ITT we post green texts of people who think they know shit about cars but are clearly wrong

ITT we post green texts of people who think they know shit about cars but are clearly wrong.

Or you can just go into literally any thread on Veeky Forums

>be me
>helping friend move
>another person that is helping us fucks up his car
>nothing serious
>friends brother tells him to open hood
>no damage or anything standing out in engine bay
>Its an Acura
>it's an inline 4 with vtec
>friends brother tells him it's his drive shaft and that someone did an engine swap because of extra engine bay space
>also says Acuras don't have vtec
>mfw

Jesus fucking christ

Bumparoni

>Friend buys car.
>No ac.
>Takes it in to the shop as soon as he leaves from the dealer lot.
>Spends $900
>Still no ac.
>Spends months without ac.
>Nobody can figure out what's wrong.

>I come over.
>Tells me problem.
>Fuck with inside controls.
>Pop hood.
>Vacuum lines are swapped around.
>Obvious without moving anything.
>Swap lines.
>Ice cold ac.

He gave me $20 and bought me dinner.

Did you bang

No.

Sometimes the vibe was weird though.

>mechanic who swaps RX8s finds a cheap one for sale
>blown wankel (obviously)
>seller says it's probably the timing gear

>Spends $900
>on A/C diagnostics
>just needed swapped vacuum lines

We really need to start mandating ASE certified technicians or something because this is ridiculous.