You too JRL. The school kids are off next week, my school bus will be in the shop for some routine maintenance work and I'll be heading for parts unknown for some R&R.
I had a Geo Metro, I'm surprised it is towing anything. I'm guessing it has the 4 cylinder engine and not the 3 cylinder one. 40+ MPG was nice though. How I took for granted gas at 98 cents a gallon back then lol.
@@thomasyates3078 It's not always a lack of funds - sometimes it's just angry misled arrogance that leads to this. SO for those who don't have funds: just don't drive, and find another means of transport. Even walking, bicycling, or an Uber would be better.
Jesus! The most mind-boggling episode yet! The tan interior?? Maybe, just maybe do that to some 15 year old car if you're that desperate for a different colour but a 2 year old car?? Unbelievable
That Metro is nuts. I used to have a Chevy Sprint (same car, might only have existed under that badge in Canada, ealier 1987 Turbo model) and it had a funny note in the manual. It said "For information on towing a trailer, see the following: DO NOT TOW A TRAILER"
My old Geo Metro could hardly haul my wife and I up to highway speeds on a mild incline. I couldn't imagine towing anything of any substance behind it.
"The technician will be replacing the wiring harness as it let all the smoke out". Love it! Years ago, when learning about PC Support, I remember our teacher saying that these computer things are 'all magic'. And once the magic smoke escapes, you need to replace bits ... with new bits that have the magic smoke inside. He was right. I never saw one work after the magic smoke had escaped.
I learned that out of college when I worked as a computer/printer hardware tech. The guys said all electronics run on smoke, not electricity. Once you let the smoke out, no amount of electricity will make them work again!
My brother bought an MGA project car. For Christmas that year I gave him bottles of Lucas Service Smoke and Lucas Blinker Fluid. Anything with Lucas electrics "The Prince of Darkness", needs all the help it can get.
Roof top fifth wheel pulling tandem trailers. for the win. That can't be legal. It'd give Australian coppers a chubby and probably empty their ticket books. Going uphill would be slow but cresting the top of a hill heading down would be scary af.
@@markcrume Yeah, i was definitely reminded of that same vintage VW roof 5th wheel thing… that is, if you’re referring to that? Seen a short vintage vid of one of them beetles equipped w/it & made total sense for THAT application… NOT this rednecks’ version seen here! Too crazy! And then you see the boat to boot! 🫣🥴🤪😂
@@Necroyeti BTW, I used to own one of those. It was a 4-door. I'm a big man, 250 Lbs and me and 3 friends could fit inside. It was like 1K of dudes in a little clown car !! They were an impressive feat of engineering. Small but powerful.
@@reubenmorris487 88 Feet Per Second = 60 MPH, to put it in MPH terms. And yet I see idiots tailgating Semi Trucks on the highway. And I bet they do it in Winter, too, absolutely clueless about how much danger they're in.
The USA seems to have a really hard time changing its laws. Especially anything to do with prevention. The only laws that seem to be easy to change are those that for someone's religious ideas on others. Gun safety, car safety, pollution, healthcare, workplace safety, road design, etc.
Its honestly the best feeling when the customer says NO to your RECOMMENDED repairs and they come back and go "maaaaannnn i ahouldve listened to you" doesnt happen often but when it does well you know.
people fall off cliffs because they don't heed the signs and jump over fences because signs are not meant for them. so many people think they know better.
@@ronblack7870 I once saw a guy laying down on and inside the chute of a shut-off wood chipper, maybe 2.5 feet away from the blades. Yeah, it might be off, but I don't know if I can emphasize enough: ******DO NOT DO THAT!!!!!****** Lay down nearly anywhere else, even on the ground!
That is one heavily-modded and yet still-street-legal Geo Metro and I am HERE for it! Growing up my family had two, they were great lil' cars that could fit a suprisingly large amount of stuff in it. You bet we took long roadtrips in those things. And turned off the A/C at hills lol.
I had a 1986 Chevy S10 Blazer 4x4 with a 2.8L. I too would shut off the A/C on hills. I installed an extra vacuum reservoir too. The HVAC would default to defrost on heavy engine loads.
I can sort of feel for the guy who left his old boxers/shop rag in the air intake. I mean, sometimes when your working on the intake and its windy and dusty outside I have certainly plugged the hole with a clean cloth. I just remember to take it out.
I did that once with a rag to keep stuff out because I was blowing stuff clean. I didn't use my underwear because it would have been a hassle and took too long. But otherwise .....
A shop said I needed new ball joints. I declined all repairs and immediately went home to plasti-dip those suspension parts until they were as good as, if not better, than new!
Customer states screen is blank. Mechanic turns on screen with power button. Screen is no longer blank...... I saw an article about a car dealership that offered free classes on how to use all the high tech features in your newly purchased car. Many customers who declined this service would call the dealership a week or so later, asking if the free classes were still available.
The company I drive for does this when they give a driver a new truck, shows them how to operate all the driver comfort items. They don't always get it right, though, nobody told the guy who showed me my current truck that the company bought several trucks with a different transmission. Was wondering why it wouldn't go into 12th gear, turns out there was no 12th gear, it was an 11-speed...........
We have to explain some of these features to customers in car rental, especially the tendency of new cars to put on the parking brake by themselves, and some of the safety features like the lane keeping assist (which steers the car for you to maintain your lane), and the automatic braking (which has actually stopped me from backing into a vehicle on at least one occasion). If you're not expecting it, it's very unnerving and people think something is wrong with the car.
Dealership I used to work for (now I work at their satellite shop) used to hold classes every model year to teach people about the new features and how to operate them. Always amazed me how few customers actually showed up for those classes versus how many came in complaining about features not working properly. Even had a customer complain about a feature not working that their vehicle wasn't even equipped with.
These videos manage to scare the bejesus out of me. I see the zip ties on calipers, shot UJ and stuff and laugh. Then i realise that they share the road with us and die a bit inside.
