If you think all car mechanics do is sell us auto accessories, change tires, repair brakes, or tell us that we’re 10,000 miles late for an oil change, you’re in for a big awakening. It turns out that mechanics routinely come across all kinds of bizarre things while on the job. So let’s get under the hood and look through some of the weirdest surprises they’ve encountered.
Just Dragged Into The Shop
Here is a sad story of a car being towed with an E-brake on. It looks like the customer towed their car, or the tow company is going to pay for it. Was that tow driver blind, deaf, or unable to read the resistance in their vehicle load? Did no one see the sparks or the smoke? Or the car has Aluminum rims (they probably have) that don’t spark, and there wouldn’t be any smoke unless they were going fast enough to generate a fair amount of heat. Glad it didn’t catch fire!
We are hoping that they have a warranty or insurance to cover this mess. Though warranty specifically excludes stupid acts. Honestly, we are impressed by the robustness of that E brake.
Consider Us Impressed
This person has been coming to the shop since 200k Miles and said he’d get to 1 million. He had been waiting for that day for years, and when that day finally arrived, he casually rolled up out of nowhere (perhaps he just came in to show his miles) to plug his tire at the mechanics’. If you ask us, the satisfaction of seeing those numbers on the dashboard is unmatched.
Not to mention, this is pretty impressive. Reaching this milestone takes not just luck but also good planning and maintenance.
A Recipe For Disaster
Some people are crazy, and we can never understand their way of thinking or processing things in life. Here, the customer refused to change all four tires on a rainy day, and she also had to sign a waiver before taking her car back because of safety reasons. We are wondering what has made her do this. She’s putting her life in danger along with other innocent people out there. Sometimes, the surprises mechanics get aren’t so fun.
When car tires may start looking like a mirror, it’s a sign to change them. In some European countries, they even have to have a certificate for the official yearly technical examination of the car.
He’s the Hero All Mechanics Deserve
While this surprise is far from unpleasant, the mechanic who encountered it was definitely caught off guard. After all, it’s a Batman car seat, not something you see every day. So, now Batman is designated to be in the backseat; that’s a really big change! Good to know that Batman’s drink of choice is Root Beer. The only drink that is used to quench the thirst after handing out justice. It seems like Batman is on duty.
We are curious to know who decided that it would be an improvement if car seats were designed to make it look like the kid is sitting on a grown man’s lap in a costume.
This Car Rolled up Looking Super Suspicious
This mechanic works at a rental company, and the police there returned this car filled with bullet holes. The nerve of some people! Was it a mobster? A car thief? Or maybe this cop was chasing any of the above. There must be a story there, more like a blockbuster movie. We are guessing the customer wasn’t around to take it back themselves. We are wondering how many bullets actually hit the intended target!
And the most important question of all: does the rental insurance cover this? Yeah, we didn’t think so.
She Wasn’t All Smiles After This
This accident looks bad: a thin but sturdy tree trunk slashed through under the hood of this car and over the windshield. Luckily, none of the people in the car were injured. Maybe they were saved miraculously, but we can’t say the same about the car. Then again, it’s practically a miracle that the window didn’t break. We are surprised at the durability of the glass, and we do expect broken windshields in such scenarios. We guess that’s just the Audi quality guarantee!
We are wondering how on the earth that can happen? Did the car fall from the sky? Just a little to the right, and there would have been a completely different story. Life is unpredictable; live it to the fullest!
When the Car Mechanic Is Near the Coast
A turtle has made it to the shop. The person states that the little one just crawled out from under a broken lift. We don’t think the turtle is certified to work as a lift operator. It looks from all the dirt that he was stuck there for long. Poor baby! He couldn’t get away fast enough. Now all this tiny animal needs is a good wash to get rid of all that dirt and grease.
That might be the cutest turtle we’ve ever seen. Look at his little face and those eyes! Little feet and shell! It doesn’t look real; we hope they handed it to an animal rescue.