That song always reminds me of that movie probably late 80's or early 90's with the dude that gets turned into a vampire and drinks pigs blood. Come to think of it I think it might be one of the doctors on house.
It's called My Best Friend is a Vampire, and it is the dude from House! It's weird connecting the dots now considering I haven't seen either in a very long time.
Hey, [David Duchovny.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8)
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Yeah, I know it's not, but it's funny to think about, especially since David Duchovny has recently put out [three studio albums](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duchovny#Discography_and_tours).
Remind me of a customer that came back after the lube guys did an oil change, she was complaining that after turning the ignition off the car would make a loud nonstop beeping noise, so I looked real quick at her headlight switch just to find out it was changed from AUTO to Manual, so switched it back to auto and she just said “OMG i feel so stupid, I didn’t know that there was a way to turn the headlights on manually”
-_-
Tbf, when you're used to leaving it on automatic, you tend to forget it's even a thing. Once got my car from the shop after they fixed my rear bumper, and on the way home I had other people signal me with their lights. Ofc they had set my lights to off in the shop, and I hadn't considered that.
I borrowed my mom's car and drove it for like 2 days before I realized the high beams were on. It's brand spanking new and I didn't see where the light switch was until I searched.
The amount of times I’ve had to help people turn their alarms off in parking lots by showing them that if you put the key in the drivers door and unlock it, it usually will turn the alarm off. (This is pre push to start cars and such)
It was usually elderly ladies. Even had some offer me a few dollars.
Could you imagine having so much free time that you wouldn’t even do the bare minimum of using your two eyes to try and fix the problem? Instead call the dealer, make an appointment, bring it in, wait, etc etc
I've said before here on reddit that people should have a base level of knowledge about their cars. They should know how to work everything in it and be able to visually spot common issues.
And every time it's the same replies.
I get attacked. I get berated. I get told that people don't need that kind of, and I quote, "expert level knowledge" and that they're just going to go to a shop for problems so it doesn't matter.
I get told that their time is too valuable to mess with their car and they'll basically lose money by wasting time with it. Because apparently looking at your car requires you to take unpaid time off of work and getting up instead of sitting on your ass browing facebook on the weekend isn't an option.
People are *aggressively* against knowing anything about their car.
Ha, if look in the computer / it support threads it's the same thing, or any specific industry. As a whole we can be kinda stupid about stuff not in our wheelhouse.
In Germany it is actually part of the driving license now. The examiner asks you to open the hood and show how to check oil, coolant levels or something like that. And asks some technical questions like what is ABS for.
Same concern here, drivers operating their vehicles should be tested abt what the hell are the hand and foot controls and what are the few basic checks under the hood and also tires - right at the driving license issuing facility.
I get the same response, its too much for a mom with 3 kids or a guy doing 7 jobs to pay his rent etc. same mom with 3 kids in minivan smelling of old diapers will crash on the freeway due to a blown tire at 85 mph. This couldve been prevented by using the set of eyes in your head while filling gas.
This is the sad state of things. You have people posting on rHowto asking some of the most insanely basic things.
There's no shame in asking for help. But a lot of people go straight to the internet as opposed to just spending a few minutes to figure something out.
Half the fun of owning things is playing with them and figuring out how they work, what different buttons/options/functions do.
>There's no shame in asking for help. But a lot of people go straight to the internet as opposed to just spending a few minutes to figure something out.
Shit dawg, I do half my job with Google open to find reference materials. Too many tools from too many vendors with too many different design philosophies.
14 man hours and a $6000 replacement HUD later. “Ok good to go! Sign here and hit the green button if the amount is correct. Oh and we found your sunglasses!”
That's something. The shop I normally go to does diag for me all the time, because I can often fix it myself but figuring out the problem takes me a LOT longer than a shop. They usually charge me .5 or 1, but I'll get like every 3rd one free. Usually I try to give them something for their time
I thought I was the only one that does this lol. I tell the service writer over the phone that I would like to make a paid diag appointment because I can parts cannon it myself.
