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i love how your vids go "here's 3min of dangerous stupidity and negligence" and then "here's a beautifully mint classic car to make up for all of it" 😂😂
Well, obviously the repair shop is trying to make more money off of them. It has nothing to do with keeping you, your family and all the other drivers on the road safe
the was a period of a couple of weeks once where I would carry a battery around behind the drivers seat with a pair of jumper cables, Did not have the money for a new battery at the time (was not even sure if i was keeping the car) so I took the battery out of my 4x4 that was currently off the road. the 4x4's battery would not fit the car, so I would jump start it with the 4x4 battery and charge it of a night. the cars battery still worked, just lacked enough oomph to kick the starter over. I would also try and park in places I could roll start so I didn't have to pop the bonnet and cart out the ~15kg battery.
Can I just say I really appreciate how you use your thumbnail video FIRST, and others really need to learn to do the same. I'm so tired of clickbait and clip burying to keep people watching
As always I enjoy the videos, but what scares the hell out of me is the fact there's people out there driving around that shouldn't be left alone without adult supervision LOL, some people should not be able to own vehicles let alone drive them!
@@JeffDeWitt I can't wait until we get another republican president and half of the country thinks everything is great all of a sudden. And naturally the other half will suddenly think everything is awful and it's the president's fault because xyz party bad. Very little is changing except for the dumbass who sits in the fanciest chair in the country.
0:31 is a really good showcase of why you should always make sure you're checking the inside tires on duallies too, not just the outside ones. That inner one could be ready to blow and you'd never notice from the outside if you're not being diligent about checking wear and pressure and all that.
@@davidchapman6025 Common misconception that only retreads do this. Any tire can have the tread fly off if you lose pressure and don't notice it. It usually has to be just a slow enough leak to deflate to the point it creates enough heat to separate. The average flat goes down flat fast enough that you don't drive on it long. In the case of a dually, you never feel it go flat unless you check at a stop.
5 years with some electrical tape? The pinhole in the fuel rail is pretty scary, I have never seen anything like that before. And honestly that blue on that challenger is absolutely stunning and I’m sure that the video didn’t do it justice. Thumbs up as always
@@petermontoya1796 Hey there, that's a photo from my Jeep. I bought it for $1600 and found evidence of it passing through the hands of at least five different people in a two year span after the original owner sold it. The guy I bought it from turned out to be doing some really sketchy stuff, so I can only imagine what those two years were like in the Portland, Oregon area. I don't drive the Jeep much and only found this when upgrading the battery cables for a dual battery setup a couple years ago. It was actually still running just fine though - amazingly.
I remember when cars like that were common and many were run into the ground. In high school, there was a clapped out Superbird that just got thrashed around by the stupid kid who owned it. Probably the third or fourth owner by that time. Amazing that any of those cars survived to be restored.
Gotta show that first one to my room-mate, he's needed front wheel bearings on his F-150 for almost a year now. When I told him it could potentially start a friction fire, he told me I was full of s**t.
Amazing how someone could spill a 1/2 lb. bag of cinnamon hearts and cannot be bothered to clean them for months, years, or even. Hopefully the mechanic left them there lol.
@@MrBirdnose The odor would give away the mess. Cinnamon hearts smell very strongly. I imagine any time their car got about 0c, they'd make their presence known through a powerful, sweet, cinnamon scent.
The pin hole in the fuel rail is no joke, massive potential fire hazard, plus the pressure can be insane, especially for a diesel truck, a pin hole jet like that could legit take your fingers off when running on some diesel engines
That Suburban in the first part basically got an automotive equivalent of a HOTBOX. Old-school railroad equipment had no roller bearings, so they'd smoke or catch on fire frequently due to the friction. The bearings often sat in small boxes, hence the name.
The tires with the brand names buffed off could very well be blems (blemished tires) Used to be a big thing 15 years ago from manufactures that had slight defects from cosmetic or slightly out of round sold at a discounted price. Great and economical for someone who does a lot of in town driving like taxis, but high speed highway use if they are out of round are near impossible to balance.
Nah I they are a really crappy Chinese tire called Ling long or ching Chong, there is part of the symbol left on the tire. I know because a delivery service I worked for waited till all 30 vans needed tires and to save money they bought that brand that they had to replace all of them a month later because they were bald.
