Worst face-palm car statements ever by your gf/wife/etc...

[phsdrummer2]

Post the things that your significant others have said that have made you face-palm and shake your head about cars.

I'll start.

"I need your help. I don't know how to put air in my tires."

[jpalamar]

I'll compile a list just from TST...

[upperguy]

I'm as bad in person as I am online about people mispronouncing things and stupid stuff like that. It all culminated with one of my ex girlfriends sheepishly and totally non-sarcastically asking me if I thought she was stupid.

[accordguy04]

I'm as bad in person as I am online about people mispronouncing things and stupid stuff like that. It all culminated with one of my ex girlfriends sheepishly and totally non-sarcastically asking me if I thought she was stupid.

DON'T ANSWER!

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[ourbloodykisses]

my ex said some dumb ****, but not my current. when she asks, its like she's asking to learn. not because she doesnt understand it completely. if that makes sense.

[RedBowTies88]

" is that supposed to be like that?"


asked about my axle snapped like a twig dangling an inch or 2 above the pavement

[ambitiousCK]

As i shift through the first 4 gear "Is it stick?"................... =/



And of course im the asshole when i politely ask her to stop talking lol

[BigWhiteTodd]

mom said "I'm getting a truck for the winter" comes home with a 2wd truck lol fail

[Got Insulin?]

"Bless you"
-What?
"I said Bless-you, didn't you just sneeze?"

...Tial WG/BOV

[accordguy04]

^ No way! That can't be real! haha

[Got Insulin?]

^ No way! That can't be real! haha

Haha, it totally happened. It was the first night I had the car back on the road in a while, and the first time she had ever rode in it. I kept it pretty low key for most of the night and made a quick 3-4 shift when I was coming down the on-ramp, and the system depressurized which she mistook for a sneeze. Funny stuff, I was dying.

[01 Trans-Am WS6]

When I had my Evo my girlfriend always told me "Make the turbo go off!!" She just loved the sound of my Greddy knockoff haaa.


Some other chick I knew couldent even check her own oil....she called me up telling me "Im driving around and this light keeps flashing on and off, it looks like a little kettle with a drop comming out of the end, what does it mean??" Im like "Ummmmm Im pretty sure that means you should stop driving right now and put some oil in your car." Her "You know I dont know how to do that." Me "Meet me at Advanced Auto now." Meet up with her and not a drop of oil on her dipstick, she was close to 2 qts short...very lucky she caught it just in time before that motor went KABOOM!

[Mz AriellEK9]

My cousins girlfriend let all the air out of her tires instead of filling them up then calls me freaking out about how the machine is broken and she needed me to come help her. Got there put air in and she looked completely dumbfounded.

[vernach14]

my girlfriend tryed to argue with me saying that the rubber part of the (tire) is called the wheel, and she said the metal part is called the hub caps.... i said politely "no honey the metal part are the rims/wheels and the rubber part are the tires"... but she couldn't grasp this concept.

[ourbloodykisses]

"Bless you"
-What?
"I said Bless-you, didn't you just sneeze?"

...Tial WG/BOV

so much mother ****ing win right here.

[armyguy6566]

Mine aren't female related. I had a few when i was deployed.

1. Had a guy (sniper) put oil in the windshield washer fluid and the washer fluid where the oil was supposed to go. That truck got a new engine.
2. Had a few of the Cav guys believing that there, in fact was a such thing as blinker fluid and winter air for the tires.
3. Another Cav guy put power steering fluid in instead of oil. (another new engine)

[DriftCrash]

g/f once thought that putting a snowplow on a snowmobile would be a great idea because snowmobiles go great in snow....

[96Clipse]

After performing a quick visual inspection of a female friends car...

ME: "everything looks pretty good, except your tires are getting pretty bald"
HER: "Tires have hair?"

WTF GIRLS SUCK

[renn]

girls are born retarded to begin with. if i had a dollar for every stupid thing that's come out of some girls mouth.....

[Mrjaydeeone]

an ex of mine years ago, who's dad mind you is a mechanic, got a flat while we were out and insisted that she had to have her dad come out and bring her another tire. She didn't realize there was a spare in the trunk, thought he came out with it.
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[SleeperGoat]

My girlfriend refuses to ride in the car when the bottles in the trunk in fear of having a "fast an the furious" explosion. After that she only asks questions to learn.

[JST2KWIK]

-Yesterday my mom had a 2for one... she first thought her ford focus was RWD, and then when talking about my little brother learning to drive stick on my 240, she said "it's not automatic?" (she's driven in it multiple times and knows my disdain towards the auto trans).