Love the JEEP and love the zippy ties for calipers. I just replaced front brakes on mynwifes RAV...I went old school and used the bolts. The bolts seem to work well.
I once, on I-65 in Kentucky during broad daylight saw a partly wrecked car towing a mostly wrecked car whose front end was on a tow dolly. That car had behind it a badly wrecked car with its front end on a tow dolly. I was aghast. My brother-in-law who lives in Tennessee told me that such a thing is legal in much of the Southeast.
I love this channel! I'm just a porter at a dealership and have next to no experience fixing cars, but I'm learning every day. Now I need to start recording some of the vehicles we get coming in that would illicit a groan or two.
Make friends with the old man techs, bring them coffee or whatever they like, you'll learn a lot from those guys... Try to avoid borrowing tools when asked to do something basic like an oil change or check a tire psi... But if you must borrow a tool, when you return it, make sure it looks as good or better than when you borrowed it. These kinds of things will earn you points with them.
@@garyb6219 in a way, I've been in that kids shoes... The question is will he listen or is he too proud and thinks he knows better? My hope is on the former... But I've also seen the real world.
I'm not sure what motivated some crazy scientist to wire all that hardware into that Kia, but I'd be careful not to drive it over 88 miles per hour. (I stumbled on this channel a few weeks ago and have been catching up with the back catalogue. It's made me grateful that we have mandatory vehicle testing here in the UK. Some of the clips from those US states without a safety inspection program are utterly terrifying.)
Yes only about a dozen US states have safety inspections. But regardless of what state you’re in, there is nothing preventing the police from pulling over obvious safety hazards like that DIY tandem trailer.
A lot of these are caught at the inspection, so they drove for about a year in that condition. Cops in states without inspections still pull you over and if you win the grand prize, you dont get a ticket with a fine and requiring repairs, the cops keep your car and you walk home.
@Christopher Kidwell - if it is THAT unsafe, it gets siezed. You can go to court and argue if you like, but the cop has no reason to take it if it can be fixed. A friend of mine was in the US Coast Guard. They caught a guy several times trying to row a 12' aluminum boat to Ireland from the US. Warned him each time. Last time they siezed the boat and brought it to the junk yard to be shredded. Declared it a hazard to navigation.
I’ve been using the same shop/mechanic for years as they are very good and trustworthy; we’re good friends. I told the shop owner that I had a problem: I said ‘My back tires are rolling forward’. He replied with: ’GTF Outta here’. Some of these things are just unbelievable that people actually do. Wow.
I like a tan interior too, but bought a car with one, and had Maaco paint the outside to a color I liked. Had the car 11 more years after that then junked it, so resale wasn't an issue for me.
Is that some kind of cobbled up gooseneck deal on the camper towing Geo? The one with the underwear in the intake tube reminds me of one of my dads mishaps years ago. He was getting set to leave on vacation when I got a frantic phone call. It seemed that his 1990 Crown Vic wouldn't run over 25mph or so and he NEEDED me to come fix it RIGHT NOW! He had a habit of leaving rags under the hood for checking oil (hey, at least he checked his oil!) and I'd warned him about that many times so, I already had a pretty good idea what was wrong. When I got there, we took it for a short run. After a mile or so, I had him pull over and pop the hood. With him watching me, I opened the air box and pulled one of his rags out of the air intake. I then put it back together and, when we got back in the car, I told him to "let 'er eat". When 85 was no problem, he noticed my smirk and said shut up lol! He never left another rag under the hood again though!
A 1999 Metro was my first brand new car. Mine had the 993cc Suzuki 3cyl. The section of the owners manual, there was just one page. It said "This vehicle was not designed for or meant to be used to tow a trailer". The rest of the section showed how to load the Metro onto a trailer being pulled by a motor home or U-haul.
@@plantfeeder6677 That would be the Swift. I had a 4-door 4-cyl, manual, I think it was the DL trim level. Drove it across Canada, Toronto-Vancouver and back. Helped a lot to turn off the A/C on the hilly bits. Brilliant city car for sure. I remember being pretty fond of it. Did *not* try to tow anything!
I thought I’d seen peak towing madness when I saw a 1980s Honda Civic towing a medium size travel trailer, but that Metro takes the cake. I wonder if they have trailer brakes set up…who am I kidding, is a Geo Metro towing two trailers. Obviously safety is not a consideration.
I wouldn't be surprised if it had a small diesel swap. I've seen a couple and they tow very well! I can't for the life of me remember what diesel motor was used.
2:20 reminds me of one of those old radio station prank calls where they tell someone they don't just need blinker fluid, it's better if they upgrade to halogen fluid. Later in that call the pranker told the customer that the transmission was missing and may have been stolen when the car was in a parking lot, and they agreed to have a new one installed. Then the pranker told the customer that they can actually have a 2nd transmission installed to improve the MPG, and the customer also approved that.
A couple of years in and you still tickle the hell out of me. As you know i love the bullet holes ( still hoping for a bullet hole special. 😉) but the simple fixes rock with an on/off button, bling, tape or just a straw. 👌👌😂😂😂
@@JustRolledIn honesly the bullet hole thing is just because we live in the UK. Honesty couldn't care less, please don't deviate from what you do best. There's a group of us now. 😁😁👍
Ones like that “missing oil pan” really make me wonder about the service advisor. No follow up questions, just book it in and the mechanic will figure it out.
I seriously doubt that Geo Metro combination is legal as once you start getting into double and triple combinations the laws get a lot more serious especially when it comes to things like routes and they don't often have exceptions for light weight combinations because all that matters is that you have two or more trailers behind the tow vehicle be it Geo or Freightliner. Also I question the sanity of both the plasti dip and Kia numbers guys.
In Montana you can tow doubles as long as the first one is a fifth wheel or a gooseneck. There's length limitations and such, but, yeah. Some states don't allow that.