@@JustRolledIn Blems are still sold, they are usually melt stamped next or close to the DOT but are a hard sell and low profit so most companies refuse to sell them. These days it's easier to write them off as a loss for tax purposes. It's a shame because they are a very safe, low budget alternative for tires, and instead of being direct waste, they can still be used safely. I have 16 years of new and used tire wholesale experence, and personally I aim to find and buy them as a good alternative for people who need to drive for transportation with a limited budget. Much safer option to retread passenger car tires ( not widely sold, but they are out there as scary as that is )
@@scottvincent3062 .... lol i had the same at a previous place , the OEM Michelin tires lasted about 70k miles , replacements were about £100 each .. so instead boss bought shitty cheapo's at £50 each .. didn't even last 5k miles
I have no footage, but in the last car I bought, the previous owners had installed their own sound system. I was young, and just appreciated having nice speakers in my car. I learned so much about what not to do when I started trying to modify it later. 1) Everything was wired with 00 gage wires. Every wire going to the subs and the rear deck was that thick 2) They had wired two amplifiers together, with a 150W fuse separating them. Only one amp was connected to power. 3) Using some wiring guide that still eludes me, they had connected all of the + wires to the + Terminals of the 1st channel, and all the - wires to the - Terminal of the 4th channel. This was all done in the 00 gage I mentioned before. 4) Nothing was bolted down, so two amps, fifteen feet of cabling and a two 10-inch subwoofer enclosure bounced around in my trunk until I figured out what they had done.
Item #3 sounds like (an attempt at) bridging. Some amplifiers are designed to put out more power using different channels which is the mode you would want for subwoofers.
My second vehicle, when I went and looked at it the first time, the owner told me there was a box in the back and an amp and a bunch of other audio stuff. I took 2 seconds looking at the wiring and told him he can keep all that, I'll still pay his asking price. Tear it out and I'll pick it up Monday. With the exhaust on it, having all that would have helped with hearing the radio, but fixing someone else's wiring can be a real pain.
I'm just a shade tree mechanic that has done my own service for almost 40 years. So hard to believe people don't maintain their vehicles properly, whether they have somebody do it or do it themselves.
It’s terrifying to know that it’s possible that someone with this type of brain is possibly on the highway at any given time might be the car alongside me!
Could be that he cannot get the holding clamp off .. I changed a battery on a Transit Connect .. finally got it done after fighting with the clamp bolt which just span . Brute force, hammers and large screwdrivers saved the day.. Access is really stupidly restricted. ..The batter has to fit in a very tight space and if you cannot get the bottom clamp bolt undone it aint going nowhere.
I had to do that one time. It was on a car I bought for $900 as i was nearly broke. The battery was located in the wheel well and there was no way to get to it without removing the wheel. The previous owner had installed wheels with the wrong offset and so the lugs were too short and barely emerged from the wheel face. So they just tightened the lugnuts to what seemed like 600 ft lbs to keep the wheels from falling off. I didn't have an impact wrench at the time and simply couldn't get the wheel off. In the end I did the same as this guy and put a new battery in the passenger footwell and used jumper cables out the window to connect to the terminals under the hood. Honestly I would probably do it again under the same circumstamces.
@@61rampy65 close, 2000 Dodge Stratus. That car had the most comfortable seats, and despite being in rough shape was a joy to drive. In particular it was great in the snow.
Awesome again dude 👌 2:52... they had their use out of that disc/rotor!! 😮 Not to mention all of the other defects 🤦♂️ Challenger was cool 😎 Have a great week my friend 👍
I'm trying to learn more about automobile repair. I hate taking my vehicles to the shop. I know all the basics like changing the oil, tires, etc. I've replaced an alternator, throttle body, a wheel bearing and even a transmission. I got like every tool you can think of too. But OMFG watching this channel makes me feel like a mechanic already 🤣
Was it a wheel bearing assembly or just the bearing? I was feeling badass after I did the rear wheel assembly but the front bearing in old NY car was the next level!
I recommended a water pump to s customer because it was leaking, they declined it but the service advisor goes and sells them an alignment instead 💀. Like hey your car might overheat but at least it'll drive straight when it happens.
1:55 I've seen washer fluid in the oil, I've seen oil in the washer fluid, I've seen washer fluid in the transmission but I've never seen transmission fluid in the washer bottle.
Besides being hilariously annoying if you tried to use it, I'm guessing this is the cheapest of the mistakes to make, presuming you clean it up yourself.
Your videos always brighten my day. One of the only channels that I’m happy to watch every one, comment and like. You definitely have earned every sub and dollar.
I love how you cleanse the pallet with those end clips. Nice Mopar right there.... Also...what was up with grinding the tires? I mean...it might not lool bad but weird
@@JustRolledIn I know DIamonback does that, with custom tires, and re-sidewalls them to make them look vintage, and they do a good job, whitewalls and raised letters and all...But on a car like that, I doubt he was trying to do a home job raise letter tire.
I don't like the system we have in Sweden with inspection because it inhibits me from modding my car. But after watching these videos I 100% see the reason for government mandated inspections for every car on the road. Imagine being on the highway and you hit the brakes, and the car behind you hasn't had a brake pad change in 20 years.