-A guy I used to work with at a pizza place thought the brake booster was the carburetor and that his 2006 hyundai elantra was carbureted. (I just had my own facepalm moment when I had to google carburetor to make sure I was spelling it right LOL)

-One of my buddies called the lamborghini Gallardo the "Gallisto" and argued about it with me to the point he wouldn't talk to me for almost a month.

-My little brother thought that you change headlight bulbs by prying off the front of the headlight. I had to quickly stop him as he took a screw driver to my mom's headlight.

-The majority of my friends who are very mechanically inclined and can do motor rebuilds blind-folded cannot tell the difference between a Lambo and a Ferrari.

-A kid I met at school thought his 2007 civic was rwd. He was shocked when I enlightened him and refused to believe otherwise.

-One of my ex's yelled at me for not having my overdrive turned off

-One of my buddies tried to drift, spun out, and then called me when he couldn't start his car afterwards. He was in the middle of the road with traffic trying to get around so I came to help. His automatic mustang was in drive. I put it in park, started it, and made fun of him for days. Weeks even.

-When I was 17 and knew nothing about cars I thought my bmw 335i's turbos kicked in and 60mph and 120mph respectively.

[upperguy]

that last post made me think of a few other good ones. I manage a yoga studio and unfortunately sometimes parking overflows onto a grassy area, in rain and snow there would be the inevitable car stuck. The story would always be that they wanted to make sure they weren't stuck, so they would go back and forth a few times....until they got stuck. My old supercharged M3 has pulled out dozens of stuck cars! I always got a kick out of that one.

But one incident in particular always stuck in my head, it was a particularly nasty day and I just had the feeling that someone was going to get stuck so I kept around. I get the call and the woman with a very serious face tells me that she can usually get out when she's stuck and how embarrassed she was, of course I tell her it happens to the best of us. So on the way out she tells me how she tried rocking it and wedging things under the tire but nothing worked. I get out there and see a few muddy pieces of newspaper rolled up and jammed into the spokes of a Toyota matrix...the rear wheel spokes. The front wheels are literally only half visible as they are 7" deep in the ground, a wedge of mud sprayed up the side of the car. So there I am grinning like an asshole trying not to bust out laughing at how ridiculous it looks. I didn't even bother trying to rock it out and just played tugboat.

Speaking of...damn it's almost that time of the year again and I don't think the mini is quite capable enough...ruh roh! Anyone have an STI w/ tow package I can borrow?;)

[gtsiawd96]

I have two that come to mind.

1. With the ex-girlfriend we were out driving around in my talon. We came up to a traffic light a 5.0 mustang was next to us, we rolled of the line and went from 20 to 80-100mph. Easily had at least 6 car length he wasn't even remotely close to us. She strians her neck to look back at the mustang out the passenger window, stares for second than turns her head to me and says "Did we win?" Thats when I knew that relationship was doomed.

2. Talked to a kid on day he said needs to pick up another drag radial for is Nissan Sentra. I was kind of dumbfounded because he said "I need another one" I asked, "Did you get a flat or blow out" He responded "Well I picked up one drag radial because my car only spins one wheel. So I put the drag radial on and now the other wheel spins" I had to go home and change my clothes because I pissed myself laughing so hard.

And something kind of dumb I said once, altough I was under the influence at the time. Real drunk. lol

I had just gotten my car back together went over a friends got trashed, got to talking with a friend wanted to see my car we walk outside. I start the car, the idle is around 1,200rpm so it not loping or anything. He goes I thought you had cams. I replied "I do, they just didn't kick in yet." We had a pretty good laugh about that later.

[OMGz Turbo]

"Bless you"
-What?
"I said Bless-you, didn't you just sneeze?"

...Tial WG/BOV

Whats sad is i had the EXACT same thing happen when i had the GSX...But this chick was ditzy, first she said bless you...Then she said bless you to my car because i didn't bother describing what the sound was....

((Bless you.....Huh???.....I said bless you cause of you sneezing....I didn't sneeze it was the car.....Oh....Well bless you car.)) DOH.

[supraghost]

haha. this thread is entertaining.


not a girl but my wealthy friend who is a "huge car enthusiest" has also kept me entertained.

before he had his licence his dad and i drove his rsx type s around the block with him in the back seat. everytime i got on it he would get all antsy and excited. we we got back he said "you should feel it when the vtec is warmed up. it pulls even harder than that"

he wrecked the rsx and got a s60r. He was so convinced that it was twin turboed that he told me if i could prove him wrong, that he would sell the car because he doesnt deserve to have a car like that if he cant even tell if its twin turbo or not. I showed him many links and articles stating how it is twin intercooled, single turbo. he refused to beleive it and stopped talking to me for awhile.

he drives a mercedes 4matic now lol.