Love the red 240! Those are wheels from the early S80 T6 (99-01ish) cars if I remember.... Used to hate cleaning them as a lot guy back when I was 21 and those cats were only a couple years old if that!
In 1976, at a campground in northeaastern Utah, I saw a fifth-wheel travel trailer come in hooked to a mount on the roof of a Toyota Corolla Wagon. The car and trailer both had California plates. That Geo Metro reminded of the Corolla.
That one customer was definitely asking a lot out of the little 3 cylinder metro. Honestly surprised it pulled a camper and a boat. Those things wouldn't even get out of their own way. Probably tops out at 10 mph at 6k in first gear with the clutch burning itself out on any type of hill
"Technician will be replacing the wiring harness as it let all the smoke out." Perfect deadpan delivery, had to process for a couple seconds before realization. Kinda wish rooftop hitches were more of a thing. Saw a video recently of a 60s travel trailer meant for the VW beetle. You could turn the call fully under the hitch for a travel trailer. Made maneuvering in tight places really easy
That Geo Metro has done more work than 99% of all trucks sold to people who 'might' have to tow a boat with their whole family and dog cross country but only go to Walmart.
I once had a customer who had a screeching sound coming from right front wheel on a 2017 Honda City. He had been to 3 other shops who had changed his wheel bearing, brake rotor, brake pads and calipers, even replaced his wheel well mud shielding and the sound still didn't stop. I looked under the car and saw a bent brake dust shield. I bent it back with my bare hands and it stopped screeching. 🤣 I couldn't film it though as there wasn't much to film but the look on that guy's face when he realized how badly he got robbed by the other shops was priceless.
Some of these videos (like the radio screen being turned off) are the reason why the shop that takes care of my car has a guy walk out with you to the parking lot, to have a look first. That kind of problem wouldn't even be registered at the desk.
They actually made gooseneck campers for Volkswagen Beetles , the 5th wheel mounted to the roof just with that sketchy Geo Metro . Looks like a prop from the Red Green Show .
You know the driver of that Geo has to redline the engine in one gear before upshifting to the next. And I doubt he has a trailer brake arrangement, too! It won't last much longer from being worked so hard like that.
my favorite type of customer is the one who refuses relatively small repair just to come back a little later and needing massive repair because the small one assploded.
Yes. I agree. I once had a boss who wouldn't let me do a simple repair on a $20 million dollar machine that needed to run 24/6. A week later, we were down for two days to do a major repair.
I knew a guy that installed a 454 into a Chevette on a goof. He then installed super wide trailer mirrors so that he could tow his 31' cabin cruiser. I only wish I had pictures!
I watch these videos and wonder about the back stories. I remember doing my own repairs when I was broke and working weekends to get through university. Cheers.
I'm old enough to have seen it on TV. Sure, they were available but, nobody with any sense bought one. That was just beyond the Beetle's purpose in life.
Surprised the Metro at the end had enough power to tow the camper and the boat but then I noticed it has the Dodge truck mirrors flipped down and apparently that adds like 40 hp so it’s good
The most funny one are the more "simple" problems.... Like the screen being off. It shows how much humanity is close to being stupid. Edit: 2:25 ... Nevermind, most of us already ARE STUPID ASF.
I work in car rental and, to be fair, a lot of Stellantis cars have console display problems. It's expensive as hell to fix if the car is out of warranty, because you have to replace the entire unit, which costs hundreds of dollars, even thousands depending on the car.
I really should have gotten video of the car I'm working on at the shop. 2014 maserati granturismo that got chewed on and clawed by a 120lb Doberman. Apparently a racoon got in the garage and hid under the car after getting spotted by the dog. It chewed on the front bumper and fender, and put deep claw marks (minor dents too) on the hood, fender, and headlight. Customer wanted both headlights replaced so they looked the same, but after hearing it would cost over $10K to replace them he declined. I guess we're buffing the one headlight.
2:20 - I'll take a wild guess: There a small oil lead (perhaps from the oil filter) and the customer thought a "oil pan" would catch the drops so it wouldn't mess up the parking stall.
Anything is possible! There was another line on the work order saying they had a rear strut hanging down but it wasn't. Maybe some confusion on the customers end or they brought in the wrong vehicle 😅
80's Camaros/Trans ams Had a cigertte lighter in the main console I lost mine and found out the hard way ..A dime bouncing around in there loves fuses ... Took me 2 days of wires fuses and relays to find the problem....But i had the cleanest wire harness in all the world after that ..
I did the rag mistake with my motocross bike when I was a teenager. I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't start after cleaning the air box and filter. After trying to start it for awhile I finally took things back apart and found the rag I left in the carburetor inlet. After taking the rag out it started right away but was all loaded up. I kept revving it until it was running clean again and shut it off. I put the bike away and when I went to move my truck i couldn't see out the windshield. All of the oil and gas that had built up inside the engine while trying to start it sprayed out of the exhaust and completely covered the hood and windshield of my truck sitting behind it. Good times. I never made that mistake again.
I worked as a mechanic for over 20 years. I saw some bad stuff, and some funny stuff but nothing that compares to this stuff! Seriously I’m half laughing and half cringing here!
I am absolutely addicted to this channel, despite how much more anxious it makes me feel on the road. Knowing I’m surrounded by irresponsible morons that shouldn’t be car owners or even have drivers licenses because they clearly don’t deserve them,,,
Hope you guys have a great weekend! You can also submit your clips/photos at www.justrolledinyt.com
Thanks for watching. 🚀
You too JRL. The school kids are off next week, my school bus will be in the shop for some routine maintenance work and I'll be heading for parts unknown for some R&R.
Lucky kids! Enjoy the time off my friend.
@@JustRolledIn Thanks.
What is the story of that Geo? What kind of engine or mods does it have? Wow.