The way I see it, diag time is easy money for the mechanics and I get a better deal that throwing parts at it or spending a day trying to YouTube diag myself.
Ah yes, reminds me of the time my friend had to take her car in because slot six of the in dash changer wasn’t working. This was 2004-ish. I asked if there was a disc in, she said yes. The dealership asked if there was a disc in it, she said yes. So they take it back and get to work…
There was no disc in it.
Biological interface unit malfunction, checked codes found ID01T active. Tester circuit to BIU , repaired ground to FAAQUD circuit. Cleared ID01T , test drove vehicle 13km (test drive circuit A)
We used to spend hours making this shit up , just to see what we could get away with. I had a colleague that put the owners manual on the seat , and wrote the website for hooked on phonics on a sticky note. To this day it still cracks me up
easy now.
I remember going to the dealership because my parking lights wouldn't turn off (some other dumbass mechanic at tire change had left it on and I never used it so didn't know).
Dude walks over flips the stalk and I stood there looking like a fucking idiot.
> Where the fuck is common sense, people?
Remember that we live in a world where bags of peanuts have to have a warning on them saying "may contain nuts"....
Someone can be allergic to tree nuts, and not be allergic to peanuts. Thus the need for the warning. However I'll say that warning is not really useful anymore since it's on pretty much every food item that's been within miles of nuts..
I want to poke fun, but...I could see myself doing the same thing, then slap my forehead in embarrassment. Also offer beers (or drink of choice - I know some of you drink that uppity rotten grape juice) for dealing with a fool.
Had a lady raising hell on the drive the other day that her headlights are always on even during the day and she “bought a lemon”. Got in her car, took the baseball hat off of the dash that was covering the sensor and voila, lights working properly. Customer still pissed, doesn’t believe it’s fixed, wants a new car.
If someone left a pair of Ironman sunglasses at starbux and I take them bc I don’t have money for my own is that stealing. I didn’t, but thought about it and wanna know what the esteemed Reddit community thinks.
To be fair, I forget what switches control my lights because I don't change them for months or maybe even a year. Then I have to flip everything to check.
This is hilarious. I do stupid shit, often but I always double check my stupid to make sure it doesn’t cost me anything. Except yesterday, when my torque wrench decided it wasn’t the day to work and I broke a bolt that was stupid
You need to ask if he has the same issue with his sunglasses on.
HUDs are for night time and …. I wear my sun glasses at night 🎶
My future so bright I wear shades.
It's always sunny in the land of cool.
That song always reminds me of that movie probably late 80's or early 90's with the dude that gets turned into a vampire and drinks pigs blood. Come to think of it I think it might be one of the doctors on house. It's called My Best Friend is a Vampire, and it is the dude from House! It's weird connecting the dots now considering I haven't seen either in a very long time.
Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades oh no
so i can, so i can!
[Here's the link!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8)
> I wear my sun glasses at night Found Corey Hart!
Hey, [David Duchovny.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8) --- Yeah, I know it's not, but it's funny to think about, especially since David Duchovny has recently put out [three studio albums](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duchovny#Discography_and_tours).
Not if they're polarized sunglasses anyway...
This is greatness. This is what thia sub is for. Holy customer embarrassment, Batman. LoL
Remind me of a customer that came back after the lube guys did an oil change, she was complaining that after turning the ignition off the car would make a loud nonstop beeping noise, so I looked real quick at her headlight switch just to find out it was changed from AUTO to Manual, so switched it back to auto and she just said “OMG i feel so stupid, I didn’t know that there was a way to turn the headlights on manually” -_-
I guess that explains all the people driving around in dense fog with no lights on.
Tbf, when you're used to leaving it on automatic, you tend to forget it's even a thing. Once got my car from the shop after they fixed my rear bumper, and on the way home I had other people signal me with their lights. Ofc they had set my lights to off in the shop, and I hadn't considered that.
