Biggvl wrote:Whooa, really?, how many rich mechanics do you know? Independent workshop owners have only one thing in mind - fix cars, not get rich. All the mechanics I know are passionate about cars, not money. Maybe you had bad experience?the main difference is I have a vested interest in getting my car fixed asap and as cheap as I can, the mechanic you take it to usually doesn't!
I've had more than one bad experience myself. At different mechanics/service workshops. I think the main issue is that they won't spend as much time on your car as you would and take less care. I'm like Holden202t. I never take my cars anywhere for work. I have a lae model Subaru STi, I have done all of the servicing and repairs myself. I had an issue under warranty, and i investigated it myself. It pointed to a faulty AFM/MAF. Called the dealer and got the third degree about what mods I had done. Then they told me it wouldn't be covered because I had an aftermarket panel filter. So I fixed the issue myself.
I have also had a perfectly good car dropped off at a mechanic for a service and a health check. Comes back with a miss, and the oil cap left off. I drove it all the wayhome, got out and could smell oil. Opened the bonnet and oil everywhere and no oil cap. Scratches all over my fuse box where they had placed their tools while working on it. The miss turned out to be that they had done a comp test, and dropped a spark plug while removing/refitting them. To me that plug should have been replaced by them when they dropped it, as a loose piece of elctrode could have killed my engine.
Different car annd mechanic again, had them tell me I needed a new turbo on my navara, as it was leaking oil. At first they diagnosed it as a front diff seal. Went back when they had the diff seal in stock, and they ring me to tell me it's not the diff seal, it's the turbo. $2500 later, new turbo and still leaking. Take it back and they charge me to clean out the intake pipe and send me on my way, 2 days later more oil on the front of the turbo. Turns out the leak was because when they did the initial service where they identified the diff leak, they way over filled it with oil (1.5L too much). Oil was coming out of the crank case vent, into the intake pipe and leaking out from the pipe at the turbo.
I know there are good mechanics around, but I am yet to find one that I trust.