@@paulstejskal unfortunately I didn't get more information regarding that one. Wish I did though
That metro putting in more work than a lot of diesel pickups 😂
More than the ram 4500 3.0 ecodiesel Cummins 😂
@@JustRolledIn C'mon, those badges have to be good for at least an extra 250lb/ft of torque!
That driver belongs in jail
Pavement Princesses, bow down to the King Geo Metro!
I had a Geo Metro, I'm surprised it is towing anything. I'm guessing it has the 4 cylinder engine and not the 3 cylinder one. 40+ MPG was nice though. How I took for granted gas at 98 cents a gallon back then lol.
I always love the "we warned them this would happen, declined to repair it. Now it's back with the issues caused by that problem"
I'd be too ashamed to go back to the same shop. But I guess if they're that dumb, they probably have no shame either.
Love to see it.
Why? It's just sad. Declined to repair just means has no money to repair and is terrified their car will break, but doesn't know what to do.
Yep dumb idiots get what they deserve.
@@thomasyates3078 It's not always a lack of funds - sometimes it's just angry misled arrogance that leads to this. SO for those who don't have funds: just don't drive, and find another means of transport. Even walking, bicycling, or an Uber would be better.
Jesus! The most mind-boggling episode yet! The tan interior?? Maybe, just maybe do that to some 15 year old car if you're that desperate for a different colour but a 2 year old car?? Unbelievable
I’ve never known of anyone who wants a tan interior, especially not that badly
Just remember, that persons vote counts as much as yours.
Woooow!
@@SuperTrb0 Voting equality will only cause tyranny by the majority.
He must have taken a beating in the trade in
That Metro is nuts. I used to have a Chevy Sprint (same car, might only have existed under that badge in Canada, ealier 1987 Turbo model) and it had a funny note in the manual.
It said "For information on towing a trailer, see the following:
DO NOT TOW A TRAILER"
The U.S. had the Sprint, too; it was the predecessor to the Metro. We also had a GMC Sprint, which was the sister to the Chevy El Camino.
If you are the 2nd or 3rd owner, the manual is usually gone. However, no one reads the manual anyway.
The Metro barely had more horsepower than my second motorcycle. I can assure you it was never a thought that I could tow something with it.
The manual said do not tow "a" trailer. So obviously 2 or more are ok. Right?
My old Geo Metro could hardly haul my wife and I up to highway speeds on a mild incline. I couldn't imagine towing anything of any substance behind it.
"The technician will be replacing the wiring harness as it let all the smoke out". Love it!
Years ago, when learning about PC Support, I remember our teacher saying that these computer things are 'all magic'. And once the magic smoke escapes, you need to replace bits ... with new bits that have the magic smoke inside. He was right. I never saw one work after the magic smoke had escaped.
I learned that out of college when I worked as a computer/printer hardware tech. The guys said all electronics run on smoke, not electricity. Once you let the smoke out, no amount of electricity will make them work again!
That's a bit like opening the door to the dark room and letting all the dark out.
Magic blue smoke specifically.
Ahh, yes. Ancient boomer meme from before the internet is making a comeback lol. Heard that a bunch as a kid.
My brother bought an MGA project car. For Christmas that year I gave him bottles of Lucas Service Smoke and Lucas Blinker Fluid. Anything with Lucas electrics "The Prince of Darkness", needs all the help it can get.
If (when) that Geo Metro gets in a accident, it's gonna be hella confusing for the cops to figure out where all the parts and trailers came from.
That's 15 minutes of Jeff Foxworthy right there...
It won't get in an accident. The top speed is 50 mph in 4th gear when towing.
Hahahaha
@@TheSuperBoyProject would it even make it into 4th?
For me it's a toss up between the rooftop fifth wheel and the tie rod sway bar installation.
Roof top fifth wheel pulling tandem trailers. for the win. That can't be legal. It'd give Australian coppers a chubby and probably empty their ticket books.
Going uphill would be slow but cresting the top of a hill heading down would be scary af.
This whole episode is my favorite one yet
Volkswagen 5th wheel camper (no boat).
@@markcrume Yeah, i was definitely reminded of that same vintage VW roof 5th wheel thing… that is, if you’re referring to that? Seen a short vintage vid of one of them beetles equipped w/it & made total sense for THAT application… NOT this rednecks’ version seen here! Too crazy! And then you see the boat to boot! 🫣🥴🤪😂
@@TheHungrySlugI agree, that was the most redneck thing so far
Your content never disappoints. The owners of the vehicles featured on the channel always disappoint.
😂 glad you enjoy the videos!
Can you imagine what kind of shambles their personal lives must be?
IKR !! I'm always amazed !!
Hey hey hey, some of them don't disappoint! That Geo Metro was genuinely impressive!
@@Necroyeti BTW, I used to own one of those. It was a 4-door. I'm a big man, 250 Lbs and me and 3 friends could fit inside. It was like 1K of dudes in a little clown car !! They were an impressive feat of engineering. Small but powerful.
"Filter installed, boss! Aaand I'm goin' commando!"
😂😂😂
So many episodes in, and the parade of death traps just doesn't stop.
That's why I keep the episodes short and sweet 😜
Just think - These cars are all around you on the freeway traveling at 88-100 feet/second...
this channel makes me wish my state had vehicle safety inspections.
@@reubenmorris487 88 Feet Per Second = 60 MPH, to put it in MPH terms.
And yet I see idiots tailgating Semi Trucks on the highway. And I bet they do it in Winter, too, absolutely clueless about how much danger they're in.
The USA seems to have a really hard time changing its laws.
Especially anything to do with prevention.
The only laws that seem to be easy to change are those that for someone's religious ideas on others.
Gun safety, car safety, pollution, healthcare, workplace safety, road design, etc.
Its honestly the best feeling when the customer says NO to your RECOMMENDED repairs and they come back and go "maaaaannnn i ahouldve listened to you" doesnt happen often but when it does well you know.
