jiffy lube state inspection ripoff

[VINYLONE]

In Utah no one uses their turn signal. Using your turn signal guarantees you will not be allowed to turn or change lanes. If you broadcast to another Utah driver that you intend on moving to some part of the road they will make sure to take over that part of the road and give you dirty looks. Kind of opposite of most of the country where signaling allows other drivers to make space, in Utah it naively gives other combatants insight into your next move.

So this attitude/ cultural particular stops people from checking their signal/ brake lights on a regular basis? Once a month, when doing laundry at the folks place, I have my Dad confirm my lights when standing behind my car.

 

[Chris-L]

St. George???

aye

 

[LogGrad98]

So this attitude/ cultural particular stops people from checking their signal/ brake lights on a regular basis? Once a month, when doing laundry at the folks place, I have my Dad confirm my lights when standing behind my car.

Overachiever.

 

[VINYLONE]

Overachiever.

Nah dude. It's the least you can do as a driver of a weighty machine. Just the other day, I drove up a long a taxi at a stop light and told him both his brake lights were out. That's like a recipe for disaster right there.

 

[Chris-L]

I've been ripped off so many times by mechanics, mostly due to my ignorance regarding car repair. I really have a hard time trusting most of them. When I find one I can trust I do my best to go to him exclusively.

It is as much your ignorance as it is the "mechanics". If you pay for a repair that your vehicle didn't need it's more likely the mechanic who recommended it doesn't have any clue wtf he is doing rather than him trying to rip you off. Shop around, find a good shop with trained technicians, and don't go anywhere else. These "speed lube" shops that hire kids out of high school give the whole industry a bad name. I've spent hundreds of hours in classrooms learning my trade, thousands on the job, and I'm nowhere close to where I want to be as a professional.

 

[VINYLONE]

It is as much your ignorance as it is the "mechanics". If you pay for a repair that your vehicle didn't need it's more likely the mechanic who recommended it doesn't have any clue wtf he is doing rather than the him trying to rip you off. Shop around, find a good shop with trained technicians, and don't go anywhere else. These "speed lube" shops that hire kids out of high school give the whole industry a bad name. I've spent hundreds of hours in classrooms learning my trade, thousands on the job, and I'm nowhere close to where I want to be as a professional.

Well stated.