whats a mechanic
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='865009' date='Mar 23 2007, 01:07 PM
i have to show the mechanics each part, and tell them how to fix the car, i told the service manager gimmie more money and i'll spend the extra 5 minutes and put it on too
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Originally Posted by fc3sboy1' post='865010' date='Mar 23 2007, 02:18 PM
that sounds like a slack jaw yocal to me, shop needs to higher some real techs
yeah i know. jerrys a space kadett. heres yesterday
jerry: pack fo di one?
me: what part? what car?
he leaves, comes back with an ro, and the service manager
rich: it needs a battery
me: ok.
bill out the battery, put it right in the door way, jerry walks up and almost trips on it
jerry: where the battery
i just point!
every f-ing part is like this....
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Originally Posted by fc3sboy1' post='865000' date='Mar 23 2007, 03:15 PM
lol got to love the car game, i mean us being techs, we need about 25 to 50k worth of tools some times even more if a **** shop owner doesnt foot the bill for special tools then we got to deal with morronic owners of cars then fix the basket cases and for what about 15% to 20% of the shops labor rate. all im sayin is for these people to please let up on there behavor when coming into the shop damn.
Umm, my techs sure as hell don't need that kind of money in tools and they get 35% of our labor rate.
You need to find a better place to work!
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='865013' date='Mar 23 2007, 04:28 PM
yeah i know. jerrys a space kadett. heres yesterday
jerry: pack fo di one?
me: what part? what car?
he leaves, comes back with an ro, and the service manager
rich: it needs a battery
me: ok.
bill out the battery, put it right in the door way, jerry walks up and almost trips on it
jerry: where the battery
i just point!
every f-ing part is like this....
could I come work for you? i am 100% confident I will not trip on a ******* battery!
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I so can relate to this thread, I have been writing service for a couple of years now and I can honestly say that I will never be surprised of what will come out of a customers mouth, and it is usually something to do with the price. But I love it when they try to fix it themselves and then it comes in on the hook, sorry sir but I will need additional shop time to figure out what the **** you did!!!
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Originally Posted by jds88vert' post='865380' date='Mar 26 2007, 10:50 AM
I so can relate to this thread, I have been writing service for a couple of years now and I can honestly say that I will never be surprised of what will come out of a customers mouth, and it is usually something to do with the price. But I love it when they try to fix it themselves and then it comes in on the hook, sorry sir but I will need additional shop time to figure out what the **** you did!!!
I'm sure that happens, and I'm sure it's good fun for ya. But I've never tackled a job I couldn't do successfully, and I've never regretted any of the jobs I've done myself. And it's helped me build a decent collection of tools.
Frankly, in addition to being overpriced, I find that I am often not satisfied with the quality of work I run into at most shops. If I do it myself, I know its done right.
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some of the customers do a good job themselves, i agree. when your workin on a timming belt on a miata and the owner is a ****** miata club owner and takes his car home rips down the car to double check every toqure spec on his pos then comes back the next day and says redo it do to the belt being not tentioned properly you tend to get pissed. yes that did happen to my shop to the other mazda tech and i know everything was done correctly, ****** miata club bastards if your goin to go to that extream why not just do it yourself
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