[supraghost]

WIN

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watch it^^

[00RegalGSX]

WIN

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watch it^^

Technically if you have directional tires you can have the right ones on the left and the left ones on the right lol

[WolfsFang]

Was in the break room at work today, this girl i sorta knows walks in and sits near me. She says is your car the silver one with the fin? i was like wtf lol (in my mind.) Said to her its Greyish (made it easy on her), she said its the same color lol. Then i said the fin it a spoiler and he says don't spoilers go on the exhaust? After that i just left lol.

[vdcoff]

My ex-gf recently asked me if I am going to ever spend 5 hours washing and waxing my car again. I looked at her and said yes.

this is one of the reasons why she is an ex gf

she also thought that i was in love with my car more than her for most of our relationship, my answer to that was "its a different kind of love sweetie"

[Foolinaround]

she also thought that i was in love with my car more than her for most of our relationship, my answer to that was "its a different kind of love sweetie"

I had one of those girlfriends,thats why they're called ex's right.

[vdcoff]

I had one of those girlfriends,thats why they're called ex's right.

exactly

[Foolinaround]

James told me a story of a girl who wants a supra,and thought they were all wheel drive.

[Subie_sleeper]

Waaay back when I had my Wrangler. I was on a four wheeling trip with my ex and some friends. there were three Jeeps and a Toyota pickup. We were all taking turns going through the mud pits & I got stuck. High centered in deep ruts. It wasn't moving an inch, forward or backward. She insisted I try 4 low, not able to comprehend that all 4 tires were basically off the ground & that's why we were stuck. After we got pulled out, we took time for lunch. No sooner did I open my soda, & she's behind the wheel heading for the pit. We all watched her bury it in the same spot. We all heard her say "Now watch this!" We all laughed at her as the wheels spun slower & the motor spun faster.
Then we laughed some more when she expected one of us to walk the tow strap in for her. She got dumped that evening, AFTER she helped wash the Jeep. :)


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[accordguy04]

^ Mine is! ... on Forza...

[JERRYM1997]

Some kid at school always talks like he knows cars and said his leased corolla had 310hp and did 0-60 in 5 seconds. I google it and showed him and he still didnt believe me. He was pissed when my 200hp 3400lb car killed it.

[BigWhiteTodd]

well i go to wyotech and tons of dumb stuff has been said..

on night while out watching some races my buddy beats a 600 hp supra with his stock 02 camaro, supra driver did a 200fy burn out from the line anyway my buddy come back to the parking lot everyone swears he had nitrous on his car when he does not and all of a sudden the supra owners says i saw blue flames come out your exhaust. i said really like fast and furious driver says yes. i lol'd for about an hour.

had another kid tell the his dad has a full size chevy truck that pulls wheels from 60mph

was told nitrous has a smell kinda like propane cause it can blow up.

kid with a power stroke says he can rev it to 8,000 and not blow up

some one also said that their is rules to street racing i asked if they had a copy of the book.

[Chubbbbs]

I used to work with this Jamaican guy and he said some pretty dumb things but this one was by far the worst. A customer came in and was complaining about his check engine light, So the "Jamaican" figured he couldn't screw this up and proceeded to plug in the obd2 reader onto the car. After getting his book out and reading the code, (which came out to be a bad MAP sensor) He told the customer that he must have had a GPS previously hooked up in the car and that there is nothing to worry about. I've never laughed so hard in my life.

[SovXietday]

A girl I once knew...

girl - "My dad took this black stuff out of my car and put in new brownish stuff. Is that ok?"

me - "...he changed your oil..."

girl - "Cars have oil?"

me - " oh boy."

[Diablo2424]

One of my friends called me from the parkway, she said she slowed down to pay the toll and then when she went to speed up, nothing happened. She though the car stalled, so I asked her, "first thing, did you have gas?". Her reply was "a little gas can kept lighting up by my speed, so I thought I was low on gas, so I filled it" I said, "since that's not your gas light, did it go off when you filled it?" she said "No, but I figured it'd take a while so I just kept driving and filling it almost every day with only a few dollars of gas that I used that day."

