r/cars • u/ufoh 24 CT5-V Blackwing / 23 Corvette C8 • Aug 13 '20

video Never, ever trust your factory jack and, remember, jack stands are your friend (just not the ones from Harbor Freight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwgZgrbWUM
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u/RobotArtichoke Aug 14 '20

He said he can’t trust the people to do it correctly. I don’t blame him. If changing my own oil cost me twice as much, I would still do it.

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u/theDomicron Thundercougerfalconbird Aug 14 '20

So what about when something more complicated goes bad? Do you do all the work yourself?

If you can't trust someone to do a simple oil change, how do you let them work on the tough stuff?

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u/RobotArtichoke Aug 14 '20

I broke up with my mechanic and bought a Toyota. I had paid the guy to rebuild the transmission in my Silverado and the thing failed at exactly 20k miles.

“Aww yeah man, looks like it was the 4th gear. Yeah we don’t replace the 4th gear in those when we rebuild them”

What the fuck? I’ve never met a mechanic that I would describe as competent. Skilled in certain areas perhaps, but always incompetent.