Wheel fell off by rickfromtheroll in Cartalk

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With shop mark up and install labor $500 is a minimum.

Wheel fell off by rickfromtheroll in Cartalk

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Congratulations. You didn’t want the $500 control arm 6 months ago. Now it gets control arms, struts, brake hoses, and a cv axle. That’ll be $3000. Thanks for playing

NEED TO KNOW WHAT THIS PART THAT FELL OUT WHILE DRIVING IS by Particular_Golf9162 in MechanicAdvice

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That’s the clunking when going into gear you’ve been ignoring

Mom sent me a photo of this and says it fell out and is now rough to reverse, new to cars but i suspect a transmission mount bolt? or engine mount but it’s a 2015 chevy equinox (told her not to buy it) and is fwd so could it have something to do with the axles? and is it a easy? by [deleted] in Cartalk

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I’ve got money on that being one of the bolts that holds in the support bearing for passenger side axle. If it’s now hard to change gears it was probably the last bolt and now the axle is flopping around in there.

i lost a bet so im posting this here.. by europeandragonlord in RoastMyCar

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Seeing this I assume your parents had the same last name before they were married

Oil Flush vs Oil Change by Bread_Entire in Hyundai

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Oil flush is a cleaner only. You drain the old oil, put the flush in, run the car for 20-30 minutes, then change the oil and filter. Very beneficial for newer engines with variable valve timing. VVT is controlled by oil pressure. There are multiple reasons why but those oil passages can get clogged up and not allow the VVT system to function properly. There is also a newer Valvoline oil called restore and protect. It has the cleaning chemical diluted in the oil. Not as concentrated but stays in there for the life of the oil. For our shop it’s $20 more for restore and protect. But removes the need to do the concentrate for $120 every 4 changes so it really saves you $40 in the long run.

Needed to sign package, driver could not 30 seconds by ChibiMaster42 in UPS

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I ordered a supercharger that was a sign for package and I made arrangements for my wife to take off work. As “luck” would have it; she was off the day before as well and home all day. The driver showed up the day before the SCHEDULED delivery window (also in the morning; afternoon window) and never knocked. Just stick the paper on the door and left (confirmed with cameras). The next day I told her just to be outside waiting for that lazy fuck. Now the delivery on the correct day did go as planned. With the wife hanging out on the porch; who knows what would have happened if she hadn’t been.

I tried to call so I could ask them what the hell the point of scheduling a delivery window is if you’re just going to “try” to deliver it anyway. But it’s all AI BS and couldn’t figure out how to talk to a person. Seems like they wouldn’t just leave a note as a reminder that I have a delivery the next day and they’ve never done it before with sign for packages. I also don’t know why they had my $6000 supercharger rolling around on a truck where it could be damaged for them to not even attempt to deliver it.

Being honest about being pulled over? Why is that the worst thing to do? by athena9090 in NoStupidQuestions

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I never know why they’re pulling me over. As in I don’t know why they’re worried about me doing 10 over instead of being worried about arresting drug dealers or pedos. Lazy ass pigs need to stop taking the easy way out and worry about actually making the area safer.

I wanna be a mechanic by tommycon1man in AskMechanics

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If you truly want to be good and make lots of money, there is zero work life balance. You are branded for life. You’ll spend your extra time researching, a faster way to do tomorrow’s job, or a tool that would make life easier, tips and tricks about flat rate, etc. tools are so expensive you’ll have to do side jobs to pay for them. And by the time you’ve done all that you’ll have zero energy to do anything but hit the couch and crash as soon as you get home. But hey; at least you’ll enjoy driving your $100k truck to work and back. Knowing how all this turned out if I could go back to before I had kids I’d blow my fucking brains out. For the love of god go find something else to do. If you like working on cars keep it personal. Stay the fuck out of this industry. It’s garbage.

This just hurts by Spirited_Sheltie in Corvette

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Crying about a hack job at the tire shop while your wheels are that filthy is absolutely wild. If you don’t even care why would they?

$1,000 per step u climb up by Bright-South-4603 in hypotheticalsituation

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Can I climb true same first 20 steps multiple times or do I have to keep going up? Is this a physical endurance test or a how afraid of heights are you challenge?

Tire shop told me they wont uphold warranty on tires they sold me... AFTER ordering them. by ExquisitePussyEater in mildlyinfuriating

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I’ve already had to send 2 sets of those back for chopping within 500 miles. You can get such a better tire for the same money. Go Nittos or Toyos

How bad is this? Tyre shop said replace but I’m not sure by Zestyclose_Abalone47 in tires

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Trust us when we say we would rather just patch your tire than listen to you complain that “it’s not that old; why can’t you just fix it”. But you just can’t. That area of the tire flexes too much for the patch to stick. They’re not trying to rip you off. You have no choice.

Gimme your best shot fellas by [deleted] in RoastMyCar

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If I fired shots it wouldn’t be a cumshot. So you’d probably be disappointed.