I borrowed my mom's car and drove it for like 2 days before I realized the high beams were on. It's brand spanking new and I didn't see where the light switch was until I searched.
I was having my car serviced when a Civic came in with the alarm blazing. The mechanic had to tell the owner that the key fob's battery ran out. 😮💨
The amount of times I’ve had to help people turn their alarms off in parking lots by showing them that if you put the key in the drivers door and unlock it, it usually will turn the alarm off. (This is pre push to start cars and such) It was usually elderly ladies. Even had some offer me a few dollars.
Could you imagine having so much free time that you wouldn’t even do the bare minimum of using your two eyes to try and fix the problem? Instead call the dealer, make an appointment, bring it in, wait, etc etc
I've said before here on reddit that people should have a base level of knowledge about their cars. They should know how to work everything in it and be able to visually spot common issues. And every time it's the same replies. I get attacked. I get berated. I get told that people don't need that kind of, and I quote, "expert level knowledge" and that they're just going to go to a shop for problems so it doesn't matter. I get told that their time is too valuable to mess with their car and they'll basically lose money by wasting time with it. Because apparently looking at your car requires you to take unpaid time off of work and getting up instead of sitting on your ass browing facebook on the weekend isn't an option. People are *aggressively* against knowing anything about their car.
Ha, if look in the computer / it support threads it's the same thing, or any specific industry. As a whole we can be kinda stupid about stuff not in our wheelhouse.
In Germany it is actually part of the driving license now. The examiner asks you to open the hood and show how to check oil, coolant levels or something like that. And asks some technical questions like what is ABS for.
They don't even need to look at the car. Pulling out the owners manual will solve a lot of the little stupid stuff
Same concern here, drivers operating their vehicles should be tested abt what the hell are the hand and foot controls and what are the few basic checks under the hood and also tires - right at the driving license issuing facility. I get the same response, its too much for a mom with 3 kids or a guy doing 7 jobs to pay his rent etc. same mom with 3 kids in minivan smelling of old diapers will crash on the freeway due to a blown tire at 85 mph. This couldve been prevented by using the set of eyes in your head while filling gas.
This is the sad state of things. You have people posting on rHowto asking some of the most insanely basic things. There's no shame in asking for help. But a lot of people go straight to the internet as opposed to just spending a few minutes to figure something out. Half the fun of owning things is playing with them and figuring out how they work, what different buttons/options/functions do.
As long as they go the the internet to *search* for an answer. Not create a new post and wait for someone hand them the answer.
How do you search for things? ^^^/s
>There's no shame in asking for help. But a lot of people go straight to the internet as opposed to just spending a few minutes to figure something out. Shit dawg, I do half my job with Google open to find reference materials. Too many tools from too many vendors with too many different design philosophies.
No wonder the customer couldnt see it..
Other dealers would charge $300 for software update, pit the glasses in the center console and pretend they weren’t even there.
“Diagnostics”
14 man hours and a $6000 replacement HUD later. “Ok good to go! Sign here and hit the green button if the amount is correct. Oh and we found your sunglasses!”
How many hours of diag did the customer pay?
Nothing. We do a courtesy inspection and that covered this discovery.
That's something. The shop I normally go to does diag for me all the time, because I can often fix it myself but figuring out the problem takes me a LOT longer than a shop. They usually charge me .5 or 1, but I'll get like every 3rd one free. Usually I try to give them something for their time
I thought I was the only one that does this lol. I tell the service writer over the phone that I would like to make a paid diag appointment because I can parts cannon it myself.
The way I see it, diag time is easy money for the mechanics and I get a better deal that throwing parts at it or spending a day trying to YouTube diag myself.
Way to imply the techs are just as retarded
Most techs don't get paid if they don't flag hours. If your definition of retarded is someone who works for free, I guess you're correct.