It was her oil light, there was no oil, she seized the engine... :jawdrop:

[howyfeltersnatch]

OMG theres no steering wheel how are you going to drive it ???!?
its on the other side babe...
oh.. thats not normal.. how are you going to sell it.. noone is goin to buy this off of you. is it even legal?
yea theres nothing illegal about it..
so are you going to deliver mail now?

fml.. your lucky you let me see your boobies

[Rush]

"Did we just hit something?"
-- Said by a friend when I still had the stock BPV coupled with a CAI on my MSP, resulting in the infamous 'turkey' noise when shifting.

"Nice Acura."
-- Said by a random dude in a Sheetz parking lot when I was getting out of my G.

"What's this thing?"
-- Said by my boyfriend as he pointed to the car's horn in the engine bay.


.. Just a few off the top of my head.

[jpalamar]

I've been asked by many people all over the place "Does that thing have a V8?"

[DaBombDiggidy]

Modle at car show "i really like that v8 rumble"

in my head "you should go flaunt yourself for money elsewhere"

[RedBowTies88]

i constantly get at Atco, "is that a diesel??"

i always say no, i just like my AFR's in the 5-6 range :)



I also always get "does this thing have a turbo?" ( if you've ever heard a truck like mine you would smack someone for asking that)


last one.. "thats a straight 6 right?"

[accordguy04]

"Did we just hit something?"
-- Said by a friend when I still had the stock BPV coupled with a CAI on my MSP, resulting in the infamous 'turkey' noise when shifting.

"Nice Acura."
-- Said by a random dude in a Sheetz parking lot when I was getting out of my G.

"What's this thing?"
-- Said by my boyfriend as he pointed to the car's horn in the engine bay.


.. Just a few off the top of my head.

Did you ask him for his man card so you could tear it up for him?

[igo4bmx]

my friend's wife thought this.
when you're on uphill stopped in neutral you roll backwards.
she thought when you're stopped downhill in neutral she thought the car would roll uphill lol

[Rush]

Did you ask him for his man card so you could tear it up for him?
Heh, I thought about it -- but that kind of question is a rarity from him, he usually knows what's going on. I think in that instance, he would've pleaded temporary insanity .. or blamed it on a brain fart.

[JankyS13]

its not just a forum, its a family.

[gsnar]

girls are born retarded to begin with. If i had a dollar for every stupid thing that's come out of some girls mouth.....

thank you!

[Big_Jim]

its not just a forum, its a family.

i see what you did there.

[i_ride_fieroGT]

Dont thoes things catch fire?

[FenderGuitars777]

This is actually a friend of mine who isn't a girl.

Back when I first got my license and he didn't have his yet

I put on cruise control and set the speed
Me: "Look no feet!"
Him: "lol your car sucks"
Me: "What? It's cruise control..."
Him: "Or your car just sucks."
Me: "No... it's cruise control..."
Him: "What's that?"

[92awdtsi]

Honestly this is by far ( i don't care what anyone says ) the worst face palm thing said to car enthusiasts. Turbo guys.... you'll know what i'm talking about........


Guy who thinks he knows cars - Yo is your car turbocharged?

Me - Yes it is

Guy.... - How much boost are you pushing?

Me - 26psi , but shouldn't you first be asking the size of my turbo?

Guy - Boost pressure is more important dude..

Me - *insert facepalm* Your right 26 psi through a 14b and 26 psi through a gt47r are exactly the same thing.

[mcperson2k]

Not car related, but my GF actually believed that buffalo wings came from buffalo...:bigeek:

[DV2000NJ]

i constantly get at Atco, "is that a diesel??"

i always say no, i just like my AFR's in the 5-6 range :)



I also always get "does this thing have a turbo?" ( if you've ever heard a truck like mine you would smack someone for asking that)


last one.. "thats a straight 6 right?"

I get that question there too. Then when I say "no" they start looking for nitrous. :lol:

[SleeperGoat]

I've been asked by many people all over the place "Does that thing have a V8?"

Along with that one I've also heard are you sure it's a GTO? I didn't know they ever reproduced them.

[Bdub215]

These are some i get that are related to my car

"You actually modified that corolla? Why?"
"for the same reason anyone else does any other car. I just do it on a budget."


A friend of mine asks:
"Why can't you drive a quiet car like the rest of the world?"
I say "if my phone broke and you had no way to contact me how would you know I was outside to pick you up? Okay then."


And probably my personal favorite calling up companies to see what they have for my car = nada
However a same year civic = anything I'd want. :headbang:

[Maxxdsix]

Honestly this is by far ( i don't care what anyone says ) the worst face palm thing said to car enthusiasts. Turbo guys.... you'll know what i'm talking about........