Original cost been 200... now 4000
people fall off cliffs because they don't heed the signs and jump over fences because signs are not meant for them. so many people think they know better.
@@ronblack7870 I once saw a guy laying down on and inside the chute of a shut-off wood chipper, maybe 2.5 feet away from the blades. Yeah, it might be off, but I don't know if I can emphasize enough: ******DO NOT DO THAT!!!!!****** Lay down nearly anywhere else, even on the ground!
🤣 You never disappoint! I'm glad they found that guys underwear.
That engine had some serious vacuum or a super charger to suck his undies off
Those undies belong to SPEEDKAR 99
He lost his boxers for a brief time.
@@Amen.22 That's the only truck I've ever seen with a boxer engine.
@@Jack_Russell_BrownDepends on who finds them.
the 5th wheel setup, the exhaust, the mudflaps, the tow mirrors, the boat trailer being attached via chains and hope, that Geo Metro is a class act.
That is one heavily-modded and yet still-street-legal Geo Metro and I am HERE for it! Growing up my family had two, they were great lil' cars that could fit a suprisingly large amount of stuff in it. You bet we took long roadtrips in those things. And turned off the A/C at hills lol.
I got a slightly modified geo metro. Its got 3 speeds, here, there and gone.
I had two '85 Chevy sprints as a teen. We kids turned one of them into a Nevada desert rally car!! That Suzuki made 3 cylinder never quit!!🤣
There is a video of a VW Beatle with a roof mount trailer hitch...definitely the inspiration. But the tandem trailers is probably is a step too far!
I had a 1986 Chevy S10 Blazer 4x4 with a 2.8L. I too would shut off the A/C on hills. I installed an extra vacuum reservoir too. The HVAC would default to defrost on heavy engine loads.
My man turned it into a B double. Legend.
I can sort of feel for the guy who left his old boxers/shop rag in the air intake. I mean, sometimes when your working on the intake and its windy and dusty outside I have certainly plugged the hole with a clean cloth. I just remember to take it out.
plug one hole and now you have to worry about another
Jim, you just ruined the magic for the hundred other scenarios we could have come up with man!!
That was the filter 🤣🤣
Perhaps it wasn't starting so he dropped jeans to add a little methane? And his boxers saved his jewels .
I did that once with a rag to keep stuff out because I was blowing stuff clean. I didn't use my underwear because it would have been a hassle and took too long. But otherwise .....
A shop said I needed new ball joints. I declined all repairs and immediately went home to plasti-dip those suspension parts until they were as good as, if not better, than new!
Big brain move!!
Do you work for "Another Shop" by any chance? 😏😏😏
@@JustRolledIn Check out the big brain on Brad!
@@uhtred7860 Nah but he sometimes rents out the house next door to keep his neighbor pass up to date.
Ever wondered why manufacturers dont use Plasti-dip?
1:40 never let the smoke out of the wires - that's how they work! :D
Customer states screen is blank.
Mechanic turns on screen with power button.
Screen is no longer blank......
I saw an article about a car dealership that offered free classes on how to use all the high tech features in your newly purchased car. Many customers who declined this service would call the dealership a week or so later, asking if the free classes were still available.
The company I drive for does this when they give a driver a new truck, shows them how to operate all the driver comfort items. They don't always get it right, though, nobody told the guy who showed me my current truck that the company bought several trucks with a different transmission. Was wondering why it wouldn't go into 12th gear, turns out there was no 12th gear, it was an 11-speed...........
@Debesys this is a semi tractor, need all those gears to get 80,000lbs up to highway speeds.........
We have to explain some of these features to customers in car rental, especially the tendency of new cars to put on the parking brake by themselves, and some of the safety features like the lane keeping assist (which steers the car for you to maintain your lane), and the automatic braking (which has actually stopped me from backing into a vehicle on at least one occasion). If you're not expecting it, it's very unnerving and people think something is wrong with the car.
Dealership I used to work for (now I work at their satellite shop) used to hold classes every model year to teach people about the new features and how to operate them. Always amazed me how few customers actually showed up for those classes versus how many came in complaining about features not working properly. Even had a customer complain about a feature not working that their vehicle wasn't even equipped with.
bought my mother in law a car. I still haven't learned half the buttons and probably only had the energy to teach her a quarter of them.
Thanks for the laughs , we need them.
You and I both 😜👍
These videos manage to scare the bejesus out of me. I see the zip ties on calipers, shot UJ and stuff and laugh. Then i realise that they share the road with us and die a bit inside.
...missing an oil pan? 🤣 especially if she drove it to the shop...man I really want to see the looks on the techs' faces when they heard that one!
Maybe she meant an undertray?
Love the JEEP and love the zippy ties for calipers. I just replaced front brakes on mynwifes RAV...I went old school and used the bolts. The bolts seem to work well.
I get pulled over for going 5 over, but this guys is OK to drive Makeshift Geo Tow hauler 😅
I once, on I-65 in Kentucky during broad daylight saw a partly wrecked car towing a mostly wrecked car whose front end was on a tow dolly. That car had behind it a badly wrecked car with its front end on a tow dolly. I was aghast.
My brother-in-law who lives in Tennessee told me that such a thing is legal in much of the Southeast.
"replaced wiring harness because it let out all the smoke." - Bravo, sir!
All the smoke eventually winds up in the sales department where the staff installs it into the posteriors of potential customers .
I love this channel! I'm just a porter at a dealership and have next to no experience fixing cars, but I'm learning every day. Now I need to start recording some of the vehicles we get coming in that would illicit a groan or two.
make sure you don't lose your job over that haha.
And when everyone runs to a car go see
Make friends with the old man techs, bring them coffee or whatever they like, you'll learn a lot from those guys... Try to avoid borrowing tools when asked to do something basic like an oil change or check a tire psi... But if you must borrow a tool, when you return it, make sure it looks as good or better than when you borrowed it.
These kinds of things will earn you points with them.
