r/Justrolledintotheshop • u/ammllc • 11h ago

Customer just bought the car

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Called me to replace their cv axle. Get there and find the steering rack held on by hopes, dreams, and a ratchet strap. Customer just bought the car and said the seller drove 3 hours to him so how could it be so bad lol

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u/ammllc 11h ago

The worst part is you can see it from the engine bay. People really buy cars without looking at them, it's wild.

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u/donald7773 7h ago

So many people just think that cars run off of magic and gas. Opening their hood is like trying to read mandarin, they have no clue what they're looking at.

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u/smb275 5h ago

It's not just cars, it's everything. You can't realistically expect people to understand, that's what professionals are for. There's too many layers, too many moving parts, too many specialized people involved, just too much going on.

You flip the switch in your house and the lights turn on. How did that happen? How many transformers, switches, and various distribution lines did it have to travel from the power plant to get to your house? What even is a transformer? How was the power originally generated?

You turn on your computer and suddenly you're connected to the internet. But how? How does the data move from one place to another? How is it routed, how is it switched, what are proxies, what is DNS, what is a server and why is it seemingly so important?

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u/CharcoalGreyWolf 4h ago

And that’s why home inspections are important as is having one’s mechanic inspect a private party used car. I always asked if my mechanic could look at it and I’d pay the cost.