While it’s not for everyone, driving can be a blast, with your favorite tunes on the stereo, the sensation of speed and freedom. Then that dreaded shift, as something begins to whine or crunch. Like an unhappy patient, a car finds its way to communicate that it absolutely is in need of some repair. And most car owners might already be feeling that secondhand dread of popping the hood and seeing just how bad it is.
The “just rolled into the shop” online group documents the silliness that mechanics sometimes have to deal with. Preventative maintenance is not often in the vocabulary of most car owners, so the vehicles they encounter can range from “How does it even drive?” to “We need a priest, not a mechanic.” So upvote your favorites and be sure to comment your own stories below.
#1 Just Got My Christmas Present
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#2 Getting Real Tired Of These
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#3 It's A Bit Cold Out This Morning
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#4 C/S Thanks For Understanding, Nerds
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#5 You Had One Job
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#6 I've Never Seen A Car That Failed A Home Inspection Before
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#7 When A Carpenter Does His Own Repairs…
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#8 It’s Raining For The First Time In A While In Los Angeles. This Is The Trash Can Outside Autozone
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#9 Local Shop - 40+ Year Old Phones And All
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#10 Didn’t Want To Wait For A Tow So Had His Buddy Drag It To Us 4 Miles
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#11 Shop Dog? How About A Shop Chicken?
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#12 Kachow
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#13 First Time Seeing Hello Kitty Exhaust Tips
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#14 The Insurance Companies Love This Maneuver
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#15 Whoever Did This Alignment Pls Let Me Buy U A Drink
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#16 Customer States : Heard A Loud Noise And Lost All Gears
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#17 I've Been Maintaining This Thing From Around 150k Miles. Definitely The Highest Mileage Customer I Have
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#18 So How's Your Morning Going?
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#19 Just Rolled In: My New Tool Box After 5 Years Of Window Shopping. Feels Good When You Do It By Yourself. Cheers!
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#20 Coolant Light Is Still On After Customer Topped It Up
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#21 In For A Key Cut And Program. Bet I Know Where The Lost One Is
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#22 Had To Pull The Rear Seats Out Of A 2012 F250 For Some Bodywork, And Found A Second Gen iPhone Solidly Wedged Behind It! Wonder How Long It's Been There
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#23 Reminder: You Share A Road With These People
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#24 So My Pads Have How Much Life Left? Uh… Yes
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#25 Can’t Believe They Haven’t Been Forced To Do A Total Recall
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#26 Customer Came Back After We Did An Oil Change On A Subaru, Stating It Had Problems, New Guy Drained The Transmission
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#27 Yes I’m The Tech Who Didn’t Take The Seltzer
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#28 3rd One We Have Had This Happen Too!
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