@@garyb6219 in a way, I've been in that kids shoes... The question is will he listen or is he too proud and thinks he knows better?
My hope is on the former... But I've also seen the real world.
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Hey thanks for picking my tractor photo, love your job keep it up ! Greetings from Switzerland
Thanks for sharing it with us!
The tractor is awesome, along with the background view!
I'm not sure what motivated some crazy scientist to wire all that hardware into that Kia, but I'd be careful not to drive it over 88 miles per hour.
(I stumbled on this channel a few weeks ago and have been catching up with the back catalogue. It's made me grateful that we have mandatory vehicle testing here in the UK. Some of the clips from those US states without a safety inspection program are utterly terrifying.)
Yes only about a dozen US states have safety inspections. But regardless of what state you’re in, there is nothing preventing the police from pulling over obvious safety hazards like that DIY tandem trailer.
Few from the UK in that back catalogue.
A lot of these are caught at the inspection, so they drove for about a year in that condition. Cops in states without inspections still pull you over and if you win the grand prize, you dont get a ticket with a fine and requiring repairs, the cops keep your car and you walk home.
@@MrYfrank14 Judges have been saying "Nope!" to that. Fine someone and require their vehicle to get repairs, yes. Seize the vehicle, flat no.
@Christopher Kidwell - if it is THAT unsafe, it gets siezed.
You can go to court and argue if you like, but the cop has no reason to take it if it can be fixed.
A friend of mine was in the US Coast Guard. They caught a guy several times trying to row a 12' aluminum boat to Ireland from the US. Warned him each time.
Last time they siezed the boat and brought it to the junk yard to be shredded.
Declared it a hazard to navigation.
The guy with the Geo Metro brought his car to the shop to see if they could put a hitch on the back of the boat trailer. 🤣
I’ve been using the same shop/mechanic for years as they are very good and trustworthy; we’re good friends. I told the shop owner that I had a problem: I said ‘My back tires are rolling forward’. He replied with: ’GTF Outta here’. Some of these things are just unbelievable that people actually do. Wow.
In my head, he said that with a thick New York accent 😂
@@kittehgo You’re exactly correct; he’s originally from Brooklyn, NY!😁👍🏻
The factory smoke is very important in the wiring.
I laughed so hard when the person who coated the interior tan traded the car in for one with a tan interior. That person really likes tan interiors.
Imagine the resale value dropped like a rock in the ocean!
My van has tan interior. 🤡
@@GalenlevyPhoto which kind of paint did you use for that? 😁
I like a tan interior too, but bought a car with one, and had Maaco paint the outside to a color I liked. Had the car 11 more years after that then junked it, so resale wasn't an issue for me.
@@chefchaudard3580 lol no paint. Mostly on the doors, seats etc. some tan on the dash with grey and black.
Good accidental shot!! 😮 Straight through the brake line!! They never get old dude 👌 enjoy your weekend bud 👍
You couldn't make that shot even if you tried lol! And you as well my friend. Enjoy the weekend!
They're lucky all they severed was a brake line...
If you shoot the brake line instead of the driver, and they get into an accident later, is that still murder?
Is that some kind of cobbled up gooseneck deal on the camper towing Geo?
The one with the underwear in the intake tube reminds me of one of my dads mishaps years ago. He was getting set to leave on vacation when I got a frantic phone call. It seemed that his 1990 Crown Vic wouldn't run over 25mph or so and he NEEDED me to come fix it RIGHT NOW! He had a habit of leaving rags under the hood for checking oil (hey, at least he checked his oil!) and I'd warned him about that many times so, I already had a pretty good idea what was wrong. When I got there, we took it for a short run. After a mile or so, I had him pull over and pop the hood. With him watching me, I opened the air box and pulled one of his rags out of the air intake. I then put it back together and, when we got back in the car, I told him to "let 'er eat". When 85 was no problem, he noticed my smirk and said shut up lol! He never left another rag under the hood again though!
"He traded it in for a vehicle with a tan interior." LMAO
A 1999 Metro was my first brand new car. Mine had the 993cc Suzuki 3cyl. The section of the owners manual, there was just one page. It said "This vehicle was not designed for or meant to be used to tow a trailer". The rest of the section showed how to load the Metro onto a trailer being pulled by a motor home or U-haul.
They all did. Only the actual Suzuki version of the car(forget what they called it)got the 4-cyl engine.
@@plantfeeder6677 That would be the Swift. I had a 4-door 4-cyl, manual, I think it was the DL trim level. Drove it across Canada, Toronto-Vancouver and back. Helped a lot to turn off the A/C on the hilly bits. Brilliant city car for sure. I remember being pretty fond of it. Did *not* try to tow anything!
I thought I’d seen peak towing madness when I saw a 1980s Honda Civic towing a medium size travel trailer, but that Metro takes the cake.
I wonder if they have trailer brakes set up…who am I kidding, is a Geo Metro towing two trailers. Obviously safety is not a consideration.
I wonder how many booger welds were made to install all the trailer towing equipment on both the Geo and the camper in order to tow the boat?
When safety is an afterthought
Hard to beat that Geo Metro towing capacity !
"I'm tired, Boss."
Especially for being a 3 cylinder... my x years ago had 1.. nick named the clown car
I wouldn't be surprised if it had a small diesel swap. I've seen a couple and they tow very well! I can't for the life of me remember what diesel motor was used.
2:20 reminds me of one of those old radio station prank calls where they tell someone they don't just need blinker fluid, it's better if they upgrade to halogen fluid. Later in that call the pranker told the customer that the transmission was missing and may have been stolen when the car was in a parking lot, and they agreed to have a new one installed. Then the pranker told the customer that they can actually have a 2nd transmission installed to improve the MPG, and the customer also approved that.
2:15 That's not accidental damage (unless you count accidentally sawing through the frame), That's SABOTAGE!! . Someone has a dangerous enemy.
