3rd Generation Tech. This Was In My Grandpa’s Tool Box. Glad To See He Had A Good Sense Of Humor
#74 Guy Drove In Like This. I’m Surprised He Made It Into The Parking Space
#75 Dude Just Drove This Thing In On Fire And Parked It Right In Front Of Our Waiting Room Last Week
#76 Unsecured Firearms, C’mon Ya’ll
#77 Toyota Tundra With Over 250k Miles On The Og Engine. This Is The Result Of Actually Taking Care Of Your Engine
#78 Lied To Wife About Getting Oil Changes. 25k Without An Oil Change. They Had A Prepaid Plan…all He Had To Do Was Just Bring It In
#79 When The Techs Don’t Mind Checking Out Your Vehicle
#80 Customer Came In Saying It “Felt Like They Had A Flat Tire”
#81 Today I Started Possibly One Of The Longest Games Of Tic Tac Toe Ever
#82 Nobody Told Me My Tesla Model S Power Windows Also Have Ludicrous Mode
#83 A Giant Armored Un Vehicle. I’m 6’3″ And I Come Up To The Lower Arm On The Mirror
#84 An Old Coworker Sent Me This. I See Things Haven’t Changed
#85 How To Fix An Exhaust Rattle For $0.25
#86 Saw An Honesty Test, Thought I’d Post Mine! In The Center Console
#87 Told The Customer We’d Have To Remove The Fuel Tank So They Drove It Until The Gas Light Came On Before Binging It In. Customer Of The Year
#88 I Don’t Get Some People
#89 “Do Not Put Solvents Down The Sink” Is Evidently Too Complicated For Some Of My Colleagues
#90 Taste The Rainbow. Radiator Flush On A 20yo Truck
#91 Customer States Vibration Above 55 Mph
#92 Air Ride
#93 Customer Refused To Tell The First Two Shops Why Evap Core Needed To Be Replaced. Just Said He Needed To Get Out Of Town By Monday
#94 C/S “Not Here For New Tires, Don’t Try To Sell Me New Tires”
#95 Sweet Metallic Chia Pet We Found In A Transmission Pan
#96 Regular Customer In For His Monthly Oil Change (6000+ Miles Every Month)
#97 Most Thoughtful Sh*t Anyone’s Done For Me In Ages Lol
#100 17mm Ordered, 170mm Delivered
#101 Not The Worst I’ve Ever Seen…. But It’s Also A 2018
#102 Just Remember That No Matter How Bad Your Day Is Today, You Are Not The Guy That Backed Into This Car…at Work… In A Work Truck… Just Minutes Before The Customer Was To Pick The Car Up…for A Photo Shoot
#103 Car Came In For Safety Inspection, It Was Literally Glued Back Together With Fabric Glue
#104 This Ford With 30, Not 30k Just 30 Miles Has A Check Engine Light On
#105 Just Arrived At The Shop To See This Great Park Job. Blocking 2 Bay Doors And No Keys Dropped Off
#106 Bought A Used Ram 1500. Look What Was Holding The Parking Brake
#107 Got Into A Customer’s Car And Saw This
#108 Lady Said She Had To Get Home And Didn’t Have Time To Stop And Put The Spare Tire On
#109 Customer Brought This In For “The Boy That Fixed My Tire”. Too Bad He Was Only 19, Lead Tech Took It Off His Hands
#110 This One Had Me Scratching My Head
#111 “My Car Handled Very Badly This Winter I Think It’s Broken”
#112 Customer Came In To Get Their Air Mattress Filled Up. No Repair On A Vehicle. Just Air
#113 There Is A Shortage Of Techs In My City. I Found This Job Posting On An Oil Filter. They Get An ‘A’ For Creativity
#114 Just Rolled Back Into The Shop. Three Months Ago I Left My Clip Pliers Under The Hood Of A Customers Car. This Morning On My First Car They Came Back To Me
#115 When The Gas Can Is Towards The End Of Its Life It Sheds Its First Layer Of Skin To Make A New Layer
#116 Not What I Wanna See Roll Into My Shop These Days
#117 This Guy Crammed A Bag Of Garlic Cheese Curd Inside The Fuel Filler Door On Top Of The Gas Cap. Either He Though That Would Fix His Evap Leak, Or Lactose Intolerant Vampires Kept Syphoning His Fuel
#118 Customer Kept Adding Air Because The Tpms Light Would Not Turn Off
#119 Don’t Take A Highlander Rock-Crawling. It’ll Be Expensive
#120 Customer States “Interior Smells Like Mold”… The Spare Tire Is Literally Floating
#121 Kachow
#122 A Kia Rio Came Into The Shop. We Got The Title And Junked It. This Has To Be A Record. $160 In Just Quarters Was Scattered All Over The Floor. I’ve Never Seen So Much Change In A Car. This Doesn’t Even Include The Other Coins
#123 New Tire Designed By Mazda
#124 Joop
#125 Just Rolled Into My Machining Class For A Polishing, It’s Solid Aluminum
#126 This Is Not Ok
#127 Just Rolled Away From The Shop
#128 Trust Test Level: Leprechaun
#129 When A Customer Gets Flood Damage In Their 2013 Bmw And The Insurance Company Agreed To Pay 10 Grand To Replace The Entire Body Harness. (All Seats, Carpets, Dash And Cage Came Out. As Did The Headliner, Headlights And Everything In The Trunk.) This Was A 57 Hour Job
#130 The Way People “Fix” There Own Cars Just Astonishes Me
#131 “I Kept Adding Air But The Light Wouldnt Turn Off…”
#132 Napa Pulled A Sneaky On Me. I Was Wondering Why Car Wouldn’t Start After Some Electrical Repairs
#133 Just Rolled In For After Purchase Oil And Fluid Change, 200k Paint Option…
#134 My Buddy Doesn’t Have A Reddit Account So He Asked Me To Post Some Things He’s Seen For Him. But I Think This Photo Speaks For Itself
#135 This Is How We’re Gonna Start Our Day, Huh?
#136 Customer Got A Lift Kit And New Tires But No Alignment. 1000 Miles Later And They Bring It To Us
#138 The Cleanest Example Of The Ugliest Car Ever Made
#139 I Don’t Think So
#140 The Jd Power Awards May Be Bogus After All
#141 My Car Is Making A Funny Noise
#142 “Just Give Me My Free Oil Change.”
#143 Walmart Customer Decided The Price For The Oil Change Was Too High, So He Did It Himself In The Parking Lot And Left This
#144 2015 Gmc Sierra 1500 Struck By Lightning At The Antenna. Here’s My Repair Totals. Insurance Refused To Total It So They Paid To Replace Nearly Every Module In The Truck At Full Labor Rate
#145 I Guess Anything’s An Ash Tray If You’re Gross Enough
#146 Honesty Test. Not Getting Me Today
#149 This Guy Wrapped His Panorama Glass Sun Roof In Fake Carbon Fiber
#150 New Guy Doesn’t Know I’m A Sticker Ninja
#151 I Used To Complain About German Over Engineering.. I Present The 2018 Honda Clarity Rear Suspension
#152 The “T” In The 2.0 T Is $36 And Sold As An Individual Letter. The Lincoln Nameplate Is $33
#153 Not Sure If This Is The Right Place For This But I Had A Customer Come In Yesterday Who Was 130k Miles Over On His Lease
