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50 Times Car Mechanics Took Pics Of What They Were Dealing With So Others Would Believe Them

If you're counting everything down to the smallest screw, a single car has about 30,000 parts. That's way too many for us average folk to maintain. This means that over time, bad things happen, and we need to take our metal horsies to the mechanic to fix them.

But the state of some of our cars... Due to money shortage, ignorance, or neglect, we DIY or pretend we don't see a problem when it's clear that a professional has to take care of it. So when the inevitable occurs and we pull up to their place begging for help, the poor fellas know they're stuck with it for good.

There's even a subreddit for such situations. r/JustRolledIntoTheShop is a community that collects "those absolutely stupid things" that we bring, roll, or toss into their businesses and car mechanics are pretty popular there. Continue scrolling and you'll understand why.

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Stayed A Little Longer At The Shop To Save This Little Guy From Someone’s Engine Bay

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50 Times Car Mechanics Took Pics Of What They Were Dealing With So Others Would Believe Them

Stayed A Little Longer At The Shop To Save This Little Guy From Someone’s Engine Bay

Customer: "Let Me Know When You Are About To Pull My Truck In So I Can Get My Raccoon" And He Sat In The Lobby With A Raccoon Until His Truck Was Done

I Dont Condone Stealing... But Man I Want To

This Made Me Laugh Way More Than It Should Have

Hood Opens. Hood Is Layed Down Immediately. Tech Exclaims "Oh Hell No."

Actual Work Order At Our Shop From One Of Our Technicians

Customer Has Been Coming Since 200k Miles, Said He'd Get To 1 Million. I've Been Waiting For That Day For Years, Today He Casually Rolled Up And Asked To Plug His Tire, Needless To Say Best Tire Plug Ever

The Odds Of A Single 4 Leaf Clover Rooting Into A Fender Line

The Car Sounds Like A Cartoon

Customer Refused All 4 Tires On A Rainy Day, She Also Had To Sign A Waiver Before Releasing The Car

Just Crawled Out From Under A Broken Lift

I Work At A Rental Company And The Police Brought This Back...

Customer Failed To Mention The Fact That His Dog Was In The Vehicle, Scared The Hell Outta Me

Accerlator Gets Stuck To Floor. Pull On String To Unstick

Self Aware Prius Owner

C/S She Hears A Flapping Noise Coming From The Driver's Side

I Am Pretty Sure I'm Younger Than The Tire

16 Years Of Writing Service And It Finally Happened. Gloves In A Glovebox

The First And Probably Last Time I Will Ever See One Of These. Jaguar Xj220 With Only 3k On The Odometer

Just Hopped Into The Shop

Work Never Fails To Disappoint

Surprised It Didn’t Explode Into The Shop

Customer States Temperature Gauge Is Reading Full Tank

A Girl Who Works At Sonic Just Paid Her 1k Repair Bill With Mostly 1's And 5's. Mad Resolve

Private Security Tahoe With 1” Bulletproof Glass. The Rest Of The Vehicle Is Just As Heavily Armored

The Only Worthwhile Lift Kit Instructions

When I Saw This I Told Her It Wasn't Going To Be Cheep

Just Pulled This Out Of A Customers Car Between The Grill And Condenser

7 Months Since The Last Post About This Car... He Finally Did It. Our Customer Bought This Civic New In 06 And It Has Only Been Serviced At Our Dealership. Original Motor And Transmission

Just In For An Inspection & Was Greeted With This...

This Little Girl Helped Me Check Codes In Her Owner’s Car Today. Good Girl

86 Yota. 211k Miles. In Mint Condition

They Told Me Someone Was Dropping Off Their BBQ For Me To Do Brakes And Bearings On. I Thought They Were Joking, They Were Not

Guy Drove In Like This. Another Reason Why We Are Essential

Lexus In To Pick Up Some Brake Pads

In Case You’ve Ever Wondered That The Undercarriage Of A Tesla Looked Like

Which Car Has The Worst Battery Location?

C/S Lost His Keys... I Wonder Why

Had An Interesting Tailgate Come In Today

A Sweet Old Lady Asked Me To Apply Her 2018 License Plate Decal Today As She Couldn't Kneel Down To Do It Herself Anymore

Customer States "I Played Edm Once And Now My Car Won't Stop Pretending It's At A Rave"

An Actual "Key" Supplied By A Customer

Says Didn't Have A Spare, Drove For 3 Days! I Found The Spare In The Trunk Complete With Jack!

Ya Think

Sorry Officer I Didn't Know How Fast I Was Going

I Think My Boss May Be Compensating For Something With His New Toolbox

Customer Stated He Needed A Punctured Tyre Repaired, Had To Tell Him He Was Screwed

Rental Car Came Back Like This "Had A Plane To Catch"

I Replaced A Battery Last Week In A Customers Car And She Is Trying To Claim The Battery Is Causing Weird Things To Happen To Her Car Now. This Morning, She Said The Red Line Was Never There Before The Battery Was Replaced And Wants A Refund. Lord Help Me

Customer Was Wondering Why When He Started His Car This Morning, It Sounded Different. He Didn't Understand It When I Told Him He Had Been Robbed

Chile Isn't Known For It's Tires But I Didn't Know It Was This Bad

What Was The Customer Complaint Again?

Customers Tire That Was Struck By Lightning

Cw: Is It Leaking? Me: Pretty Sure It Might Be

Customer Request: Reflect On Your Life

Customer States: Frog In Headlight. Diagnosis:frog In Headlight

Guy Bought An Artificial Femur That Had Been Removed From Grandma Before Cremation From A Yard Sale And Used It As His Shifter

Customer States Rear End Impact. Requests That We Don’t Total The Vehicle And That It Is Repaired To Like New Condition For 1500 Or Less

C/S Needs An Alignment, It Pulls To The Left

Well That's A First

Just Rolled Into The Shop, Literally

Hilux Radio Begs Tech For Salvation

I Probably Won’t See One Of These Ever Again

Our 6'6" Shop Foreman Just Got A 5'7" Apprentice

A Forest Of Black Ice

Coworker Left A Couple Shop Rags In The Engine Valley When Doing Intake Gaskets. Now He Gets To Replace The Engine

They’ll Wanna Take Selfies With Them

"The Skidsteer Track Is Making A Funny Noise"

Little Dude Picked A Bad Spot For Metamorphosis

The Check Engine Light Was On

2017 Maserati Owner Refused To Buy New Rear Tyres And Insists On Driving It Away

Jesus Has The Wheel, The Saints Have The Tach. And Speedometer

I’m A 3rd Generation Tech. This Was In My Grandpa’s Tool Box. Glad To See He Had A Good Sense Of Humor

Guy Drove In Like This. I'm Surprised He Made It Into The Parking Space

Dude Just Drove This Thing In On Fire And Parked It Right In Front Of Our Waiting Room Last Week

Unsecured Firearms, C’mon Ya’ll

Toyota Tundra With Over 250k Miles On The Og Engine. This Is The Result Of Actually Taking Care Of Your Engine

Lied To Wife About Getting Oil Changes. 25k Without An Oil Change. They Had A Prepaid Plan...all He Had To Do Was Just Bring It In

When The Techs Don’t Mind Checking Out Your Vehicle