Be nice to your mechanic, they might give you free shit

Kinja'd!!! "Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
01/16/2020 at 18:36 • Filed to: Project Dumpster Fire

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Apparently someone dropped off a bunch of Saab parts so I got to rummage. Scored these rare(ish) fog light covers and I’m super happy. Got a friend seeing if he can 3D model them for printing.

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DISCUSSION (10)


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
01/16/2020 at 18:46

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Cool!


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
01/16/2020 at 18:47

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my mechanic wont even give me back my old parts I asked for.


Kinja'd!!! wafflesnfalafel > HammerheadFistpunch
01/16/2020 at 18:48

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ooh... bad sign there...


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > wafflesnfalafel
01/16/2020 at 18:52

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Normally I would agree, but in his case its mostly laziness and disorganization not trying to cover up or obfuscate. Its really annoying though, which is why I stopped going to him but the guy who setup my front diff at his shop did a killer job and I wanted him to do the rear. He had a seizure working on it and cracked his head on my diff which sent him to the hospital so another shop ended up doing the work and in the shuffle they lost my gears which I wanted to keep.  


Kinja'd!!! RallyWrench > HammerheadFistpunch
01/16/2020 at 18:58

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If the laws there are anything like the laws here, he’s legally obligated to provide them on request upon completion of the work . I saw your other comment about the situation around that, at least it wasn’t malicious .


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > RallyWrench
01/16/2020 at 19:00

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I could press for them...but i don’t see the benefit.


Kinja'd!!! PyramidHat > HammerheadFistpunch
01/16/2020 at 21:31

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He’s selling those on eBay to make up for the parts he over charged you for... 


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
01/16/2020 at 22:21

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Ooh, nice find!


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > PyramidHat
01/16/2020 at 22:54

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no ones going to want my old gears.  they were replaced because they were setup wrong and would whine like a mofo


Kinja'd!!! Just Jeepin' > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
01/16/2020 at 23:17

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I try to pick up donuts for my shops every few months.

I have too many shops. Damned unreliable Jeep.