What's the worst car maintenance you've ever seen, Veeky Forums?

What's the worst car maintenance you've ever seen, Veeky Forums?

>2nd year of uni
>one of classmates uses his father's very old GMC suburban to get around
>doesn't know shit about cars, but he's a very chill dude and admits it straight up
>calls me one night at 11 pm needing my help
>he said smoke was getting out of the hood so he stopped the car and called me
>drive over to him to see what's wrong
>wait till car cools off
>unscrew radiator cap
>nothing inside
>literally nothing
>radiator is so dry I am reminded of the night I lost my virginity
>ask him when was the last time he checked it
>"oh user I never did desu"
>he got the car from his dad 5 years ago
>5 years
>in a car that needs 17L of coolant to circulate
>5 fucking years
>a fucking baby born 5 years ago would be able to walk, talk and shit in a toilet by now


I showed him how to add coolant and how often he needs to check and add more if needed. To this day I am still baffled how the engine survived this long with it constantly overheating every time it ran. He still has the car and it still runs.

>pic related, same car

> Lady friend of mine finances for an 08 Trailblazer in 2013
> Poor as shit, can only make payments, has a kid after
> January 2016, she brings the thing to my home garage for full service + brakes.
> pads worn down to metal all around, discs are paper thin
> with engine hot, oil is like sludge, comes out of drain like cold gear oil, as black as night.
> me, inquire about service history
> none.
> truck looks like it's starred in an action flick as a stunt car
> still owes on it

>Friend had corolla that was sitting for about a year
>Told them to change the oil and check the fluids or take it somewhere to do it
>They didn't
>Called me up 'hurr smells like burning and it's not running right'
>Go look
>It has no coolant
>It has no oil
>No fucking fluids in it AT ALL
>Put water in
>Put oil in
That was 2 years ago and it's still going today.

Toyota stronk
Friends retarded

Jap cars can only be so forgiving but they do break.

>some post wall roastie with a kid ask me to do work on her car
>i'm such a worthless beta cuck I do it

Fuck grow a pair man

>not taking money from normies to do trivial work

Preaching to the choir, senpai.

Still pretty impressive it drove 30km or so with no oil or water and didn't give a shit. Was an AE101 so probably a 4A-FE.

And when it blows up the month after you work on it, guess who she's gonna sue nigger

Don't touch unserviced shit.

Yeah well
I know GM fangirls will defend their shitty cars so I was preemptively making an obvious claim.
I learned car maintenance on a jap car and if I screwed up I always knew she was going to forgive me and keep going.

>brake work, oil change, clearing CEL, etc
Simple shit, I'm not replacing head gaskets every job. Also I like to make sure my friends/family aren't getting fucked by a hs dropout mechanic.

Would this stand up in court or get thrown out?

Something wrong with using one's own mechanical skills to make money on the side? I afford myself a decent lifestyle just doing a few hours of side work a night.

> have 2.5 car garage w/ attached pole barn and car hoist
> be career railroad mechanic w/ retirement plan
> tools provided, complete snap-on toolset at home
> make a enough on the side fixing cars and doing construction to put over an extra g a month into savings
> have three cars
> still apparently a cuck or whatever
> mfw when I have no face

>I have no faith in my wrenching because my shitbox always breaks down on me: the post

>driving a car
ENTHUSIASTIC GUFFAW

>ironic shitposting when you start to lose the argument
log out

Friend A:
2006 altima 3.5
>ask me to change oil
>say ok
>drain plug on tighter then a lug nut
>oil is blacker then black coffee
>ask when he changed last
>"not for like 12k miles"
> the fuck is wrong with you
>"I thought it was ok because it is synthetic and it burns so much oil so I put a quart in like every month"
>the fuck
>tell him he has to change his oil more often especially since he drives like an ass hole and hits red line every day

4-5 months later rod through side of block, rip vq35de 110k miles didn't even know it was possible to do that to one

Friend B:
>owns mazda speed3 newer gen 2012 or w/e
>cranks up boost to like 25 psi or so, everything stock
>tell him its gonna blow up every time I see him
>engine blows up
>he gets one out of a junk yard installed
>person installing it fucked up rear main seal
>leaks like a quarter of a quart of oil every time he parks
>every time I see him tell him he has to get that shit fixed
>car wont go past 14 psi of boost without mis firing now
>he overfills oil by over a quart
>the person that installed the motor and fucked up the rear main seal gives him $1300 or so to get it fixed somewhere else
>5 months later still not fixed

Its just a matter of time before he blows up that motor now. I wont even invite him over my house anymore because I have well water and there is so much oil everywhere when he would come over. He wont even put a piece of cardboard under it. Last time I went to his house it looked like the gulf of mexico after BP, half the grass is dead and covered in oil, 80% of driveway has oil all over it.

Can I call the EPA or something on him? It seriously pisses me off so much that they gave him the money to get it fixed and he still hasn't done it.

>tfw am a high school dropout mechanic
Y-you too

>just got a call from boss
>needs me to come in
>work at a corvette dealership
>had recently sold bosses' niece (22) a fucking Z06
>2-3 weeks ago
>it's been totaled

Yeah daughters are about the worst maintenance item you could pay for.

RIP little buddy. The corner came too soon.

>this thread
I-I should probably go get my car inspected

Sucks the little shit didn't killed herself.
The dad is a big hairy pussy too.

I'm not too concerned about it. Literally another day at the office.
I'm just glad I'm not getting a call telling me not to come in at all because someone tried to rob us and we're closing for the day (last week)

You would have to explicitly prove that the mechanic's negligence caused the malfunction. Which would not be possible if all he did was add fluids

Iron block and iron heads no shits given.

Call the town and say your a "concerned neighbor" they'll drive by, take a look and most likely bring another agency into the mix who might press environmental charges and or fines

>2.5 car garage
>complete snap-on toolset
>vast mechanical knowledge

living the dream right there

What railroad? I have some family in BNSF and they seem to really like it. I'm looking into getting into wrenching as a career, I want to find the right place to work though.

> I don't know how law works: the post.

I know its a litigation culture now, but despite what you may think you can't actually sue for everything.

I mean, you can. But that doesn't mean it will actually stand up.

While this is true, you're still stuck footing the bill for your defence against Johnny Retard, as well as all your time wasted to reach that obvious conclusion

I was lurking this thread to see what kind of vehicles can go the distance with even the most abusive owners. While I wanted to lurk more, I also wanted to ask, would an early 2000s Durango fit that bill well?