Im a qualified electrician with over 25 years experience. I always wanted to be a car mechanic, but my parents wouldn't let me. I now buy and fix salvage cars as a hobby, but guess we always think the grass is greener on the other side. Keep up the amazing work and your not moaning, your being realistic and human.👍👍🙏
Funnily enough I too was also studying to be an electrician, got qualified as an “domestic installer” but just had no passion or interest in it and that’s when I moved onto cars, like you say everyone warned me against it but it’s worked out well so far 👍🏼👍🏼
For some reason, people treat the self employed differently to other traders. They don't blink spending a fortune in Tesco for example, but, when it comes to paying the self employed, they want discounts, think they're being ripped off, (it's usually the customer that's trying to rip the trader off! )
I had the same problem with the rear d bushes on my a3 sline. Ordered the correct part but was totally different from the ones that were fitted. 3 different orders later found the right ones. Keep smiling. ❤
Sorry to hear your grandad is not well. I often comment and say I feel your pain, and I do! I’m sat here with my missus and she is telling me it’s just like listening to me! Crap jobs, waste of time jobs, customers being a pain. (Mobile mechanic here also) It’s not easy when you have multiple jobs and parts problems, and family illness. It’s difficult trying to hold it all together, it just shows that you want to be successful. It would be too easy to throw in the towel. I often get people who are car enthusiasts, who want stuff changed they supply. And I usually stick the rule which is - enthusiast cars with their own parts can fix their own cars. - enthusiast cars are not worth the aggro. They want everything on mates rates and everything takes twice as long. Chin up mate, hope your next week is better!! 👍🏼 If you were closer to my area it would be great to do some work with you and lend an ear/hand when things go wrong 👍🏼
Mechanic by trade, there are times I think what da hell am I doing when you see others working in offices who seem to have such a stress free life, however other days when you get ultimate satisfaction. In the process of kitting out a Peugeot partner van for some mobile stuff. Great channel btw
It's not just mechanic that have to struggle with stuff not turning up i was a self employed welder working on high pressure steel gas pipe all over the country they book you for a days work you drive to the job and fittings or pipe hasn't arrived the gas is turned of to allow you to work on the system they tell all the customers it will be off for one day and guess what you have to wait and then finish the job no matter what time you finish and maybe have a long drive home and fish and chips for dinner. I'm glad i am now well retired but some jobs go well and i enjoyed the work despite all that.
I have a phrase for when I get the odd job that I lose money on that helps me deal with it. 'Some jobs are for earning, some jobs are for learning'. I try to take a lesson out of the shit jobs and move on.
same issue with my old corsa and the bolts so basically did the same thing. right pain and plenty of sweating, swearing and anger. was due for its mot the next day and the "easy" job turned to a full day
I feel your pain. I book jobs in the hope they all go smoothly but yes, you guessed, they never do. I put off jobs but then you're in a vicious circle of trying to fit it all in without pissing the customer off. I aim to please everyone but end up pleasing no-one 😂 fml!
the burning question of why we do what we do as mechanics well its the enormous sense of satisfaction we get when fix the faults and screw the engineer that caused our pain😂😂😂😂
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic I swear a lot kerby therefore i dont cry...and thats the only time I do..!!!!!What got you in there as myself is the love of cars, but i changed profession when I was young and became a driving Instructor now retired..!! Take care..!!!
I get you mate , last week spent all my monday on a bloody non start fiat500 , had to cancel all my customers for the day and still couldn’t start that pos . Ups and downs but we all keep going and is a nice feeling that beats everything when you take the W .
As far as I can think. There is 2 sizes in them bushings. Grease the life outta them and they will go on pal. Hope that you're grandad gets better soon.
A lot of jobs its easy to say how long it would take to do based on how many times you have done them but that easily changes when you actually work on the part only to come across one problem after another especially with rusted nuts and bolts. I hope your grandad is ok Also i hope you and Mrs Kirby have a great week ahead and things get a bit better
Thank you 👍🏼 I’m in the process of setting up a shopify/link tree for tools I use so people can easily see and if they fancy buy the stuff I use, the diagnostic computers I use at the mo are Top Don, send me over an email I’ll get a discount code and link sent to the ones I use 👍🏼
I have been in the trade 35 years Kerby, last 20 full on bodywork first 15 spanners and bodywork, mid 50s...knees and hands knackered and only do part time now full of arthritis mate and considering going on benefits I am that worn out but I enjoy doing what I do but it's a hard life self employment let alone if you work on the tools.