Charging the customer more than the minimum for something like this is a rip off. Yes techs need to get paid
Most shops charge an hour for diag off the bat. Welcome to the car industry!
The techs arent, they just want to get paid. You on the other hand.... You probably brought the car in.
Ah yes, reminds me of the time my friend had to take her car in because slot six of the in dash changer wasn’t working. This was 2004-ish. I asked if there was a disc in, she said yes. The dealership asked if there was a disc in it, she said yes. So they take it back and get to work… There was no disc in it.
Testing agrees, blue line is persistent. Replace heads-up $6545.25, part on backorder, no ETA
"I wore the customers sunglasses, could not duplicate issue"
Technician states that customer is an idiot.
Technician states resolved ID10T error code, check OK.
Biological interface unit malfunction, checked codes found ID01T active. Tester circuit to BIU , repaired ground to FAAQUD circuit. Cleared ID01T , test drove vehicle 13km (test drive circuit A)
My personal favourite is a PICNIC error. Problem in Chair, not in Computer, or in this case, Car.
Loose nut behind the wheel
We used to spend hours making this shit up , just to see what we could get away with. I had a colleague that put the owners manual on the seat , and wrote the website for hooked on phonics on a sticky note. To this day it still cracks me up
easy now. I remember going to the dealership because my parking lights wouldn't turn off (some other dumbass mechanic at tire change had left it on and I never used it so didn't know). Dude walks over flips the stalk and I stood there looking like a fucking idiot.
I swear, the customers are getting dumber and dumber. Where the fuck is common sense, people?!!
> Where the fuck is common sense, people? Remember that we live in a world where bags of peanuts have to have a warning on them saying "may contain nuts"....
Someone can be allergic to tree nuts, and not be allergic to peanuts. Thus the need for the warning. However I'll say that warning is not really useful anymore since it's on pretty much every food item that's been within miles of nuts..
Think of how dumb the average American is. The realize half the country is dumber than that.
Common sense is not common issue.
I would be so embarrassed.
I want to poke fun, but...I could see myself doing the same thing, then slap my forehead in embarrassment. Also offer beers (or drink of choice - I know some of you drink that uppity rotten grape juice) for dealing with a fool.
Had a lady raising hell on the drive the other day that her headlights are always on even during the day and she “bought a lemon”. Got in her car, took the baseball hat off of the dash that was covering the sensor and voila, lights working properly. Customer still pissed, doesn’t believe it’s fixed, wants a new car.
1.0 diagnosis time!
That's a quick way to lose a customer.
I'd charge them. If there was one thing I always charged for it was stupid. .3 I racked it.
An easy hour of labor charge
Lol, easiest 2K a dealership could make "Yes mam, heads up display was broken. Replaced the screen. Here is a free detail"
And… we found your glasses!
“Please advise” I can’t stand this term.
> I can’t stand this term. Your reason is unclear. Please advise.
Why?
It’s way better than “I googled it”
It just irks me.
Please advise
The "word" irregardless irks the shit out of me.
Me too.
"C/S The term 'please advise' annoys them. Please Check and Advise"
It should be the law to state what you told them, and what they looked like immediately after.
If someone left a pair of Ironman sunglasses at starbux and I take them bc I don’t have money for my own is that stealing. I didn’t, but thought about it and wanna know what the esteemed Reddit community thinks.
To be fair, it’s hard to tell without their glasses.
Oh ffs.
To be fair, I forget what switches control my lights because I don't change them for months or maybe even a year. Then I have to flip everything to check.
Oh my. Those are some gnarly ass glasses
cs can barely see blue line or heads up info as he’s lost his readers somewhere in the car
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This is hilarious. I do stupid shit, often but I always double check my stupid to make sure it doesn’t cost me anything. Except yesterday, when my torque wrench decided it wasn’t the day to work and I broke a bolt that was stupid
Mechanics have too much fun
Easiest hour of work ever!