Guy who thinks he knows cars - Yo is your car turbocharged?

Me - Yes it is

Guy.... - How much boost are you pushing?

Me - 26psi , but shouldn't you first be asking the size of my turbo?

Guy - Boost pressure is more important dude..

Me - *insert facepalm* Your right 26 psi through a 14b and 26 psi through a gt47r are exactly the same thing.
QFT.

Majority of kids in my school who are in to cars because its the "cool thing" would ask that. :rofl:

[Maxxdsix]

Lol the only one that comes to mind is when I said something about my rsx being a honda she was like wait its an acura.

-yes honda makes acura.
-no they dont, acuras are acuras
-Honda makes acura, toyota makes lexus etc.
-I dont beleive you

Now that she believes me she uses honda and acura interchangebly hahaah

[Maxxdsix]

But I will come to her deffence and some kid was talking **** and asked about my licence plate and said it was stupid, she told him a dc5 was an rsx. He didnt beleive her.

Quick google search pulls up a page full of pics of an rsx :)

[SovXietday]

I have started hating popping my hood at car meets. The questions I get sometimes make me want to stick a fork in my eye.

*Kid looks at single cam*
"Dude is that a dual cam?"

"Is this thing turbo?"

"Why is there a pipe coming out of your bumper?"

"Do you drive this thing every day?"
- Seriously? It doesn't even have climate controls! Of course I don't drive it every day.

"30psi! And it doesn't blow up!?"
- It's at the meet isn't it?

My all time favorite though... some girl at the Ross meet.
"OMG, how much money do you have!"
- Lots. :wink:

[Ej6Mike]

When i was 16 and shows on tv/internet talked about BHP(brake horse power), it was always on top gear, and i didnt understand what the "B" meant, so i assumed it meant "British" horsepower, thinking maybe their system was different, with their pounds and kilograms and kilometers per hour.

[bordin34]

I get some decent ones from people at car shows. Usually its from kids pointing at my carburetor and asking "Whats that?" and when I tell them they usually respond with a confused "oh" and walk away.
The most common one though is,
"Why do you have a fire extinguisher?" I dont answer that one.
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[420sx]

"Why do you have a fire extinguisher?" I dont answer that one.


Correct answer is "CUZ IM SMOKIN!"

Then lick your finger, touch your ass, and go "Tssssss."

[Bdub215]

Correct answer is "CUZ IM SMOKIN!"

Then lick your finger, touch your ass, and go "Tssssss."

I'm banning you for life for that statement lol.

[phsdrummer2]

I have started hating popping my hood at car meets. The questions I get sometimes make me want to stick a fork in my eye.

*Kid looks at single cam*
"Dude is that a dual cam?"

"Is this thing turbo?"

"Why is there a pipe coming out of your bumper?"

"Do you drive this thing every day?"
- Seriously? It doesn't even have climate controls! Of course I don't drive it every day.

"30psi! And it doesn't blow up!?"
- It's at the meet isn't it?

My all time favorite though... some girl at the Ross meet.
"OMG, how much money do you have!"
- Lots. :wink:

I think Soviet might be winning this one.

[420sx]

I have a really good one.

My roommate is a complete car moron. I did literally EVERYTHING to sell his F350 for him- took the pictures, listed it on CL, dealt with the callers, and sold the truck. All he did was sign the title, and I got him full asking price for the thing. So naturally he looks to me to help him find a new car. We settle on this Impreza wagon.. an 02 2.5Ts.

We're on the way home from putting the $500 down payment on the car, and he's talking to someone on the phone when he stops and says:

"Wait. What kind of car did I just buy?"

[accordguy04]

^Noob

[420sx]

I couldnt beleive it. We had literally JUST left the guy's house. I mean, in my buddy's defense, he knew it was a Subaru.. just nothing beyond that. But still.

Me and my other buddy who was in the car decided not to tell him either. We figured it'd be funny for him to call his parents, tell them he just spent $4000 on a car, but be unable to tell them what kind of car.

We just sat back, laughed, and said "Figure it out, Pal."

[ej06WRX]

First thing that comes to mind is something my roommate said. Granted, hes pretty clueless when it come to anything other than music, sports and history. He needed to top off his oil and asked if the oil goes in the front or the back of the car? That was pretty bad.
I also worked with a kid who tried to tell me his friends probe was running 50+lbs of boost :bigeek:,and that he got it by putting one of those Typhoon things in his intake lol :rofl:

[SleeperGoat]

I get some decent ones from people at car shows. Usually its from kids pointing at my carburetor and asking "Whats that?" and when I tell them they usually respond with a confused "oh" and walk away.

should have said it's a controlled fuel leak.

