Mechanics see a woman coming and BAM!!!

[happylabs]

Not everything is related to gender, race, or other categories.

Opposed to the current President's policies? You must be a racist.

Someone screwing off on the job and gets caught but nothing happens? Must be because they're a Union worker.


There are unscrupulous people in every field, and they'll take advantage of anyone who doesn't know what's going on.

Seriously, people, this racist/misogynist/fill in your category here victim crap needs to end.

It probably will once we all live in a perfect world.

[Karen]

It probably will once we all live in a perfect world.

It will end as soon as we each stop doing it! You can change the world, as long as you start with yourself!

(Not directed at happylabs personally, but at each and every person. It would be more correct to use "one" instead of "you, but then it sounds stilted.)

[Lady's Human]

There is SO much information out there now about car repair no one should be a "victim" of an unscrupulous mechanic.

I don't care whether you have a Geo Metro or a Corvette, there's a forum out there somewhere on the internet dealing with your particular car.


CEL (or service engine soon) light on? Limp it to autozone, get the codes pulled, and search. (DO NOT!!!! buy the part that autozone tries to sell you, it may or may not fix the issue, and your mechanic isn't going to appreciate not making the markup on the parts. Damned crooks need to put food on the table too)

Someone has had that problem before, and someone can help you diagnose it. Even if you don't turn wrenches yourself, you can at least get an idea of what the repair is going to be before driving to those thieving mechanics.

Odd noise? Go online, find a forum relating to your particular car, and search. Someone has had that problem before.

All it takes is a little research and you can avoid getting taken advantage of.

As with anything else, forewarned is forearmed.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

There is SO much information out there now about car repair no one should be a "victim" of an unscrupulous mechanic.

I don't care whether you have a Geo Metro or a Corvette, there's a forum out there somewhere on the internet dealing with your particular car.

Very true!! I've fixed a lot of things on our cars before by googling the cars' issues. It's mainly been stuff that easy to access- I haven't done anything under the car, for example- but even that has probably saved several hundred dollars over the years.

There are plenty of repairs anyone can do, and even if you can't, it helps to diagnose the issue before it goes to a mechanic.