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How to spot a scam mechanic and auto repair shop before they work on your car. How not to get scammed, DIY tips with Scotty Kilmer. There’s good mechanics, bad mechanics, and scam mechanics, learn how to tell them apart. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.
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The problem with reviews — you can pay a company to get 100's of people to give you 10 out of 10 …. there are companies that do it at a very cheap price !!!!
I like that he jeep tus place very very clean and organized, I'm pretty sure he reflects that on his work.
Every time I took my car for a yearly inspection there would be something wrong. All I do is have the mechanic show me. If it's obvious, I'll have them fix it as long as the price is fair. But if it seems sketchy, I'll tell them I don't have the money right now and just get a quote then do research later. Most of the time if it seems easy I just do the work myself if they find something.
I have a good Mechanic in Spring Valley, NY
I've been going to the same mechanic for 20 years. He's always gotten me in and out quickly and does good work. What cemented me as a loyal customer was when I was 19 years old and living roughly two hours away, I had a break under my car and I took it to the local garage near the college campus. A pipe was dragging and they told me it was going to be something like $765 to fix. I was a poor college student at the time and didn't have that kind of money. I'd just spent it all on books. They tied the pipe up for me so it wouldn't drag and I could come back when I was ready to have it fixed.
Rather then go back there, I drove the nearly two hours to my regular mechanic. He fixed the problem for $25.
In more recent memory, a few years back I purchased a used car from a dealer. I took issue with the rust on one of the parts and they said that should it become a problem within any time of the car's life, they'd replace it at their cost of the parts and labor without any mark up. I should've pressed harder, but we were in a rough spot. Anyhow, a year or two down the road during a routine inspection, my mechanic noticed that the rust on that part had gotten bad enough that they needed to be replaced to pass inspection. He gave me a quote and I told him that I was going to check with the dealer considering what they had told me previously. The dealer honored what they had stated, but what I didn't know was that their labor rate was twice that of my mechanic. I made sure to get a quote before I allowed them to fix it. The difference in cost between them and my mechanic was $20. I ended up going back to my mechanic and having him do the work. Wasn't about to take business away from my mechanic over $20 measly bucks.
So the advice I come away with from all this is: there are good mechanics, bad mechanics, and crooked mechanics. Ask your friends if they know a good mechanic. Don't pay too much for work on your car. So at the end of the video I know as much as I did before I watched it.
Scotty Kilmer, not the mechanic we deserve, but the mechanic we need..
Scotty you should change that wrench for a microphone.
HEY! "SCOTTY" HOW UR DOING!? FUNNY! HOW I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONVERSATION STYLE! WAY OF DELIVERING A MESSAGE I'VE ALWAYS SAID THE WORLDWIDE WEB CAN SOMEDAY..BE PART OF (THE GALACTIC WEB NETWORK)! EXPANDING INFORMATION DATABASES! WHERE CURRENCY EXCHANGES WILL BE SINGULAR DENOMINATION BASED! AS TIME WILL BECOME THE NEW CURRENCY, HOWEVER AN ANCHOR'D INERTIA PREVAILS BY BAD HABITS OF SUBHUMAN GREED! YOU "SCOTTY" WETHER U ACCEPT; BELIEVE: OR A SOBER CONTRIBUTOR:; REALLY DOES'NT MATTER ACCEPT OF COURSE TO VISIONARIES WHO;RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE APPLICATIONS!LIKE YOURSELF! LIKE METALS BONDING SEAMLESSLY BY MOLECULAR PROGRAMED INDUCEMENTS TO REMOVE STRUCTURAL WEAKNESSES! IN BUILDABLE MATERIALS! HOWEVER I MUST BRAKE! SCOTTY! TO SAY THERE ARE A LOT OF CONTRADICTIONS OR COMMON HOLES REPEATEDLY IN YOUR TIRADE~! HEY! I WALKED IN SIX MONTHS FROM MY MOTHERS WOMB! SO I SEE U CLEARLY! CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSED! IN MANY OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS IN YOUR EXPERT! FIELD, THE HUMAN FACTOR IS A HIGHLY INDIVIDUALISED VARIABLE! WHO COMES FULLY LOADED! IN TALENT! NOW..' WOULD'NT U WANT SUCH A TALENT AS IT MAY.. SHARING THEIR ABILITIES EVERYONE HAS TO PASS THE TORCH @ SOME POINT TO SOMEONE RIGHT! SO THERE NO NEED TO PUT DOWN YOUNG POSSIBILITIES! NOW WHERE WERE WE!? DON'T AGREE GIVE'S BIRTH TO OPPORTUNITY! LIKE FOR INSTANCE EUROPEAN CARS U LIKE TO SEEMINGLY DENIGRADE FOR WHATEVER WARP'ED REASON! ARE IN FACT SUPERIOR IN MANY DESIGNED ELEMENTS TO THE AMERICAN BRAND! BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD MORE TIME TO FIGURE STUFF OUT. EUROPE AS A GROUP IS VERY OLD WORLD COUNTRY! GRANTED THEY CHEATED! BUT THEY HAD THE RIPEST PICK OF HUMAN CHANGE AND ALSO GENIUS! @ THAT REGIONAL ERA! SO I'LL SAY THEY HAVE QUITE A HEAD START NOW WOULD'NT U? ADNOSEUM THE (HEIDELBERG PRINTING PRESS U KNOW THE ONE WITH THE PLATTEN)! SINCE WHAT A MAN CREATES HE ALSO HAS I'D SAY THEY CAN BUILD A FAR BETTER CAR! BY APPLICATION OF OF CERTAIN CREATIVE PRINCIPLES REMEMBER WHEN THE PROBLEM OF CRANKSHAFTS KEEP BREAKING! AS THE AMERICAN METALLURGICAL CUTTING EDGE! UP TO THAT POINT NEVER HEARD OF ALLOYS! COULD'NT SET THE TORQUE RIGHT NEITHER UNDERSTOOD THE COMBINATIONS!? THE AMERICAN RESPONSE TO THIS ENGINEERING CHALLENGE WAS TO OBVIOUS! THEY MADE IT BIGGER! THE CRANKSHAFT THAT IS. (ROBBING HORSEPOWER! & TORQUE) AND STILL BREAKING! UNTILL THE GERMANS SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH ALLOYS! THE ADVANTAGES HERE ARE THE MIGRATORY PATTERNS OF ALL ANIMALS ARE DYNAMICALLY THE SAME THE HUMAN SPECIES IN THIS REGARD & TIME ARE ABLE TO DEFINE THINGS A LITTLE MORE!!! LIKE THE THIRST TO B FREE! CAUSING A RENAISSANCE AND REVOLUTION! THAT'S WHY THE COMPUTER IN THIS AGE CAN BE CONSIDERED THAT THREAD OF POSSIBILITY PRESERVING CONTINUATION!OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE! IF OF COURSE LEFT UNCONTAMINATED! WELL THE GUARDS @ THE GATES ARE A LITTLE OPIATED! AND THEIR IS NO MERCY! FOR DEFAULT! TIME IS TICKING ! NICE TALKING TO YA "SCOTTY"OH STOP THE BAD MOUTHING OF GERMAN CARS I HAPPEN TO LIKE THEM.
Yeah, my dad worked with one of those clean mechanics. He said he was technically proficient and did do the job, but he rarely ever beat book and that doesn't make the department manager happy when you are working in a dealership. My dad was so much happier when he left there and worked for a small independent shop. Word of mouth got him business, and he didn't have to worry about book rates.