Know anyone like this?
My sister destroyed her previous car. She had a Toyota for 9 years, and still has it as backup, cant sell cause she damaged the hydraulic braking system thanks to her running it through the ground, but it still runs even though it sounds like absolute garbage. Sounds like a bunch of marbles in a tin can and a dying cat, its horrible. Its so bad, if you heard it, i gaurentee you will be shocked.
Only thing shes ever done was oil change every year, brakes and rotors done once and tires changed once. She drove it everyday like a F1 race car, pedal to the medal, slam on the brakes, constantly cruising over speed bumps and curbs like theyre nothing.
During the 9 years of her driving it, she still has the original cabin filter, air filter, struts, oil filter, ATF, Powersteering, brake fluid and coolant in the car today! Car has never been tuned up and thats why it sounds like a dying cat.
None of it has ever been serviced. When I checked it the other day, all those fluids are black as coal and dried up! I kept telling her you need to service that stuff but nooo she doesnt want to listen.
"Youre not a mech, ill just listen to my mech" Who btw is by no means a mechanic at all! Considering he told my sister that an air filter never has to be changed and winter tires are a waste of money and we live in Canada, severe conditions, in -30 weather, tons of black ice here! Once I heard that, I knew he was no mechanic, he lost all crediblity. Winter tires are no better than all seasons? Really?
So last year when she found out she pretty much destroyed the hydraulic system on her car, she just figured she would buy a new car instead. She got a used one 4yrs old. I told her, first thing she should do is change all the fluids, but noo she said only oil change is needed. I asked her if any of the other fluids have ever been changed and she said no. So she obviously wants to take this car down the same route as her own old one by turning all those fluids into coal.
When she bought it, she was over one day and happened to leave one of her receipts on my table, from a dealership where she got the car inspected and also where she had her previous car. I glanced over it and couldnt help but notice that it said on her previous car, her tires were well overused, no treads left and she drove on them for almost a year. Mech even made a note on it saying not to let it happen again.
That really made me upset inside, knowing she drove a full winter plus 6 more months here on bare naked worn out all seasons.
I told her about it and said she should taking stuff like this seriously and get it taken care of. Shes putting not only herself but others at risk on the road because of her carelessness. She didnt seem to care. I even told her to find a real mechanic, and she didnt care.
And here on my car, she laughs when I get my coolant, brake and powersteering fluid changed every 3 years, saying its a waste of money. And does my car sound like her old one when its running? Like marbles in a tin can?
My sister destroyed her previous car. She had a Toyota for 9 years, and still has it as backup, cant sell cause she damaged the hydraulic braking system thanks to her running it through the ground, but it still runs even though it sounds like absolute garbage. Sounds like a bunch of marbles in a tin can and a dying cat, its horrible. Its so bad, if you heard it, i gaurentee you will be shocked.
Only thing shes ever done was oil change every year, brakes and rotors done once and tires changed once. She drove it everyday like a F1 race car, pedal to the medal, slam on the brakes, constantly cruising over speed bumps and curbs like theyre nothing.
During the 9 years of her driving it, she still has the original cabin filter, air filter, struts, oil filter, ATF, Powersteering, brake fluid and coolant in the car today! Car has never been tuned up and thats why it sounds like a dying cat.
None of it has ever been serviced. When I checked it the other day, all those fluids are black as coal and dried up! I kept telling her you need to service that stuff but nooo she doesnt want to listen.
"Youre not a mech, ill just listen to my mech" Who btw is by no means a mechanic at all! Considering he told my sister that an air filter never has to be changed and winter tires are a waste of money and we live in Canada, severe conditions, in -30 weather, tons of black ice here! Once I heard that, I knew he was no mechanic, he lost all crediblity. Winter tires are no better than all seasons? Really?
So last year when she found out she pretty much destroyed the hydraulic system on her car, she just figured she would buy a new car instead. She got a used one 4yrs old. I told her, first thing she should do is change all the fluids, but noo she said only oil change is needed. I asked her if any of the other fluids have ever been changed and she said no. So she obviously wants to take this car down the same route as her own old one by turning all those fluids into coal.
When she bought it, she was over one day and happened to leave one of her receipts on my table, from a dealership where she got the car inspected and also where she had her previous car. I glanced over it and couldnt help but notice that it said on her previous car, her tires were well overused, no treads left and she drove on them for almost a year. Mech even made a note on it saying not to let it happen again.
That really made me upset inside, knowing she drove a full winter plus 6 more months here on bare naked worn out all seasons.
I told her about it and said she should taking stuff like this seriously and get it taken care of. Shes putting not only herself but others at risk on the road because of her carelessness. She didnt seem to care. I even told her to find a real mechanic, and she didnt care.
And here on my car, she laughs when I get my coolant, brake and powersteering fluid changed every 3 years, saying its a waste of money. And does my car sound like her old one when its running? Like marbles in a tin can?
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