Filthy A$$ Customers!!!

[Homercidal]

I will definately take pics of the odd and/or nasty cars as they roll in, one I am thinking of is a regular customer that we refer to as "deep-fried seats" the seats are so nasty and gross they really look like they were deep-fried! I just did a used car that came in with bloody boogers wiped all over the driver door fabric. shoulda got pics of that one. I repaired a BMW Z3 back in '99 his seat was jammed, I removed a 12-14" dildo from the seat frame.

LOL! That was why the seat was stuck! Never would have sold it if I knew that.

 

[conpewter]

I hope it was his wife/girlfriend's...

 

[neovox]

I removed a 12-14" dildo from the seat frame.

Should have put it in a zip-lock and stapled it to the invoice saying, I found and fixed the problem with your seat too.

 

[Ouroboros]

This thread motivated me to armor-all the **** out of my car lol...

 

[Ouroboros]

I repaired a BMW Z3 back in '99 his seat was jammed, I removed a 12-14" dildo from the seat frame.

I always heard that the Z3 was a bit stiff...

 

[jiggs_casey]

a few weeks ago, while sitting in the drive through of one of the local fast food eateries, i watched a lady literally 'climb' her way out of the drivers seat of her car. she had both hands on the 'oh 5h!t' handle on the drivers side and was using her feet / legs to scamper across the stack of newspapers that were on her seat.

 

[BeerRunner]

I'm a plumber and yeah I've seen some nasty houses. I recently installed a toilet for a guy who has apparently never cleaned his bathroom. The old commode had dried piss on the sides...and the tank...even the bathtub appeared to have some overspray on it. That guy doesn't know it, but he paid extra.

I went to help a buddy at another house where the garage smelled like cat piss. Inside the house, the smell was 10x worse. One problem was a leak under the kitchen sink. I looked under the sink and the floor of the cabinet was not wet...it was GONE. As in rotted away ages ago, swept up and thrown away. The only wood left was a piece on its side that had been a support for the cabinet floor. It fell over when I touched it.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

That don't work around these parts.

The car goes in the shop, it's automatically 1/2 hour. And that's before anybody looks at it. Some places it's a full hour charge.

Same here. And they woill reject the service is the car is THAT filthy or charge a fee to have it cleaned prior to any diagnostics or service.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I looked under the sink and the floor of the cabinet was not wet...it was GONE. As in rotted away ages ago, swept up and thrown away. The only wood left was a piece on its side that had been a support for the cabinet floor. It fell over when I touched it.

I have this going on too. Lived in the house for 6 years and have slowly seen the cabinet bottom sag to uselessness. Have made several attempts to trace the leak and made some dumb guesses on repairs (sealing joints etc...)

However, we have always kept bus bins under there to catch the water drips.

Only last year did I finally discover the source of the leak. An old damned faucet. when you apply pressure to it, as if you are truning it to the other basin, it leaks at the bottom joint. I suspect it has done this internally for years and has only worn itself out to the point of revealing the issue.

Went to look at replacement faucets and the wife want the $300 one. WTF?

 

[shamrockdoc]

Dood thats effin sad you should've hit the owner with a tire iron

 

[azscoob]

Same here. And they woill reject the service is the car is THAT filthy or charge a fee to have it cleaned prior to any diagnostics or service.

The trouble is I now work at Kia, our customers assume everything will be covered by the warranty, add to that we have sackless writers who are afraid to get diag time or tell a customer they need to leave the car for repairs, today we had 49 cars so far, only 4 have left the car here for work everyone else was told it is ok to wait for the repairs. there are only 4 techs here and when you have 5 waiters each, waiter #5 oil change may sit for 3+ hours before getting done, that pisses the customers off because they were told they could just wait for it.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

The trouble is I now work at Kia, our customers assume everything will be covered by the warranty, add to that we have sackless writers who are afraid to get diag time or tell a customer they need to leave the car for repairs, today we had 49 cars so far, only 4 have left the car here for work everyone else was told it is ok to wait for the repairs. there are only 4 techs here and when you have 5 waiters each, waiter #5 oil change may sit for 3+ hours before getting done, that pisses the customers off because they were told they could just wait for it.

I ALWAYS assume, when it comes to car service, that just because I "can" wait it doesn't mean I should.

Heck, I drop my truck off for the quick change oil shop. Waiting even an hour with kids is murder.

 

[neovox]

No doubt.

I'm of the opinion that a good mechanic is indispensable, particularly one you know you can trust. I've been using the same shop for at least the last 10 years.

 

[Austin_]

I always heard that the Z3 was a bit stiff...

Oh snap! Good one.

 

[Noldar]

Lol, awesome pictures.

 

[brewmonk]

Heck, I drop my truck off for the quick change oil shop. Waiting even an hour with kids is murder.

no.