Working overtime here at the Darwin awards production center. Another episode of JRI , we're trying hard to keep up with demand.
I gave you an upvote for your name.
A couple of years in and you still tickle the hell out of me. As you know i love the bullet holes ( still hoping for a bullet hole special. 😉) but the simple fixes rock with an on/off button, bling, tape or just a straw. 👌👌😂😂😂
Glad to hear! And I'll have to work on a bullet hole special. That's going to be a lot of clips 😂. Appreciate you being here this whole time.
@@JustRolledIn honesly the bullet hole thing is just because we live in the UK. Honesty couldn't care less, please don't deviate from what you do best. There's a group of us now. 😁😁👍
The shot up cars are just one of those things you simply don't even imagine if you don't live in a gun country.
@@MumrikDK 😂 honestly it's just beyond my comprehension ...🤷♂️🙆♂️
100% right fella but we really do enjoy the WTF moment! 😁😁👍
Just puzzles me how bullet holes get in a vehicle.
HA HA ... I'm still waiting for a banana in the tailpipe ... car won't go
The channel Garbage Time put a banana in the differential of their Mitsubishi work van (dubbed the Donkey Van) and it lasted a while.
I watched that movie at a frat party.
The scariest part of this video is that we share the road with these people.
Wow! They sure was asking alot from that Geo metro. Fabulous video as always.
that geo metro train is the definition of being resourceful
I wonder how many booger welds are holding everything together?
NO ITS THE DEFINITION OF BEING UNRESPOSIBLE.
Ones like that “missing oil pan” really make me wonder about the service advisor. No follow up questions, just book it in and the mechanic will figure it out.
Right? Working at multiple shops myself I've only ever once had a good service advisor.
This sort of thing happens to plumbers and electricians all the time - the average homeowner is just as stupid as the average car owner.
I seriously doubt that Geo Metro combination is legal as once you start getting into double and triple combinations the laws get a lot more serious especially when it comes to things like routes and they don't often have exceptions for light weight combinations because all that matters is that you have two or more trailers behind the tow vehicle be it Geo or Freightliner.
Also I question the sanity of both the plasti dip and Kia numbers guys.
In Montana you can tow doubles as long as the first one is a fifth wheel or a gooseneck. There's length limitations and such, but, yeah. Some states don't allow that.
Depends i would imagine the problem is nobody has tried it yet for a law to be made haha
If thats legal, it shouldnt be.😏
@@K9River I would call this metro setup a gooseneck, more or less.
Love the red 240!
Those are wheels from the early S80 T6 (99-01ish) cars if I remember.... Used to hate cleaning them as a lot guy back when I was 21 and those cats were only a couple years old if that!
I am blown away by some people's ingenuity 😂😂😂
In 1976, at a campground in northeaastern Utah, I saw a fifth-wheel travel trailer come in hooked to a mount on the roof of a Toyota Corolla Wagon. The car and trailer both had California plates. That Geo Metro reminded of the Corolla.
That one customer was definitely asking a lot out of the little 3 cylinder metro. Honestly surprised it pulled a camper and a boat. Those things wouldn't even get out of their own way. Probably tops out at 10 mph at 6k in first gear with the clutch burning itself out on any type of hill
And he was asking a lot out of the roof.
@@tristanwwsd the whole car in general. Would hate to see it trying to come to a stop behind me. Probably takes a helluva distance to stop
@@Midnight-tw3gp There's so much going on there.
But if you look closely it has a quad exhaut. That thing must have some serious power with 1 & 1/3 tips per cylinder! 🚗🔥🤣
"Technician will be replacing the wiring harness as it let all the smoke out."
Perfect deadpan delivery, had to process for a couple seconds before realization.
Kinda wish rooftop hitches were more of a thing. Saw a video recently of a 60s travel trailer meant for the VW beetle. You could turn the call fully under the hitch for a travel trailer. Made maneuvering in tight places really easy
That Geo Metro has done more work than 99% of all trucks sold to people who 'might' have to tow a boat with their whole family and dog cross country but only go to Walmart.
I once had a customer who had a screeching sound coming from right front wheel on a 2017 Honda City. He had been to 3 other shops who had changed his wheel bearing, brake rotor, brake pads and calipers, even replaced his wheel well mud shielding and the sound still didn't stop. I looked under the car and saw a bent brake dust shield. I bent it back with my bare hands and it stopped screeching. 🤣 I couldn't film it though as there wasn't much to film but the look on that guy's face when he realized how badly he got robbed by the other shops was priceless.
That was certainly an entertaining tow rig at the end
Well, that Metro answered the age-old question of, 'what it wants to be when it grows up?'
A Peterbuilt, of course!
Some of these videos (like the radio screen being turned off) are the reason why the shop that takes care of my car has a guy walk out with you to the parking lot, to have a look first. That kind of problem wouldn't even be registered at the desk.
How it should be for every shop. Unfortunately a lot of shops don't do that.
They actually made gooseneck campers for Volkswagen Beetles , the 5th wheel mounted to the roof just with that sketchy Geo Metro .
Looks like a prop from the Red Green Show .
Yeah, but a Beetle looks cool doing it
I used to have a Geo Metro, I'm surprised it could tow anything.
You know the driver of that Geo has to redline the engine in one gear before upshifting to the next. And I doubt he has a trailer brake arrangement, too! It won't last much longer from being worked so hard like that.
my favorite type of customer is the one who refuses relatively small repair just to come back a little later and needing massive repair because the small one assploded.
Yes. I agree. I once had a boss who wouldn't let me do a simple repair on a $20 million dollar machine that needed to run 24/6. A week later, we were down for two days to do a major repair.
@@briancooper4959 Hope you got some overtime
@@czarekaj1098 We did. A lot of it.
That swaybar install… 💀
It must take more effort to fit them wrong than fitting them correctly.
That last car with trailers would make red green so proud! Old handyman tv show!