[Foolinaround]

One of my girls,i love her to death,is not the brightest. She tried to get into the back seat by sliding up the seat and sitting on my rear storage box shelf saying "This is the smallest back seat ever"

http://www.mobileelectronics.com.au/forums/uploads/monthly_09_2008/post-20562-1222594337.jpg

[~Brian~]

"It's only a Subaru, it can't be that quick..."

.. said my ex, who was referring to my WRX.

[ThePrimerSuspect]

I work for AAA, there's not enough time in the day for all my stories. But a few of my favorite.
Guy says his saturn won't start. I get there and its flooded. So I clear it out and fire it up and it smokes the whole street out. So I ask him when it started. Turns out he changed his own oil, and put 5 gallons of oil back in instead of quarts.

I had a guy at a bar see me getting out of my srt and proceeds to tell me what a piece of **** neon it is and how he had a "2000 STI" he crashed and got an "EVO type R" and then a thousand horsepower cavalier. But couldn't back up any of this with specs on any of them.

Then of course there's the asshole at autozone who argued with me that my neon was a turbo eclipse motor. I kept trying to tell him he was wrong, then he says "uh, I work for autozone. I think I would know."

[Maxxdsix]

An engine can hold 5 gallons of oil?

How did the people he bought the oil from not say why the hell are you buying 4x as much as you could possibly need? lol

Some people are just stupid.

[ASIAN JUL]

A girl I once knew...

girl - "My dad took this black stuff out of my car and put in new brownish stuff. Is that ok?"

me - "...he changed your oil..."

girl - "Cars have oil?"

me - " oh boy."

:eek: I hope you proceeded to punch her in the throat


girls are born retarded to begin with. if i had a dollar for every stupid thing that's come out of some girls mouth.....

I would take offense to this, but I honestly can't say I disagree :lol:

Although, I have heard plenty of guys make stupid ass comments.

Case in point, a customer called and asked for suggestions for an intercooler for his car... no problem, right? He asked me if I thought adding an one would be necessary. The wording made a red flag go off in my head.

When I asked him if it was turbo or supercharged, his response was "What's that mean?" :wiggle: So, it turns out he had a N/A car. I explained to him he didn't need an intercooler and he said "Oh, okay, thanks," and hung up. Five minutes later, he called back and said he wanted to get one anyway.... :bigeek:

[ThePrimerSuspect]

An engine can hold 5 gallons of oil?

How did the people he bought the oil from not say why the hell are you buying 4x as much as you could possibly need? lol

Some people are just stupid.

He bought the 5 quart jugs. 4 of them.......

[Maxxdsix]

If I was the cashier I would have been like WTF? lol

[420sx]

If I was the cashier I would have been like WTF? lol

He could have been changing the oil on his VR6... they take like 5 gallons. :lol:

[Maxxdsix]

lol, well most normal cars don't take 5 gallons of oil :p

[420sx]

lol, well most normal cars don't take 5 gallons of oil :p

Maybe he was changing the oil on his 572 big block. :lol:

In general though, Ive found that the people at Autozone are MUCH more knowledgeable than those at Pepboys. Pepboys has cheaper prices if you know exactly what you need, but if youre depending on someone else to look the part up in the computer, its worth the slightly higher price at Autozone to deal with someone thats actually been under the hood of a car before.

[Maxxdsix]

Maybe he was changing the oil on his 572 big block. :lol:

In general though, Ive found that the people at Autozone are MUCH more knowledgeable than those at Pepboys. Pepboys has cheaper prices if you know exactly what you need, but if youre depending on someone else to look the part up in the computer, its worth the slightly higher price at Autozone to deal with someone thats actually been under the hood of a car before.


Yea, I feel like the guys at peoboys are morons, but they tend to hire cute cashieres lol. They gave me the wrong oil filter twice the first time I changed the oil on my mazda. Dumbasses.

[420sx]

Yeah theres a pretty cute blonde that works at the warminster one. Too bad I always go in there straight from being underneath my car. Dirtball status ftl.

[RedBowTies88]

mine takes 12 quarts ;)


around here the autozone workers are complete tit sucking retards.... but the advance auto crew is pretty decent

[Z31Fanatic]

The most stupid thing she said? 'I want a toyota'.
I was ready to bitch slap her.