No, no it's not. It's SUICIDE!!!!

 

[azscoob]

When driving this sweet machine, if they get hungry, they could just grab a handful of the tasty bits off the floor!

I will offer up a crisp twenty dollar bill to anyone who is willing to lick the e-brake handle!

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

When driving this sweet machine, if they get hungry, they could just grab a handful of the tasty bits off the floor!

I will offer up a crisp twenty dollar bill to anyone who is willing to lick the e-brake handle!

I know kids aren't exacty clean, I mean they have no concept of ownership yet, but WTF is wrong with the parents that own that thing?

I'm sure they have a half hour here and there, clean your effing car!

 

[goose1873]

i'd hate to see their house....

 

[azscoob]

Oh by the way, that is not cigarette ash all over the place, its some funk and food mixed up.

 

[ronaldo_fanbelt]

I install car stereos and ignition interlocks in WA. I get cars with real moss for carpet and mushrooms growing out of the floor. The food pieces mix in really well with all of the water on the carpets too.

 

[dakotabear]

I imagine all that soda, fast food, and cigarettes is doing wonders for his health. uh...

Hey, those are Lights, and that's not soda, it's sweet tea cups... cant get much healthier than that...............

 

[Cheeto]

azscoob,

I am now going to bother the heck out of you!

SWMBO and I both own Kia's

 

[Cheeto]

But to add something to this thread,

I work for an auto dismantler for several years.
even near the end of my time there I was still amazed at the condition of peoples cars.

Over the Road Truckers are the worst though. I tore down a Freightliner one time that the owner of it had really lived in it, so much in fact that he had a single burner propane stove in it. this thing was covered in the greasy mess from cooking. every surface felt like the inside of a grill hood. It had the smell of old fryer oil on the inside.

 

[azscoob]

azscoob,

I am now going to bother the heck out of you!

SWMBO and I both own Kia's

Ask away! I am glad to help in any way I can. just PM me any questions you have!

 

[eddie]

I don't know about you but I would pretty pissed if I took my car to a mechanic and found out later that he took pictures of the inside of my car and posted them on the net.

 

[ctufano]

I don't know about you but I would pretty pissed if I took my car to a mechanic and found out later that he took pictures of the inside of my car and posted them on the net.

Really? Then clean your car I guess? No one posts pics unless its really sad (gross) or really awesome (sweet car, or, awesome bedazzle job)

You probably need to keep your hair clean, butt crack in, superman outfit at home when you go to Walmart , or you may just end up on www.peopleofwalmart.com

The world is a dangerous place, my friend. A dangerous place.

 

[Scut_Monkey]

You should have offered to burn the car as part of your free diagnostic work.

 

[azscoob]

the car with the nasty shifter and cereal on the floor, I had to get under the dash to replace the brake switch. it was so discusting, I understand not having a like-new interior, but come on! at least clean up a bit! or God forbid try a vacuum! when there are bugs crawling around where you put your baby seat that goes too far! if these folks dont worry about cleaning up their car before subjecting me to it, then I dont think they would mind letting the world see it too. These customers have appointments so its not like there was an unexpected issue that they didnt have time to clean it up before bringing it in, and they come in with more filth than last time, its not like it was a sudden mess like the kiddo having a fit on the way there this is ground in dont give a crap filth. I have been a mechanic since 1991 and the vast majority of people take some pride in their car be it a mercedes or a kia, one customer has 219k on her rio, it looks like its new, a little wear on the edge of the seat is all, the one with the nasty floor and shifter from earlier? that one has 34k on it, and the paint is faded, looks like it has never been washed or waxed, windows so filmed over that you cant hardly see through them. I understand a kid will throw food around from his child seat, but to never clean it up? thats appalling.

 

[Zul'jin]

I used to write repair estimates for insurance companies. It was my job to go out to the wrecked vehicle, inspect it and write up the repairs.

Things I found in cars:
-Weed. Not just roaches. Bags of it.
-Assorted drug paraphernalia
-Guns
-Ammo
-Porn (some of it was homemade)
-Condoms (some used)
-A tooth (knocked out during the wreck)
-Brains and skull pieces (fatal head to head collision)
-Money. Folding money. I counted it all, called the insurance company offered to drop it off at their office. It was over $100. The chic who owned the car said she just threw her "change" in the "little thingy there".
-Lots of blood (human, deer and horse)
-Open beer and liquor bottles

Granted, you don't really get a chance to clean out your car before getting into a wreck and sometimes not real quick after but, there were some rolling garbage cans out there. Some rolling ashtrays too. Look, I used to smoke. I know you don't always keep the ashtray empty but, when you've moved to using the center console, it's time to dump out some butts.