Automakers wonder why their trucks aren’t selling??..it’s obvious

I can check the oil and the tire pressure.......everything else goes to the wrench.

 

I'm just cheap lol. I wrench for a living and its kind of a hobby for me as well. I don't mind putting my truck into the shop, crushing a couple beers and changing out a water pump or something on a weekend.

Plus all my buddies have ####boxes for vehicles so its always a good time when they show up and we work on stuff. Recently myself and a couple buddies worked all day Friday, then worked another 12 hours straight on the ####boxes. Did a complete front end on one, tie rods and brakes on another and some fuel injection and electrical work on the other ones. Nothing beats car culture IMO.

 

blame the unions for striking and sucking the life blood out of the companies and the consumers'

blame who is is that house on Pennsylvania ave

 

that's all i do too..i have an old air compressor, and lots of airline.

you are young, i was young once as well.

you will get not only older but more stiffer fingers, cracking knee's, and a weaker back.

working on concrete for several hours a day, every day of the week, will take it's toll on you.

let me know in about 20 years, how you and your body are doing.

 

Honestly this is probably the easiest physical labour job I've had. I get more beat up training in power lifting and boxing than I do on the job. I don't wrestle with components. I crane everything, even if I could muscle it around.

 

Over the past 6 months I spent about $3000 in repairs on my Fiat 500. Most of parts had (finally) reached the end of their useful lives. Parts replaced include:
New brake rotors and pads. The originals survived 11 1/2 years.
New fuel pump/EVAP/charcoal canister (again,original survived 11 1/2 years)
New rear wheel bearing
65,600 miles and counting the car still runs like a top. It’s on its third set of tires (the original Pirelli tires were garbage after 15K miles-I had them replaced with Continental Pro Contact all season tires-good for 30K miles). It’s on its second timing belt and water pump. The only other maintenance items the car has had in its life is regular maintenance (oil changes,tire rotations) and a steady diet of 93 octane!
Not bad for a car that originally costed $23,500 back in 2012!
And it’s more than paid for itself!!
Still on the original clutch!lol

 

You can't complain about that, that's a pretty reliable car.

Believe it or not my Ford pickup had 140k miles on it when I FINALLY had to change the original rear brake pads. Believe it or not, I still had about 30% of useful pad life on the original front brakes. Only reason it got new brakes up front was a caliper was starting to seize and wore a front pad down to the limit. If the caliper didn't start seizing I bet I could have squeezed 180-200k miles out of the factory front brakes.

 

for real f that bs

 

i have a '22 Corolla, with only 26,000 miles..bought it new in Jan '22.

i have mentioned dozens of times my former life as a wrencher.

at my garage, i had sold a new back then tire brand, made in Korea , called Hankook. (a Bridgestone company) back then, lifetime warranty.

i was just for fun checking tires, and prices, a company in New England, NTB (also known as Mavis Tires) sells Hankook tires with 100,000 mile warranty, for like $150.00 each...by the way, made in the USA now

i was searching for Continental as well, as i sold those too, and yes, they are a very good brand

anyway, most work is done at the dealership, like oil changes and tire rotations, but of course when it comes to say brakes, i'll certainly shop around..i have a very good garage i have had worked on previous cars of mine, and i trust them fully.