[accordguy04]

AAP FTW! Used to work there, still technically in the system for em. :)

[Foolinaround]

Hey hey hey no bashing on the people who write my paycheck....ill agree though parts counter people are retarded,they always call back to us in service for an answer.

[420sx]

Hey hey hey no bashing on the people who write my paycheck....ill agree though parts counter people are retarded,they always call back to us in service for an answer.

Youre at pepboys?

My dad and I brought his Ford Taurus in for inspection- they tried selling us on NEW pads and rotors literally less than 100 miles since we had replaced them last. We did the brakes, knowing it needed them for inspection, and drove the car to Pepboys to get it inspected. Like, LITERALLY THAT DAY put the brakes on, and they told us it needed brakes all around. If thats not a flagrant attempt at scamming someone, I dont know what is. It couldnt have been any more obvious that the brakes were brand spankin new. I dont think they had planned on us knowing anything about cars- much less us being the ones that installed the parts. Man my dad FLIPPED. lol. Sketchballs over there man. Sketchballs. Ill buy parts from PB's if I know what I need. But If i have to depend on an employee to get anything done, I drive right past PB's. No offense- not saying YOURE incompetent. But most of your coworkers are.

[upperguy]

Hey hey hey no bashing on the people who write my paycheck....ill agree though parts counter people are retarded,they always call back to us in service for an answer.

so wait, are you saying it's not their fault...cause it's yours?

[RedBowTies88]

dont even get me started on pep boys.... they wanted to charge my buddy (who was 6+ hours from home and they knew it) 900 bucks to bend and install 2 brake lines...


crooks..pure and simple

[420sx]

I want to open a shop and call it "Honest Abe's Auto Repair," and specialize in fixing peoples cars for the lowest cost possible. lol. Do things that most shops dont- source used parts, shop around for customers, find rebuilt motors and transmissions rather than having them drop the cost of rebuilding theirs, etc. Make the customer understand the pro's and con's of their choices for fixing the car. I do that type of thing for my friends, and I always save them a ton of money. I feel like I could fix peoples cars, save them a ton of money, make myself some good money, and corner the market on that type of auto repair. I'd document issues found on peoples car's with pictures, so I can show them EXACTLY whats wrong with the car. People have such a hard time trusting their mechanic- I want to open a shop where they dont NEED to trust me, because Im showing them EXACTLY whats wrong. I want to make the whole "auto repair process" easier for those that dont know anything about cars, so those people have someplace to take their car without worrying about being jerked around.

[Maxxdsix]

Youre at pepboys?

My dad and I brought his Ford Taurus in for inspection- they tried selling us on NEW pads and rotors literally less than 100 miles since we had replaced them last. We did the brakes, knowing it needed them for inspection, and drove the car to Pepboys to get it inspected. Like, LITERALLY THAT DAY put the brakes on, and they told us it needed brakes all around. If thats not a flagrant attempt at scamming someone, I dont know what is. It couldnt have been any more obvious that the brakes were brand spankin new. I dont think they had planned on us knowing anything about cars- much less us being the ones that installed the parts. Man my dad FLIPPED. lol. Sketchballs over there man. Sketchballs. Ill buy parts from PB's if I know what I need. But If i have to depend on an employee to get anything done, I drive right past PB's. No offense- not saying YOURE incompetent. But most of your coworkers are.

dont even get me started on pep boys.... they wanted to charge my buddy (who was 6+ hours from home and they knew it) 900 bucks to bend and install 2 brake lines...


crooks..pure and simple

I want to open a shop and call it "Honest Abe's Auto Repair," and specialize in fixing peoples cars for the lowest cost possible. lol. Do things that most shops dont- source used parts, shop around for customers, find rebuilt motors and transmissions rather than having them drop the cost of rebuilding theirs, etc. Make the customer understand the pro's and con's of their choices for fixing the car. I do that type of thing for my friends, and I always save them a ton of money. I feel like I could fix peoples cars, save them a ton of money, make myself some good money, and corner the market on that type of auto repair. I'd document issues found on peoples car's with pictures, so I can show them EXACTLY whats wrong with the car. People have such a hard time trusting their mechanic- I want to open a shop where they dont NEED to trust me, because Im showing them EXACTLY whats wrong. I want to make the whole "auto repair process" easier for those that dont know anything about cars, so those people have someplace to take their car without worrying about being jerked around.


