How much do you know about your car? Are you someone who loves to change your own oil, change your own tires and spend your weekends polishing its body until it is spotless? Or does the extent of your car knowledge only include how to put gas in the tank and how to drive around? Somehow, many of us can manage to get by knowing the absolute minimum about the vehicles that we use every day because we rely on the experts at an auto shop. But no matter how polite they are to our faces, those experts might be laughing at our incompetence the second we’re out the door and sharing photos of our precious vehicles online…
We’ve gone through the Just Rolled Into the Shop subreddit to find some of the most hilarious and ridiculous examples of things mechanics deal with every single day, so you too can appreciate what goes on in the mysterious world of an auto shop. Some of these posts will require a basic understanding of cars to know what is happening, but if you are an auto enthusiast, you’ll be sure to get a kick out of some of these hopelessly confused drivers. Enjoy this list that will hopefully give you a greater appreciation for your mechanic, and be sure to upvote all of the pictures of situations that you would not have believed without seeing proof. Then if you’re interested in even more of these wild pics from auto shops, be sure to check out Bored Panda’s previous publications on this same subreddit here and here.
#1 This Stray Hung Out In The Yard Over The Weekend Then Rolled In My Bay. Now He’s Mine
Image source: Duke_Meridian
#2 This Was On A Car That Came In Today
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#3 I Got $10 Off My Oil Change Because I “Fulfilled The Destiny” Of The Tech Who Had To Report My Mileage
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#4 Visiting A Buddy’s Shop And Spotted This Sign
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#5 I Present To You All The 5 Elements Of Tire: Fire Element, Water Element, Ice Element, Plant Element, And Bruce Willis 5th Element
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#6 My Lead Tech Has Finally Lost It
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#7 Got To Work On The Wienermobile Today
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#8 Nothing Stupid Here. It Is Actually Very Thoughtful Of The Customer To Leave A Note Like This On The Windshield. A Lot Of Time Service Writer Could Not Write A Proper Story…
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#9 What Do You Guys Use To Push No Starts Around The Yard? Behold; The Goat
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#10 When A Car Sits On The Lot Too Long
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#11 Found This On The Underside Of A Woman’s Car Today… Needless To Say She’s A Little Freaked Out. Rechargeable With 4g Sim Card In It
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#12 This Is What Happens When You Change Your Oil Religiously. Bmw 335i 180k Miles. Beautiful
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#13 Why Doesn’t The Heat Work On My Brand New Civic ??
So what happened here was, we had a really bad blizzard and customer came in saying that all of their lights were on and the car drove horrible (no heat especially) and when we popped the hood we see this terrific mess of snow like wtf ?? Customer never popped the hood, it was left outside during the storm so looks like it was all the wind that absolutely piled up. And it was PACKED. left it to thaw overnight. Ran normal after everything was dry, no problems since.. a mystery to this day maybe they really did leave the hood open lol idk man
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#14 Everyone Is Showing Off Their Welded Art. So I Will Join. Behold! The Mirror Brackets I Made For My 68 F100
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#15 Im Scared
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#16 My Husband Called Shortly Into His Half Hour Drive Home To Say The Tire “Felt A Little Off”
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#17 I’m Begging. Can Someone Explain To Me Why People Do This? Is A Seatbelt That Bad?
It feels similar to the mask thing to me. It’s like cool you don’t have to like it, so just wear it for the short time you’re in the store(car) and it could possibly save your life
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#18 Operator Reported “S Shaped Tire”
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#19 Tech States “I’m Not Getting In That Car, You Can’t Make Me”
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#20 We Share The Road With These People
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#21 Sticker On The Oil Pan That Scans To A Job Application At Another Shop Lol
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#22 Customer Drove This All The Way From Mexico Because He Was Told Not To Pull Over Out There.
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#23 Was Loading The Trailer With Tires When I Noticed This… Inspection Date Was 3/22/22
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#24 So One Of My Customers Rents Out His Vintage Mustangs. This Is How One Was Returned To Him
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#25 Once In A Lifetime Puncture That Happened Right Outside My Shop. I Am Still In Disbelief To This Day
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#26 Asked The Body Shop To Fix A Broken Bumper As Cheap And Fast As They Could. 20 Minute And 10 Bucks Later
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#27 I Hate People
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#28 Stop Doing This To Your Tech
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#29 Toyota 4runner. Hey Look, Some Dumb A** Left His Snap-On Tools Behind. Wait A Second, That’s My Lube Sticker On The Windshield
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#30 Hmmm
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#31 Rawlings Baseball Leather Seats In A Tundra
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#32 Brought My Car In For An Airbag Recall And Tried To Leave The Mechanic A Tip
Must Have Looked At My Clapped Out 20 Year Old Bmw And Decided I Needed The Money More Than Him Or Maybe They Just Aren’t Allowed To Accept Tips At The Dealership
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#33 I’m Not As Concerned About The Low Pressure…
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#34 Customer States Someone They Know Told Them It’ll Help Keep Rats Out Of The Engine Bay. Newer Model Toyota Camry
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#35 Just Found This On The Front Seat
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#36 We Ordered 1 Tesla Model 3 Steering Wheel. They Sent 2 And Packed Them With 144 Children’s Toothbrushes. 12 Packs Of 12. Wtf
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#37 Man With Dementia Was Coming To Our Dealership For A Low Tire. 2 Days And 200 Plus Miles Later The Family Was Able To Find Him And His Wife
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#38 Car Comes In For An Oil Change Smelling Like Gasoline And Burning. Customer Says She Got A New Engine Put In Out Of Town
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#39 Found At A Local Service Garage
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#40 Officially One Year Of Tire Punctures, Approx 3 Pounds. Time To Release Them Back Into The Wild
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#41 To All My Service Advisors, How Do You Write Stuff Up Like This And Keep Yourself Professional?
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#42 It’s About To Be Towed To The Shop. I Was Cruising About 50mph And The Plastic Snapped
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#43 What Are They Hiding In Here?
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#44 Living On A Prayer
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#45 How Do These People Get A Driver’s License?
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#46 My Buddy Sells Used Cars And He Just Sent Me This…
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#47 Tried To Knock The Ice Off My Muffler And It Freely Moved, Checked Under My Car And Saw This…
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#48 No Choice Can’t Afford Fuel
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#49 Pro Tip If You’re Unsure Of The Age Of Your Tire Just Cut Opening And Count The Rings
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#50 18 Year Old Tech Didn’t Close A Valve Overnight
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