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I’m by no means a home mechanic but would consider myself more enlightened on the finer details of cars then the common man :P. But I have actually found a few workshops that don’t beat around the bush, or attempts to de-babble the car lingo when they deal with me. Back when I had my old car I actually managed to get some good discount on brand original parts since the parts were just “rusting” on their shelves anyway so rather sell to me at a discount and cut their losses as opposed to throwing it out in the bin. And he plainly told me that, that he would rather try to sell brand “new” original parts in original packing at the same price that I could get reproduction parts for, at least that way we both “won” :P.
Suffice to say I would go back to that garage when/if I get a car again of that make.
Sadly you can’t fix stupid. Either A: You scared him and he drove it to the shop to get it fixed ASAP, B: He is a fool and simply “ran” in order to not having to face you and the potential bill of having it fixed.
If A then he is redeemable, if B then he is without redemption
Sadly you can’t fix stupid. Either A: You scared him and he drove it to the shop to get it fixed ASAP, B: He is a fool and simply “ran” in order to not having to face you and the potential bill of having it fixed.
If A then he is redeemable, if B then he is without redemption
[quote=”drthrift035″ post=68387]Worse care scenario and he continues to drive like this, do you think he could be injured and injure others.[/quote]
Worst case?
Injure himself = Yes
Injure Others = YesWorst case he won’t realise just how bad his brakes are and then he will try to pull an emergency stop that might have worked if his brakes had been in 100% working order. But that doesn’t work in his case and god knows what might happen then.
[quote=”drthrift035″ post=68387]Worse care scenario and he continues to drive like this, do you think he could be injured and injure others.[/quote]
Worst case?
Injure himself = Yes
Injure Others = YesWorst case he won’t realise just how bad his brakes are and then he will try to pull an emergency stop that might have worked if his brakes had been in 100% working order. But that doesn’t work in his case and god knows what might happen then.
Personally I prefer honesty over anything else. My mechanic friend once told me with a wide grin: “Mate your car is so messed up I won’t even take it off your hands for the scrap value”. Did it sting, sure it did, but I preferred him being honest rather than sugar coating it.
Personally I prefer honesty over anything else. My mechanic friend once told me with a wide grin: “Mate your car is so messed up I won’t even take it off your hands for the scrap value”. Did it sting, sure it did, but I preferred him being honest rather than sugar coating it.
I can see your avatar fine Jane, but your post in this thread just has a blank space in the middle for me :/
I can see your avatar fine Jane, but your post in this thread just has a blank space in the middle for me :/
From going by the just the images I wouldn’t exactly call the situation fatal since he will be able to brake. But his braking distance etc would most likely suffer from the uneven surface, and the discs might not be able to dissipate heat very well and thus could lead to warped discs.
I would clearly recommend getting the discs taken off and replaced ASAP.
If it was my customer I would have called him if he hadn’t shown up at around 5:15, but could you see if his car was there or not?.
But my last car had rather dodgy brakes, that got fixed and then another part broke and I just said to hell with it, well until my mechanic friend showed me exactly what I had been doing at which point I realised what I had been doing could potentially have been deadly for me or someone else.
From going by the just the images I wouldn’t exactly call the situation fatal since he will be able to brake. But his braking distance etc would most likely suffer from the uneven surface, and the discs might not be able to dissipate heat very well and thus could lead to warped discs.
I would clearly recommend getting the discs taken off and replaced ASAP.
If it was my customer I would have called him if he hadn’t shown up at around 5:15, but could you see if his car was there or not?.
But my last car had rather dodgy brakes, that got fixed and then another part broke and I just said to hell with it, well until my mechanic friend showed me exactly what I had been doing at which point I realised what I had been doing could potentially have been deadly for me or someone else.
As a european I am not really fond of either of the 2. When I was originally laid off in April I had to turn in my VW Passat Stc with a 2.0 TurboDiesel and DSG automatic. I then had to drive a Hyundai i40 Automatic back to my home town to a colleague. Man that car sucked majorly. I mean I can’t really knock its automatic gear, but the car just felt slow and down on power generally and the engine screamed when I wanted to get something out of it :/.
Personally I would rather spend my money on an older used xxx brand car rather then springing for a newer/new Kia or Hyundai. But as a budget car they sure are getting popular around here, but I would rather want something I would feel good about driving and that I look forward to driving, rather than dreading it.
As a european I am not really fond of either of the 2. When I was originally laid off in April I had to turn in my VW Passat Stc with a 2.0 TurboDiesel and DSG automatic. I then had to drive a Hyundai i40 Automatic back to my home town to a colleague. Man that car sucked majorly. I mean I can’t really knock its automatic gear, but the car just felt slow and down on power generally and the engine screamed when I wanted to get something out of it :/.
Personally I would rather spend my money on an older used xxx brand car rather then springing for a newer/new Kia or Hyundai. But as a budget car they sure are getting popular around here, but I would rather want something I would feel good about driving and that I look forward to driving, rather than dreading it.