Dumbest things you've heard people say about/seen people do to their cars

[Sean S.]

I used to work in an indy shop in Reno, NV. One stand out moment was when a younger guy came in obviously very proud of his first BMW, an E30 318i.

Me: Ok, Nice car!

Kid: Thanks, and this super limited edition engine is all-some!!

Me: Umm, what engine do (think) you have in there?

Kid: Its a Zundfolge 1342 engine, very limited edition! Not all 318's came with these!

Me: Oh man, they saw you coming, didnt they?

I still wonder how much more he paid for that Zundfolge motor.

[Farbin Kaiber]

i texted my wife to call me so i could get free lol.

Could you give me your wifes number so I can use this trick too?

[Balleristic31]

^ you think the employees are bad? You should see the customers sometimes! :D

Yesterday I had a guy convinced that the catalytic converter was a part of the transmission and needed fluid

One time I told a gentleman that a certain part we were examining was about 10mm thinner than another and he looked at me as though I had committed murder and said "what the fuck did you say? I'm sorry I don't speak Russian"

Ill remember more by tomorrow.

[Luke Girard]

So I had to make an emergency purchase at Auto Zone last weekend. I drove an hour and a half to swap wheels and I ended up needing 1 spacer to clear the front struts. I called the local Auto Zone and asked for 4x100 spacers and they said they had some in stock. When I got there they guy that I had talked to on the phone went and grabbed 5x120 spacers.... I told him 4x100 and he was like what? I don't think he knew what I was talking about so I just had him show me where the spacers were and got them my self. And he didn't know how thick they were either. I asked for 5mm and he said they only have american measurements. Gah I hate Auto Zone

[JinormusJ]

I texted my wife to call me so i could get free lol.

Thank you so much

[lemansguy]

^^^ anytime, i use it everytime i get stuck talking to a neighbor as well.

[ak-]

i texted my wife to call me so i could get free lol.

Thank you for the tip.

[HennaE30]

there is a kid in my neighborhood with a riced out, e36, 4cyl convertible. it has a full JCwhitney ordered body kit, headlight "eye lids" 18 inch wheels looked retarded, a massive fart can, and purple HIDs. he drives down the streets in what must be 1st gear at 30 mph, blasting his exhaust, with his rap music turned up to max, with a massive gangster lean so you can barely see his head over the dash... he stops in front of my driveway one day, and actually revs out his motor before turning it off, like they do in all the F&F movies, and walks up to me while im detailing my car. without typing a small book, i will give you some of the better quality questions he asked me... "is it front or rwd?" "does it have a straight axle in the rear?" and when i told him no, it has an independent suspension... "well be careful, those will make you go sideways really easy, i hate that about mine" he also told me that "coilovers are over priced garbage, and would never own a car with them, sine they done have any advantages over good springs."



so after this large amount of stupidity spewed from his mouth, i started asking him about his car. figured his answers would be great. i was not disappointed. he tells me that its an M3 cloan, fully built, and that EVERY part on it was orderd straight from germany BMW (is there another BMW???) and thats its all genuine original M3 parts. i asked him if i could see his m3 motor and hes starts stumbling and is like, "oh well its still a 4cyl... but i have the m3 transmission and rear end, and full M3 interior and body kit. And my wheels are rare M3 wheels you can only get from Germany BMW. i also had the 4 cyl rebuilt to hold a bunch of boost, but its not boosted yet, but im making like 300hp already with the trans and built motor..."



i tried to tell him i needed to go and end the conversation, and he said that he would help me detail my car, since he used to detail cars for a living. i texted my wife to call me so i could get free lol.

Damn! 300hp from an N/A 1.8L? Can I have the number of the engine shop he used?

Lol I've experienced this too.. It's great to ask them questions and see them stumble over their answers. I had a kid tell me he was running 400hp out of his S13's KA20de. I laughed and he got pissed off.


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[lemansguy]

there is a kid in my neighborhood with a riced out, e36, 4cyl convertible. it has a full JCwhitney ordered body kit, headlight "eye lids" 18 inch wheels looked retarded, a massive fart can, and purple HIDs. he drives down the streets in what must be 1st gear at 30 mph, blasting his exhaust, with his rap music turned up to max, with a massive gangster lean so you can barely see his head over the dash... he stops in front of my driveway one day, and actually revs out his motor before turning it off, like they do in all the F&F movies, and walks up to me while im detailing my car. without typing a small book, i will give you some of the better quality questions he asked me... "is it front or rwd?" "does it have a straight axle in the rear?" and when i told him no, it has an independent suspension... "well be careful, those will make you go sideways really easy, i hate that about mine" he also told me that "coilovers are over priced garbage, and would never own a car with them, sine they done have any advantages over good springs."

so after this large amount of stupidity spewed from his mouth, i started asking him about his car. figured his answers would be great. i was not disappointed. he tells me that its an M3 cloan, fully built, and that EVERY part on it was orderd straight from germany BMW (is there another BMW???) and thats its all genuine original M3 parts. i asked him if i could see his m3 motor and hes starts stumbling and is like, "oh well its still a 4cyl... but i have the m3 transmission and rear end, and full M3 interior and body kit. And my wheels are rare M3 wheels you can only get from Germany BMW. i also had the 4 cyl rebuilt to hold a bunch of boost, but its not boosted yet, but im making like 300hp already with the trans and built motor..."

i tried to tell him i needed to go and end the conversation, and he said that he would help me detail my car, since he used to detail cars for a living. i texted my wife to call me so i could get free lol.

[Northern]

[chadthestampede]

I'm having a tough time articulating just how dumb this kid was. I mean he was like 5toes meets B*Saint getting raped by that religious troll with the crazy wife guy.

Don't forget einhander

[Ether-D]

I'm having a tough time articulating just how dumb this kid was. I mean he was like 5toes meets B*Saint getting raped by that religious troll with the crazy wife guy.

:rofl:

[Roysneon]

I had this one kid who kept coming in or calling in to the dealership I work at buying parts for his WRX that he smashed. Kid got soany wrong parts because he had no clue what he needed or what he was supposed to be asking for.

Finally got him and his hillbilly friend the parts they needed to slap the front end back together when he calls again. Says he is trying to fill his ATF and is wondering if he just puts it all into his PS res because the bottle says automatic transmission and power steering fluid. He thought that it would somehow fill both. So I straighten him out on that, tell him to fill it through the dipstick tube with a funnel. Then have to explain to him what a funnel is and where to get one.

Calls back later that day to say he put a litre of fluid in and its still low, wanted to know what to do. We had to tell Jim to add another litre and check the level...


I'm having a tough time articulating just how dumb this kid was. I mean he was like 5toes meets B*Saint getting raped by that religious troll with the crazy wife guy.

[DER E30]

Your friends have asked you to do stuff like that!? damn. well that's great that you're so nice to them.


--Mike

Haha I only work on my own stuff...

[Roysneon]

some people are purists. some might consider it disrespectful to the heritage of the E30

Well then those people are dumb.