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Can't fault you, it is slightly better now with the electric rachets etc but they will not stop ya old bones getting worn out pal. Stay wrapped up in the winter and scale back with the sh1t jobs. I do not take on heavy crap anymore.
Yeah the heavy work I try my best to steer clear from but not always possible for regular customers, it’s my knees that are a killer, years of football injuries haven’t helped
You'll be okay everyone goes through a bad time now and again, Motor trade is an hard job to get out of and nothing worse when you quoted and job gone wrong if it bolts snapping or whatever and it's in your head after this is free work now, in 30 years i've got out of it twice but gone back, 6 years ago i opened up a mobility shop (mobility scooters) and even though i employ people now if a customer comes in and says they giving up driving i say you selling a car then and i will buy it if i think i can make a few quid. thing is i still have motor trade insurance and trade plates i renew every year, i admit when you was swearing i was laughing because that's me when i'm fixing a car now, i lay on floor under car swearing and shouting and saying to myself. god i'm thick while crap is dropping in my face
I love the concept, but it must a heck of a struggle to get the correct parts for a given job. In many cases there are multiple designs on even the smallest parts on the same car model/design. How do you get people to pay up and who to give credit for x amount of days? I wouldn´t be able to have this kind of job for sure. My OCD would go bananas :-).
It can be tough running all sides of a business but you get used to it, most people pay up as I leave, longer time customers I’ll say you’ve got my details pay when you get a sec and I know they’ll pay almost instantly, new customers HAVE TO pay on completion of work
Hi it's a hard game being a one man band but the benefits outweigh the agro, just an observation but I've noticed you don't seem to have a bench vice or is there one hidden away on the van
Thanks for showing this ! Very easy to Sometimes feel it is just you experiencing this in the motor trade !! Im currently in the process of setting up a van to go mobile. Can i ask what gazebo you have and what size you recommend. ?
Deffo not alone mate, I think up and down the country we all experience the same thing, it’s 24MX one, but after 4 years of good use it is falling apart which isn’t too bad I suppose 👍🏼good luck on the new venture
As soon as phoned that customer after fkg about for ages sweating ma nuts off to tell him the poly bush D ,z wouldn’t fit and he said yeh you can get two different kinds ,think I would have lost my shit 😂another good episode tho Kirby nearly 10 K Kirby fans 15 K for Christmas 🎅 will do nicely,so your doing something right and yep when other people in the family are in hospital it’s a complete bas ,mrs K did a good bleep job with the editing,kip your chin up and as you say al see you on the next one 🫶
He had mentioned it before hand before ordering to be fair but he emailed the seller and they said those were the right ones 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ and yeah I think 15k by Christmas is a stretch but you never know 👍🏼
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic they certainly didn’t look the right ones at least he had mentioned it before,you’ve goty aim high to keep you going Kirby well that’s my way of thinking now as am in remission from stomach n bowel cancer a got it when a was 48 now 50 ,my grandma and mother both passed away in the last year so it’s just my two girls I’ve got to keep going for forward thinking,I’ve watched you threw chemo n hospitals I’ve spoken to you a few times as I’ve been tuning in for a long time ,am the Scottish 🏴 boy that has a laugh with you about moaning about the weather rain canopy up to hot fan out 😂😂yeh it’s me ,hope you’re grandad gets better soon ,you will no be far away from 15 K bye crimbo as your stuff is all real n enjoyable better than most on this ,see you on the next one ☔️🥵🤬😂
Being mobile is and has always been seen as bottom of the barrel . That’s not to be offensive by the way mate , as I think your a top tech That’s just my general impression most techs or shop owners think And might be different in your case bud . But the customers can be bottom of the barrel too
Oh yeah totally agree when ever I say I’m mobile to other mechanics they always say F*** that, in terms of customers the majority are good decent people that are happy to sometimes pay more for the convenience 👍🏼
I’ve got a small one which isn’t mounted and I have got a larger one on a flip out table sort of thing but it’s just finding a home for it, plus I’m not happy with the layout as it is so once that is sorted I’ll get it fitted 👍🏼
Sorry to here you bad news about your grandad aron why dont you find a better supplier when i want parts i get them straight away my friends got a ford focus ecoboost 1.0 is the wetbelt a cambelt 😊
You're a top bloke Kerby!! The Motor Trade is not an easy business to be in!!! Tomorrow is another day!! Keep your chin up fella.
