Mechanic warns drivers using three phrases will get you 'ripped off' at garage
A mechanic has shared details of three phrases you must never sat at the garage - or staff will rip you off. Petrol and diesel drivers have been warned over visiting Birmingham garages and MOT test centres by a motoring expert.
Ahmed is a mechanic who runs the YouTube channel The Car Care Nut and said: "Oh, the good old 'I don't know anything about cars, please help me'. Folks, if you say that to a good mechanic, they will take that as a huge responsibility because you are fully, blindly trusting them because you know nothing about the matter."
Ahmed went on and continued: "You want them to if their car and fix it well. But bad mechanics will take it as open season to pay their next mortgage and six more mortgages after that because you don't know anything about cars.
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"Folks, avoid saying these words, even if you really don't know anything about cars." He added: "This one is a very important one. Honesty should be met with honesty. If you want your mechanic to be honest with you and do you right, you should meet them the same way. Don't hide facts from your mechanic, don't cover things up, don't present an image that is not there.
"It takes great courage for someone to walk into a repair facility and flat out admit ', I damaged my car', or 'I neglected my car', or 'I tried to do something, and it caused damage' I'm with you on that. But you have to do that because the cause of action for your mechanic depends heavily on this information."
He continued: "Oh, the good old tune-up. Folks, let's say this first. Please don't walk into a workshop or any repair facility and say you need a tune-up. If your mechanic is good and ethical, they'll tell you 'there is no such thing as a tune-up in modern cars, you only need this or that for maintenance' and we're good.
"If your mechanic is not a good one, and more importantly is not an ethical one, this will be an open invitation to sell you whatever they want under the umbrella of a tune-up."