Mechanical Stuff

SNOW!

Has nothing to do with cars just wanted to say to get ready for snow, put snow tiers on your cars and check to make sure that your 4 wheel drive works before you need to use it. Also Tow Chains are really helpful, and Snow X windshield wipers.

You hear a grinding noise when ever you brake. You bring it down to the shop and they give you an estimate of about 500$ to fix it. They tell you it will be ready in about 4 hours. You come back in 4 hours and your cars fixed but the bill is 1500$. The mechanic tells you that not only did your rotors needed to be replaced the calipers also had to be replaced. Well what are you going to do you need your car, but 1500$ is a lot; you have to pay him.

This happens a lot. You go in for an oil change that's 75$ and walk out spending a grand plus. Well mechanics will fix anything that they see that is just a little broken or is going to brake eventually. But sometimes what mechanics will do is just do a little bit to a car see that a part is going to brake and let it brake, and when that part brakes it brakes another part. so now your screwed out of two parts. Also what adds to what mechanics do is what the person looks like when you walk into the shop, if your a 18 year old girl with bleach blond hair and 110 pounds and cute, the mechanic will take advantage of that and do everything imaginable to the car.

The best way of preventing this is to either know the mechanic that helps a lot, or what you can do is talk to the manager and give them your cell phone number and tell then straight up

"If my car needs anything more then what you told me call me and check with me first before you do anything more." They'll most likely listen to you . Also if they do call and give you a list of what your car needs just tell them to only do what they said they would do and when its done bring it to another shop to see what they say about the car.