My friend was talking to me about work he needed done on his eclipse, he said he couldnt drive the car cuz pepboys told him he needed new brakes cuz they were metal on metal, and they tried to get the old pads off with their tools and couldnt do it so he needed new rotors, pads, hubs, everything.

Wanted to charge him over 500$. I told him he was a moron and that I would do them for free. 50$ later his brakes were as good as new. With hand tools, on the bolts pep boys couldnt get off with their air tools. ****ing theivs.

[Maxxdsix]

I want to open a shop and call it "Honest Abe's Auto Repair," and specialize in fixing peoples cars for the lowest cost possible. lol. Do things that most shops dont- source used parts, shop around for customers, find rebuilt motors and transmissions rather than having them drop the cost of rebuilding theirs, etc. Make the customer understand the pro's and con's of their choices for fixing the car. I do that type of thing for my friends, and I always save them a ton of money. I feel like I could fix peoples cars, save them a ton of money, make myself some good money, and corner the market on that type of auto repair. I'd document issues found on peoples car's with pictures, so I can show them EXACTLY whats wrong with the car. People have such a hard time trusting their mechanic- I want to open a shop where they dont NEED to trust me, because Im showing them EXACTLY whats wrong. I want to make the whole "auto repair process" easier for those that dont know anything about cars, so those people have someplace to take their car without worrying about being jerked around.
And goodyear in WC did this with my grandma too, she brings her trailblazer in and they say she needs new rotors and pads. She barley needed pads.

[Foolinaround]

You guys have to look at who's working there,and what kind of car are outside.

My service manager has been into build and racing cars for 8 years,he does Karting all over the US right now. I'm pretty well versed in the ways of automotive repair,as is another writer i work with nick.

I know that you guys all generalize the stores as incompetent people,but some of us actually do know a thing or two. I can't speak for every store but i know when you come into my store we get it handled for you,right,the first time,for the cheapest possible price(We even look up the coupons online for you to get money off).

[GoYaTeCh]

Whats That 3rd Pedal For? The E-Brake?

[92awdtsi]

I'm gonna have to nominate myself for a facepalm award.. This morning I had to pull a saab out of the garage to pull another car.. .Well anyway I start the car drive it out, go to turn it off and I'm like where the hell is the key (looking on the steering column) looked around for a few secs then realized saabs ignitions are in the center console which I should have known since I started the car 2 mins prior. ugh. I'm worthless in the mornings after a long night at the cloud.

[lownslow95]

Same thing that happened to me when moving a Saab into the service bay, except I couldn't figure out for the life of me, how to get it into reverse, even though not 30 seconds before that, I just backed it out of the parking spot. I felt like such an idiot for not knowing how to do it, twice. :lol:

[itwillboost]

I want to open a shop and call it "Honest Abe's Auto Repair," and specialize in fixing peoples cars for the lowest cost possible. lol. Do things that most shops dont- source used parts, shop around for customers, find rebuilt motors and transmissions rather than having them drop the cost of rebuilding theirs, etc. Make the customer understand the pro's and con's of their choices for fixing the car. I do that type of thing for my friends, and I always save them a ton of money. I feel like I could fix peoples cars, save them a ton of money, make myself some good money, and corner the market on that type of auto repair. I'd document issues found on peoples car's with pictures, so I can show them EXACTLY whats wrong with the car. People have such a hard time trusting their mechanic- I want to open a shop where they dont NEED to trust me, because Im showing them EXACTLY whats wrong. I want to make the whole "auto repair process" easier for those that dont know anything about cars, so those people have someplace to take their car without worrying about being jerked around.

Some family friends did that, they are pretty dam successful right now. The son who does the desk and oil changes just bought a white z06.

[accordguy04]

Whats That 3rd Pedal For? The E-Brake?

Depends what kinda of car :D

[VERTZX]

my friend gets a cobalt a week after i got mine... its all modded. stage two intake exhaust...konig rims 2 tone lambo doors the whole bit. i taught him to drive stick and he got the car. about a month ago i get a text msg with a pic....theres the gauge cluster with a bright amber light...shaped like an engine.... his text read "whats the orange thingy?" :facepalm:

[HickRocket1258]

My girlfriend isn't very competent when it comes to cars, but I try not to give her a hard time about it. Some people just aren't into cars like we are.

[jpalamar]

Julie said something dumb for being a huge car person. We were behind my buddies truck last night after we went out to dinner. She says whats are those lights under his truck... it was her headlight reflection.

[motorvated]

"is your car sick? It keeps sneezing" then followed a 45 minute discussion about turbos and waste gates..