2:35 I wonder if those tires were recalled, but the shop who had them didn't want to go through with either returning them to the manufacturer or disposing of them, so they sanded off all markings so that they can move them without anyone knowing. Of course, if a shop was caught doing this, then they could face major legal trouble.
That Challenger at the end got me to say "ohhh, thats pretty." out loud, without even thinking. And I don't have the most favorable opinion on ragtops.
The ironic part is that they (the customer) often think that YOU (the shop owner / tech / mechanic) are the stupid one and try to play you. That is a little something we call narcissism 🤔🤨
i am always happy that in germany every shop owner is able to not only decline the repairs but to inform the cops and set the car locked. most of the cars shown in your videos would never leave a shop of a sane owner without the police waiting in front of it to scrape away the registration seal...
It is relatively easy, we have to do TÜV (Check for Road Safety) Every 2 years. If the cops pull you over and they think your vehicle is unsafe Or has illegal modifications they Can Force you to get it checked again. So if the Shop finds anything like this all he has to do is inform the local Police, an Officer will Force the car to get checked for Road safety and it will Fail. Than it has to be Repaired within 4 Weeks and checked again Or you will lose your Registration.
Thank you so much for actually featuring my car! (bottom right corner) Altho it's not comparable to the Infinitys and it's just a literal box, it is the best car I have ever driven. All the space you'll need.
Gotta admit, I’ve done something worthy of these videos. I was a lube tech for a while. One day while I was COMPLETELY spaced out I filled the washer fluid reservoir on a car with oil. All the various fluids in the shop came from hoses that hung from the ceiling. I just grabbed the oil one instead of the water one. That was embarrassing..
I recently scrapped my ‘99 Mercury Mountaineer. Being a non-mechanic, when I watch these clips, I’m pretty embarrassed cuz I can only imagine what the mechanics at my shop were thinking every time I brought it in for repairs. I’m sure they all got a good chuckle as their wallets got fatter.
This reminds me of that clip on this channel where the customer brought it in for a "strange hissing noise" they found a live and probably very pissed off snake in that customer's car! 😂🐍
That's a LOT of transmission fluid. Jeep owners shouldn't be allowed to work on their own vehicles. Every Jeep I've ever worked on is a cornucopia of hackery
I had 0:20 happen to me on a country road. Cost $3,000+ for a new fuel tank for my BMW. Plus we were stranded in a small town. Long story short, went home by train and came back two weeks later. Insurance paid, but $600 excess.
I've only had tires catch fire once. I was hauling a frac tank. I got it hooked up, connected the air lines, released the brakes and rolled it a bit to make sure nothing was dragging. Everything seemed good so I went on my way. About 30 miles down a dirt road, I heard a boom. Got stopped and the driver's side tires on the tank were in flames. Got the fire out and I found out that the design of the brakes on older tanks wouldn't fully release the brakes sometimes. The only way to make sure they release is to drain the air tank. So after that, I would hook up a frac tank, connect the air lines to make it look pretty, drain the air tank and go on my way. Only was questioned once at a rig. They didn't hear the brakes set when I dropped the tank halfway down and had the cable hooked up still to get it set where they needed it.
If america actually implemented roadworthy certificates for registration you wouldn't see any of this shit. Been a mechanic in Australia for 26 years and have never seen ANYTHING like these problems on cars here in Australia...
These videos are interesting and terrifying. To think that these cars are on the road beside me. At any time such vehicles could lose control and slam right into me. I'm in CA where there is no annual physical or safety inspection of any kind. On top of that, you know the drivers of such junk are not likely to have insurance even though it's required by law (laugh to myself as I write this).
The damage done to that aluminum bed on that Ford from the tire exploding is unacceptable. Not only was the bed destroyed, but apparently shrapnel went through the back window as well? No thanks
It’s unbelievable how people let their cars get in such bad shape. They not only don’t care about their cars and their life but they don’t care about the innocent people around them. That last car owner not only cares but has great taste in cars 👍👍
All of them up to the beautiful Challenger shows us there’s too many stupid vehicle owners driving there vehicles on the road. We need more beautiful vehicles at the end. Keep’m coming
It's more difficult to run cables to a seond battery than to just unscrew and replace the dead one. This person has some intelligence to know he could connect a second battery in parallel, so it's not that he didn't think to just replace the battery himself. What on earth was he thinking when he did this. Just baffling
Love your videos. It's very scary to know there are Morons out there who think some of this is ok. That's why N.Y has an inspection every year to keep Idiots from driving cars like this.
In New Hampshire you register your car, then get it inspected, both in your birth month. You have 15 days after registration to get it inspected. In Vermont they can be separated by several months, registration then inspection. My car is registered in October and inspection due in February.
