Lol Jesus…. Just find a mechanic. And maybe be more careful driving lol
Today I fucked up: seriously damaged my BMW while trying to fix it
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Maybe the stench of his stinkynuts fills up the cabin and causes him to lose situational awareness?
By any chance did you grow up in rural Saskatchewan in the 60's where, when you turned 16 they just mailed you a licence because they assumed you had already been driving for a few years on the farm.
I can't believe how much plastic is used instead of metal in the engine. Pieces and covers coming loose and not secured properly. Didn't know a heat gun would literally melt the engine.
Moe Howard says, accidents can happen in the best of families.
Awhile back my washing machine broke down, so I got out the tool kit and fixed the problem. It worked great for three loads - then on the fourth I flooded my laundry room. There's a silver lining to this story, my electrical bill has dropped 20% by going to the coin laundry. This has never happened to me.
As for stinkynuts problem, a german car is not a DIY, A BMW is not a Fiat.
Awhile back my washing machine broke down, so I got out the tool kit and fixed the problem. It worked great for three loads - then on the fourth I flooded my laundry room. There's a silver lining to this story, my electrical bill has dropped 20% by going to the coin laundry. This has never happened to me.
As for stinkynuts problem, a german car is not a DIY, A BMW is not a Fiat.
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With your luck if you buy a Tesla the battery will probably spontaneously catch fire.
Don't be too hard on yourself. The don't seem service friendly. Here's a 40+ years mechanic who explains why they don't like working on them either.
Fortunately I learned early on about working with cars. The smallest job will take a lot longer than you think and you always need a new tool. Screws and bolts are also a huge challenge in that they are difficult to reach or rusted solid.
With practice and the right tools things like oil changes, tire changes, (some mods...) and brake jobs are manageable.
Larger projects leave to the pros as they have the experience and tools.
With practice and the right tools things like oil changes, tire changes, (some mods...) and brake jobs are manageable.
Larger projects leave to the pros as they have the experience and tools.
This.
Any simple job can be literally made almost impossible by a simple screw that can't be unscrewed. You need a special tool, and even then you may not be strong enough to loosen it. I had to buy an impact driver for one stupid screw. The Youtube videos are highly misleading. There may be 8 simple steps, but each one may take hours the first time you try it. Also, being very weak, I learned just how much strength is required.
Also, how easy it is to break things and cause so much damage.
Even the simplest thing such as changing the wiper blade was a HUGE ordeal. Getting them off was almost impossible to begin with. It required a lot of tugging and pulling, and I wasn't sure I was pulling the right way. Then, the wipers I bought were impossbible to put on. Spent hours trying to find the right attachments and setup. Turns out they weren't the right ones. Then, it's easy to accidentally let go of the wiper blade and have it crashing onto the windshield. Happened to me twice. First time was over $1,000 to fix.
Changing the tires is incredibly difficult. My tire lugnuts would not come off no matter what. Finally bought a breaker bar which did the trick.
Then swapping tires is so much work and effort. My winter tires on steel rims are very heavy. Jacking up the car with scissor jacks was very hard. Also kind of dangerous.
My greatest fear is dying while working under a car that is jacked up. I'm absolutely certain that it would happen to me. That's why I only use rhino ramps.
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Thanks, glad to know that even experts find it hard to work on these shitty cars.
I hope you retorque those lugnuts after the first 100km. Every November and April when drivers change over, there a few tire separations on the QEW due to bad workmanship.
My regular mechanic swapped my tires over for $20 (Special Price) and Balanced them for $60. I would say the money was worth it.
$20 for a swap is insane, you are lucky.
I hate to think of what would have happened to me, but when I was 17 I had my first car. Since I had such a hard time getting the tire lugnuts undone, when I put them back on, I only tightened them very loosely. Not even close to what they needed to be. I'm so lucky to be alive, now that I think of it.
Go see Peter at East Mall Auto. He does great work and doesn’t charge an arm and a leg. Only problem is he’s so busy I end up waiting around for an hour or more just to get him to look at my car.
I don't have ramps. But I use a low profile heavy duty jack. and jack stands. I use a length of 1 1/2" copper pipe to slide over the cross bar lug nut wrench to give leverage.
Last time I got my tires changed professionally, the wheels would not come off. I had to get a buddy from work to bring down the acetylene turbo torch to heat up around the hub while I lay under the car smacking on the wheels with a sledge hammer to break them loose.
When I phoned the guys who changed them, they said "that's perfectly normal".
cunts.
Do yourself and everyone else on the road a favor and stop trying to fix anything on a car. Ever.
I'm pretty skeptical about this. Did you make that diagnosis yourself? Think about where an oil leak could possibly be to affect multiple ignition coils.
Same thing thing with me. I bought a 69 Cutlass in the 1980s and was working on the car with someone else and somehow we forgot to tighten the lugnuts. Was on the highway after that with the car shaking and loud noise and I was with a girl visiting from England.
