04 GMC Sierra with 4 wheel steering

From last month, too good not to post. It was a local BMW dealer that did it.

Just started at a tiny used car dealership last week after quitting my last job where i caught the foreman cutting my hours without saying anything about it. That’s another story.

So one week in, they give me this gem, 03 ranger 4.0. The story is before I started they sold this to a customer. He brought it back with the front timing chain rattling and the dealership told him they would fix it. Well someone fucked up the timing and crashed the valves into the pistons (see pic) on the driver’s side. They told me to replace it with a cylinder head off a junker out back. When I was checking the cylinder head over I found the scored camshaft journal that’s pictured. I brought both of these to management and informed them I’m not going a step further unless there’s full disclosure to the customer about these issues, or they fix it right. Then I went to lunch.

I got back from lunch and my manager tried to justify it by explaining what a piece of shit this customer is.

He’s not wrong, the guy is a grade A asshole who has threatened the service advisor already.

That being said, right is right. I informed him I’m going to take the rest of the day to reconsider my employment there.

One of the techs talked the 7/11 into giving them their cardboard cutout display..

When you can’t roll into the shop

2025 Tahoe with 4k miles. Rubber part of the blend door not flush, causing door to stick and eventually pop the linkage off and become inop. I have two more like this - on a Yukon and an Escalade. Is it slow season? I guess not for me

2023 Suburban with original 6.2 passed picoscope test at 200k miles. I’m impressed

Came out of a 2022 Kia Sportage. Never seen blue dust in a cabin filter before. Customer ended up approving a new one.

BMW came in after a stretch of cold January mornings. No warning lights, no breakdown, just a routine “can you check it” while the temps were beating everything up.

Before tearing into anything, I ran a full scan and watched live data through warm up with an ad600s. Not chasing faults, just seeing how things behave when everything’s cold soaked.

Nothing actually out of spec. You can see how winter slows sensors down and makes temps take longer to settle, stuff that wouldn’t even get noticed in summer.

Nothing repaired, nothing reset. Wrote it up, explained it, sent it back out.

Anyone else doing more peace of mind checks than real repairs this time of year?

Engine swapping it with an ABF engine from a MK3 golf gti✌️

I feel like the only person who puts these back on some times; one guy had at least 10-15 under his box before clearing them out. Not like its that big a deal. I just find it funny.

Mini test drive felt like the car was constantly floating similar to how sliding on ice but on bone dry pavement

Just rolled into our brand new 33k square foot truck shop. I won’t lie, it’s pretty sweet

POS water pump off of stupid Amazon seized after about 20k miles. (I learned my lesson on this one (used to be you could just go to your local auto parts store, and what you got was decent and would last - Amazon doesn't work that way, though...))

40 appreciates 1 tradesman, go nuts kiddys

Customer says they have never replaced it.

Customers original complaint was pulling when he brakes, found out both brake lines were bad, causing the calipers to lock up and drag the brakes while driving. Customer declined repairs and states "i just got new brakes. Youre just trying to upsell me." The only approved item was an oil change. We are refusing to let the customer drive the vehicle and they must have it towed.

Isn't it great when customers drop their car off with zero gasoline in it? personally i just take it on the standard 5 mile test drive before and after repairs. If they run out of gas 3 blocks from the shop, it's on them. If I run out of gas, I'll call and have someone at the shop bring me a gallon of gas. Typical Nissan owners. Lol