I want the real story of the drawers in the intake tube
same 😂
He thought he sharted, so wanted them air dried?
Engine makes so much power it sucked his panties right off.
Either the real story, or if no one fesses up, a story competition.
It was laundry day and the wife wouldn't let him back in the house until he finished his task.
I knew a guy that installed a 454 into a Chevette on a goof. He then installed super wide trailer mirrors so that he could tow his 31' cabin cruiser. I only wish I had pictures!
What did he use for a transmission? I can't imagine that a stock Chevette tranny would take that kind of abuse, but maybe I'm wrong.
I watch these videos and wonder about the back stories. I remember doing my own repairs when I was broke and working weekends to get through university. Cheers.
Always fix what you can...saves 3-4 figures of cash...
I'm glad the Geo Metro had real towing mirrors.
That geo just living it's best life man
It’s brings so much joy to my heart when customers decline repairs and then come back to pay 5-10 times more when it breaks and wrecks heaps of stuff.
Oh my !! Now that is a nice Geo an camper boat combo , who says u can’t have it all 😂 , bright red danger tape needs to be all over this
The Geo Metro reminded me of those old Gooseneck campers they made that could be Towed by a Beetle
@ 2:04 That gives a whole new meaning to Skid Marks! 🤣
That Geo Metro is a legend owned by an absolute chad.
There's a vintage ad for VW bugs where there's a roof mount tow hitch for a specialized camper hookup.
I'm old enough to have seen it on TV. Sure, they were available but, nobody with any sense bought one. That was just beyond the Beetle's purpose in life.
Okay those Geo Metro cars they really got the balls😂😂😂😂😂😂
Surprised the Metro at the end had enough power to tow the camper and the boat but then I noticed it has the Dodge truck mirrors flipped down and apparently that adds like 40 hp so it’s good
The most funny one are the more "simple" problems.... Like the screen being off. It shows how much humanity is close to being stupid.
Edit: 2:25 ... Nevermind, most of us already ARE STUPID ASF.
People are really REALLY dumb, but their stupidity makes me feel smarter.
I work in car rental and, to be fair, a lot of Stellantis cars have console display problems. It's expensive as hell to fix if the car is out of warranty, because you have to replace the entire unit, which costs hundreds of dollars, even thousands depending on the car.
I really should have gotten video of the car I'm working on at the shop. 2014 maserati granturismo that got chewed on and clawed by a 120lb Doberman. Apparently a racoon got in the garage and hid under the car after getting spotted by the dog.
It chewed on the front bumper and fender, and put deep claw marks (minor dents too) on the hood, fender, and headlight.
Customer wanted both headlights replaced so they looked the same, but after hearing it would cost over $10K to replace them he declined.
I guess we're buffing the one headlight.
2:20 - I'll take a wild guess: There a small oil lead (perhaps from the oil filter) and the customer thought a "oil pan" would catch the drops so it wouldn't mess up the parking stall.
under body pan I'm guessing.
Anything is possible! There was another line on the work order saying they had a rear strut hanging down but it wasn't. Maybe some confusion on the customers end or they brought in the wrong vehicle 😅
@3:00 I'm picturing the owner as Cousin Eddie from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. ;-)
Wow, some of these just amaze me, the boxer briefs in the intake had me lmao!
80's Camaros/Trans ams Had a cigertte lighter in the main console I lost mine and found out the hard way ..A dime bouncing around in there loves fuses ... Took me 2 days of wires fuses and relays to find the problem....But i had the cleanest wire harness in all the world after that ..
Thoughts and prayers to the brake line.
It did nothing wrong, it gave faithful service and didn't deserve that.
Being a mechanic for most of my 69 years it amazes me how stupid people are getting today! Great channel!
Nice.
I'm impressed that the Metro has the power to pull all of that.
Not sure about you guys, but I always store my boxes in my intake when I go on a road trip....
I did the rag mistake with my motocross bike when I was a teenager. I couldn't figure out why it wouldn't start after cleaning the air box and filter. After trying to start it for awhile I finally took things back apart and found the rag I left in the carburetor inlet.
After taking the rag out it started right away but was all loaded up. I kept revving it until it was running clean again and shut it off. I put the bike away and when I went to move my truck i couldn't see out the windshield. All of the oil and gas that had built up inside the engine while trying to start it sprayed out of the exhaust and completely covered the hood and windshield of my truck sitting behind it.
Good times. I never made that mistake again.
Thank you for another great upload just rolled in!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I worked as a mechanic for over 20 years. I saw some bad stuff, and some funny stuff but nothing that compares to this stuff! Seriously I’m half laughing and half cringing here!
2:50 Holy shit.... Followed by HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????!!!!!!!!!
Cummins badge on an Italian explodo-diesel! 🤣
How did the woman think she was able to drive to the shop without an oil pan?
You can do it if it isn't very far. You might be able to get a couple miles out of some engines.
I think she proved she doesn’t know what an oil pan is or does. I figured she had a leak and wanted something to catch the drips.
Interesting way to tow trailers lol
I am absolutely addicted to this channel, despite how much more anxious it makes me feel on the road. Knowing I’m surrounded by irresponsible morons that shouldn’t be car owners or even have drivers licenses because they clearly don’t deserve them,,,
Missing a oil pan. 🤣
That one is my favorite 😂😂
Somebody HAD to have trolled that chick to take it in for that! Surprised she didn't ask for an air change for all four tires.
@@BlackPill-pu4vi And a blinker fluid top up.
YOO, that Volvo in the bottom right at the end is mine! Thanks for including it!
How can the last one be legal in any way?
That's what I was thinking lol
that Ford falcon EL - EF. top middle car on that end photo, perfect
The Geo Metro that could
1:05 When you really REALLY must have a tan interior.🤣🤣🤣 Good grief, what were they thinking?😲
Of all the disgraceful shenanigans I have seen on this channel, 2:41 is the worst. Despicable.