My favorite JRitS posts of the week, Vol. 12

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
07/09/2017 at 13:00 • Filed to: justrolledintotheshop, just rolled into the shop, reddit, wrenching

Reddit’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is a veritable cornucopia of the many !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of shop lyfe. You never know what’s gonna roll in. Here’s what caught my eye this week.

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Oh, balls.

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I’ve got a sinking feeling...

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Spectacular!

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Somebody call the dentist!

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Somehow less messy than I’d have expected.

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Photo: Real_Cedde

...old lady driver. The family told her to sell the car now...

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Photo: dakinepilotguy

Literally, a Honda Pilot

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Photo: Kwkeaton

I gotta admit, that’s a pretty cool-looking diagnostics center.

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Water wheel!

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Upon further reflection, you may be right...

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Photos: aussiemoon

Trailer tongue sheared from internal rust and big dual axle trailer... veered into heavy oncoming traffic and collided with an elderly couples car, one of the occupants was injured but has made a full recovery.

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Photos: Cronin1011

Did he say “sure, I’ll take a crack at it. Hang loose”?

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Goober gonna goober.

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Close shave

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Mondays, amirite?

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Photo: ultimatepingpong

Only I didn’t say “Fudge.” I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the “S-L-U-D-G-E” word!

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Photo: TheMangoMongrel

The painter just didn’t understand the a-peel.

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Can’t wait to see the nav screen with Wite-Out on it..

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Egads!

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So clean!

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Crumbframe

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Clownin’ around

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Pilot rolled in and asked for an IFR cert. Acted like nothing was wrong.

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Photo: OriginalDogan

Obligatory brake post

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Obligatory tire post

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DISCUSSION (4)

facw > Urambo Tauro
07/09/2017 at 13:17

Proving once again that Previas are awesome. Just don’t look at those crash test vids...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Urambo Tauro
07/09/2017 at 23:17

Actually I’m surprised more G-wagens don’t fall off of lifts. They’re a pain and the lift points are really close together.

Urambo Tauro > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
07/09/2017 at 23:27

Are they really? That sounds scary. What do you do, put a couple of extra stands underneath to brace it?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Urambo Tauro
07/10/2017 at 04:16

If I need to, yes. There are also special adapters to use with the lift to keep the vehicle from slipping off. But generally if you’re careful about where you position the lift everything will be fine. Things get scary when you have an inexperienced tech setting the lift and not being cautious enough. I assume the one above was a brand new car getting a PDI, or at least very low mileage. In which case it would have a coating of wax on every part of the undercarriage, which is very slippery on lift points.