Just Rolled in....
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I am so grateful I long ago quit working on consumer cars...
Four wheels ...sometimes less.
dnewton3
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I subscribe to that channel too. It boggles the mind of any Bitoger to see how pitiful some vehicles are.
It also puts the OCI in perspective. Anyone who thinks overrunning an OCI by a few thousand miles is going to make an engine implode is being overly sensitive. If you are comfortable at 5k miles, that's great. But don’t freak out if your daughter/wife/mom/aunt went 6,500 miles, then post here and ask if there was any damage done to the engine. Most of the abusive conditions seen on JRI are accumulated over tens of thousands of miles of neglect.
If you watch some of the other vids from that source, you’ll be shocked to see the horrific frame/chassis/brakes that folks drive around with. They truly endanger others with those death-traps.
It also puts the OCI in perspective. Anyone who thinks overrunning an OCI by a few thousand miles is going to make an engine implode is being overly sensitive. If you are comfortable at 5k miles, that's great. But don’t freak out if your daughter/wife/mom/aunt went 6,500 miles, then post here and ask if there was any damage done to the engine. Most of the abusive conditions seen on JRI are accumulated over tens of thousands of miles of neglect.
If you watch some of the other vids from that source, you’ll be shocked to see the horrific frame/chassis/brakes that folks drive around with. They truly endanger others with those death-traps.
The original subreddit is a good read: https://www.reddit.com/r/justrolledintotheshop
But there are robot "scrapers" that steal original content and repackage it for fun & profit. I feel credit should be due to the original content creators.
But there are robot "scrapers" that steal original content and repackage it for fun & profit. I feel credit should be due to the original content creators.
O M G 
Mental illness is real.
78k on the factory oil fill.
My neigbhour has a regular visitor who has a minivan- garbage hip deep everywhere except the drivers seat. I'm embarrased for her- likely mental illness.
At work the mechanics refused to work on a truck- two inches of sunflower seed shells on the floor......
At work the mechanics refused to work on a truck- two inches of sunflower seed shells on the floor......
I started working at my current employer almost 13 years ago. Started as a Service Manager. Had to go out and do vehicle and job site inspections one day. I had only been at company a few days. Met one of our controls techs at a job site (first time meeting him) and he had one of those Ford Transit vans. As soon as he saw me, I saw an embarrased look on his face. Went to his van and opened the passenger side door and it was so FULL of fast food bags, cups, trash, etc. that there was an outline of the door armrest, etc. imprinted in the trash..........
I couldn't believe it. Never seen anything like that before. He was a super nice guy and a great controls tech, but ugh.....
I couldn't believe it. Never seen anything like that before. He was a super nice guy and a great controls tech, but ugh.....
Man I'm glad I got out of consumer automotive...
We had a hoarder customer at my last shop, drove a Chevy Avalanche and the only windows you could see out of were the windshield and driver's side. The entire cabin and truck bed were filled to the brim with trash. Eventually, I refused to work on it and my boss blew his cork.
I don't see any of that now that I'm in Ag. People take a LOT better care of their equipment when it costs $1m+.
We had a hoarder customer at my last shop, drove a Chevy Avalanche and the only windows you could see out of were the windshield and driver's side. The entire cabin and truck bed were filled to the brim with trash. Eventually, I refused to work on it and my boss blew his cork.
I don't see any of that now that I'm in Ag. People take a LOT better care of their equipment when it costs $1m+.
Is BITOG turning into a YT transfer station!? Too boring here otherwise?
Didn't watch, but I'd say, "turn that around and git!".
Then I was reminded of the virus outbreak where they had some poor soul wiping down a customer's vehicle before they were brought into the the service bay.
Didn't watch, but I'd say, "turn that around and git!".
Then I was reminded of the virus outbreak where they had some poor soul wiping down a customer's vehicle before they were brought into the the service bay.
I'd say no to those cars with the interiors packed with trash,cigs, hoarding.
I'd refuse to touch, work on those cars.
So, the industry is doing us a favor by making $80,000 pick-ups. I KNEW they'd take care of our needs! (sarc.)
About 60 years ago (yes) I was asked by an older lady to change a headlight bulb. I was young...so forgive me for digging deeply into the buckets of coins she had in the car...along with a ridiculous amount of trash.
We had a co-worker who had a Ford Ranger that he had apparently bought brand new; within a couple years it was one of those where the level of trash was as high as the window sills, with just a cavity for the driver to sit in. He liked to buy the day-old donuts from the store and he'd set them out on the dashboard, where the sun would bake them and the frosting would melt and eventually there were layers of moldy frosting and donut crumbs all over the top of the dash.
The former owner of a very good Volvo repair place picked up and dropped off customers as a kind of retirement project. He used his nearly new Volvo as a cigarette ash tray. For some reason he had a deep pile of cigarette ashes on the carpet beside his seat.
Car didn't smell too good either.
Car didn't smell too good either.
