Are modern mechanics crap

[gensetsteve]

Mind you we do see the other side of it where the public do all the straight forward profitable stuff then bring the crap awkward jobs in or worse have a go round all the nuts off and loose the bits limp in and pretend they never touched it.

[Mark Bolam]

Dean has a big one...

Edited November 10, 2013 by Amelanchier
Took all references to the offending material out.

[Breezeblock]

These modern mechanics should refer to this, all the bases are covered.

Dean has a big one on the wall of his workshop.

 

it misses out 1 vital box

is somebody gonna pay for it!!

Edited November 10, 2013 by Amelanchier

[Taupotreeman]

Looks like I'm quite lucky. I have two local mechanics who repair things rather than replace when they can and are happy to use second hand parts as long as they are of good quality. I've also had a few bad experiences, namely with dealing with blown heads, but I ditched those outfits and now stick with the two that can look after me.

 

 

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[wrsni]

The problem stems from the modern abuse of the word "technician".

 

Go in to anywhere selling anything mechanical and you'll see certificates up for their "factory trained technicians". What this means is they've sat through something in some cases as short as a half day course, done a little test at the end of it (usually multiple choice) that a chimp could probably pass at random and then they get the certificate, all of which obviously means sod all.

 

All part of the modern culture whereby selling is king, and everything else is just a distraction.

[Goaty]

I remember going to a dealers with the companys van. Mr Designer dude supervisor came to me thinking I was the boss. "Mr F....... would you like us to change the indicator bulb at the rear?" Knowing it worked when I drove it in. I replied

" isnt it working?"

"It works but the orange coating is peeling off"

"How much?"

"£11.64!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"No dont worry we will sort it"

That was 11 years ago and it was a citreon berlingo van. I had a look, you didn't even need a tool, it was 2 plastic wingnuts at back of cluster to access.

That sums up main dealers for me. Easy fixes for maximum profit. The owners are absolutely loaded and only interested in the money. So with that mentality how are the lads ever going to learn with the don't repair, chuck it and make big bucks.

 

I agree with Deans OP and have personally rectified "Professional" failures many times despite being mainly self taught.

[Goaty]

How long do we give Mr Bolams chart. I reckon end of weekend tops:blushing:

[Justme]

What I dont get is this:-

 

Say I take a car in with a fault & the dealer said that it needed X to fix it yet when they fitted X it still had the same fault, Why the F do people pay for the part & fitting?

 

They have failed to fix the fault as presented & fitted a part that was not needed.

[Scott Walker]

What I dont get is this:-

 

Say I take a car in with a fault & the dealer said that it needed X to fix it yet when they fitted X it still had the same fault, Why the F do people pay for the part & fitting?

 

They have failed to fix the fault as presented & fitted a part that was not needed.

 

Totally agree I never understand this!!!!

[Goaty]

Because they are trying their best and they reason that part was faulty as well and contributed to it. They do a black magic thing that they think know one can see through.

 

I've thought this when I see people take them back again and again.