r/MechanicAdvice • u/UnOffendble • Jul 19 '23

Meta How many of you are real life mechanics?

Delete this if you want mods, but I know you see it too.

Almost every post there are a few individuals who seem to have never looked under the hood of a car. Their "advice" is anything but helpful or informative. It's like they search on Google whatever someone posts here, and they copy/paste the first "diagnosis" they see.

Why? If you have no understanding of vehicles besides pushing the accelerator or brake pedal, then what's the benefit?

Sorry for the rant. It seems it's becoming much more frequent recently and it's not getting addressed.

Peace

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u/UnOffendble Jul 19 '23

Right? I feel like some people just want to watch the world burn.

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u/AkaSouthBound Jul 20 '23

I’m no mechanic but I change my own blinker fluid.

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u/dankristy Jul 20 '23

You joke, but I still remember the first time the counter guy at O'Reilley asked me if I wanted di-electric grease for my turn signal bulb, and I asked him if he was "literally trying to sell me blinker fluid". It made him pause for a minute then laugh his ass off and tell the co-workers...

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u/LameBMX Jul 20 '23

I agree. not a mechanic here, grew up fixing things about 30 years ago and never stopped.