Originally Posted by
EsCoRtLvR
-On a side note
Hahaha, no matter how many times a technician says to do preventative maintenance, people won't. One of the major reasons I got out of the business. So many people think they are being "ripped off". For every one person that does maint there's probably 10 that don't and they think they are saving money because we technicians are out to make a quick buck off of them. It's every good technician's dream to start up an honest shop, but the shops only end up putting the honest technician through hell will ridiculous hours and little compensation. I found it a lot easier to do good work on cars that have been abused, I just buy and resell them no customer to convince service is not useless
This is very true. 95% of the new people who post on tech forums only do so because they have a problem. They only want to pay for things that are causing immediate issues. If they can get another 5000 miles out of those ball joints before the wheel falls off then they will ride it out.
Most advise we give here (At least this is my opinion) falls on deaf ears.
Example,..
Vehicle wont crank.
Head lights work, horn makes noise.
Never tried jump starting it. Never put an amp test to the battery.
No idea how old it is. Came with the car.
So from advise they get from people that dont know the car say to go out and buy a new battery.
They buy the cheapest battery on sale turning in a battery that was barely a yr old and had more CCA.
Car still wont start. Turns out it was the starter.
Now they have to buy a starter and have a cheaper battery that goes out 2 yrs later when the one they had probably would have lasted another 3 - 4 yrs.
Doh.
This goes on everyday somewhere. People fail to realize that maintaining a vehicle over the years will cost as much as owning it did in the first place. When buying a used vehicle 90% of the time you are buying someone elses problems. Very rare to find a used Mustang or Truck that have been meticulously maintained despite what the owner claims. "Meticulously Maintained" seems to be a matter of perception these days LOL.
Hurst