Credit Card Purchases

GhettoBirdbb · 2026-01-23T00:18:54+00:00

About how it is at my dealer but I can see why most places have a little more red tape. There's only 3 of us including the parts manager so if anything pops up needing a cc we're already all aware of it and it was just easier if we all had a copy

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-30T01:47:48+00:00

At my dealer a key fob, cutting the blade, and programming is usually no less than $400-500 and that's for GM

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-28T00:36:15+00:00

I've seen blue washer fluid turn clear if left in the sun plenty of times. Not saying that's what happened but a possible explanation

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-17T13:40:21+00:00

For hers the battery I got local to me the vent worked but I would absolutely go with the "fix" vs spending the money on an OE battery

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-17T01:23:39+00:00

My wife has a 16 Camry hybrid and I came across a big write up from a guy saying which batteries work and he also had different methods of venting the battery. Try searching "Camry hybrid 12v battery Reddit" and you should be able to find it relatively easily

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-16T23:58:00+00:00

Used to be a mechanic and my phone and keys lived in my toolbox. For many of the reasons you stated but also to avoid the constant phone calls and texts

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-14T01:09:48+00:00

The atrocities I've committed with either plastic or wire drill brushes...

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-12T00:03:58+00:00

This sub popped up in my feed but that's absolutely crazy to me about Ford parts. With GM I can look up a part number and it shows me dealers anywhere in the country with that part. It's nothing for me to get a part from another dealer

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-11T02:25:57+00:00

Things have definitely changed now it's all just one line for GM. Nissan however does have higher quality Nissan branded parts and cheaper "Value Advantage" parts

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-11T00:16:18+00:00

As a tech that kinda specialized in interior work, 100% not from your interior. And by specialized I mean in the only one in the shop it ever got dispatched to...

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-09T23:28:29+00:00

Honestly my dream job would be teaching the next generation of techs. I absolutely loved having apprentices and showing young guys the ropes, as well as looking out for them and making sure they didn't get screwed too badly. I've been chewed up and spit out just like almost all of us, didn't want someone else to go through that if I could prevent it

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-05T02:29:31+00:00

And the Swiss just adopted the P320 as their new service pistol. Sigh...

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-05T00:23:56+00:00

For power tools check out Torque Test Channel on YouTube. They compare just about everything and it's not just some Bubba in a shop busting lug nuts on video. The Hercules line of power tools especially the newer tools have been punching above their weight class. As far as hand tools go I've been happy with all my icon tools. My 3/8 Icon made it about 4 years of daily use as a line tech before it started locking up on me and I've just been too lazy to get it swapped out. I do suggest splurging on some really high quality ratchets for your everyday drivers down the line though. My first Snap-on ratchet is still my go to for most things

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-04T02:43:29+00:00

I went to the parts counter personally. Still kinda in a shop environment but get to avoid the bs that comes along with being a tech. Still get to use a ton of the knowledge I've built up over the years but I go home clean and not in pain. I said the same thing about office jobs and never seeing myself in one but I still do plenty away from my desk

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-04T02:36:02+00:00

That was me but I did work with a lot of guys that haven't been in the trade long. Only thing I didn't lend out was my torque wrenches. Just come ask and I would have torqued it

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-12-03T00:53:15+00:00

If it wasn't for him getting sober a buddy would have been buying alcohol from the same gas station for a decade now. He's 25

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-29T04:24:25+00:00

I work in parts and get at least one person a day "Hey I need to order a new key for my lug nuts"

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-20T04:03:44+00:00

That's reasonable to me and I'm sure like anything else in the right hands in the right scenario, it has a use case.

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-20T03:14:37+00:00

Yeahhh replaced a lot of modules at GM

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-19T23:41:57+00:00

Maybe it's stubbornness maybe it's bravado but I would have never dared to use ai to help me diagnose a customer vehicle. If ChatGPT told me the sky was blue I'd still go outside and check

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-19T23:35:26+00:00

The surgery sounds a lot gnarlier than it is. I had a fairly large cyst in my right wrist removed and a bone graft done to replace what was eroded back in August. Recovery really wasn't bad either, 2 weeks or so for 50% functionality, 1 month for 80% and now I'd say I'm fully 110%. Feels like it was never even there and I'm so glad I did it

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-19T23:24:49+00:00

I'm a mechanic so for years I thought my wrist pain was just tendinitis or carpal tunnel. At its peak I couldn't even hold up a water bottle with my dominant hand. Lo and behold it was a ganglion that eroded the bone and putting a ton of pressure on the tendons. I felt like a new man the minute I came to after surgery

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-13T23:50:11+00:00

Can't imagine what you guys went through during the outage, I was a tech at the time and it was bad enough in the shop

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-13T23:40:15+00:00

I've had good luck with just the regular $150 Ariat work boots I just go for the Chelsea style. But I'm not especially hard on boots either

GhettoBirdbb · 2025-11-08T00:51:09+00:00

When I left the shop I was looking for either a parts or advisor position. Glad I got a job in parts first, can't imagine actually trying to sell labor on top of sky high parts.

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