Thank you 👍🏼🤝
Im a qualified electrician with over 25 years experience. I always wanted to be a car mechanic, but my parents wouldn't let me. I now buy and fix salvage cars as a hobby, but guess we always think the grass is greener on the other side.
Keep up the amazing work and your not moaning, your being realistic and human.👍👍🙏
Funnily enough I too was also studying to be an electrician, got qualified as an “domestic installer” but just had no passion or interest in it and that’s when I moved onto cars, like you say everyone warned me against it but it’s worked out well so far 👍🏼👍🏼
For some reason, people treat the self employed differently to other traders.
They don't blink spending a fortune in Tesco for example, but, when it comes to paying the self employed, they want discounts, think they're being ripped off, (it's usually the customer that's trying to rip the trader off! )
So weird isn’t it 🤷🏻♂️
@@tonymcnamara9368 that’s very true !
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Yes and always people will try to get away without paying specially women..!!!
I had the same problem with the rear d bushes on my a3 sline. Ordered the correct part but was totally different from the ones that were fitted. 3 different orders later found the right ones. Keep smiling. ❤
Got there in the end but what a pain
Sorry to hear your grandad is not well.
I often comment and say I feel your pain, and I do!
I’m sat here with my missus and she is telling me it’s just like listening to me! Crap jobs, waste of time jobs, customers being a pain. (Mobile mechanic here also)
It’s not easy when you have multiple jobs and parts problems, and family illness. It’s difficult trying to hold it all together, it just shows that you want to be successful. It would be too easy to throw in the towel.
I often get people who are car enthusiasts, who want stuff changed they supply. And I usually stick the rule which is - enthusiast cars with their own parts can fix their own cars. - enthusiast cars are not worth the aggro. They want everything on mates rates and everything takes twice as long.
Chin up mate, hope your next week is better!! 👍🏼
If you were closer to my area it would be great to do some work with you and lend an ear/hand when things go wrong 👍🏼
Nice one mate, always appreciate your comments and it’s good to know (in a weird way) there’s other mobile mechanics that feel my pain 😂👍🏼
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic I lost my father 3 years ago Kerby and will never get easier, trust me..!!
Sorry for your loss
A tough week Kerby but wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for the daily nightmares !!, Well done, top stuff
Thank you sir 🫡
Mechanic by trade, there are times I think what da hell am I doing when you see others working in offices who seem to have such a stress free life, however other days when you get ultimate satisfaction. In the process of kitting out a Peugeot partner van for some mobile stuff. Great channel btw
Exactly mate, but overall it’s good, hope the new venture goes well for you 👍🏼
Exhausts seem to last a lot longer these days. Back in the day, there used to be an exhaust fast fit place on every street corner
Probably be a use they are mostly stainless steel now🤷🏻♂️
It's not just mechanic that have to struggle with stuff not turning up i was a self employed welder working on high pressure steel gas pipe all over the country they book you for a days work you drive to the job and fittings or pipe hasn't arrived the gas is turned of to allow you to work on the system they tell all the customers it will be off for one day and guess what you have to wait and then finish the job no matter what time you finish and maybe have a long drive home and fish and chips for dinner. I'm glad i am now well retired but some jobs go well and i enjoyed the work despite all that.
Ah man that’s sounds like an actual nightmare, glad you’ve got your feet up enjoying retirement 👍🏼
I have a phrase for when I get the odd job that I lose money on that helps me deal with it. 'Some jobs are for earning, some jobs are for learning'. I try to take a lesson out of the shit jobs and move on.
Wise words 🤝👍🏼
same issue with my old corsa and the bolts so basically did the same thing. right pain and plenty of sweating, swearing and anger. was due for its mot the next day and the "easy" job turned to a full day
Haha always the way, an easy job is never and easy job
I feel your pain. I book jobs in the hope they all go smoothly but yes, you guessed, they never do. I put off jobs but then you're in a vicious circle of trying to fit it all in without pissing the customer off. I aim to please everyone but end up pleasing no-one 😂 fml!
😂😂😂it’s a tough juggling act sometimes
30 years as a mechanic and I don't regret it. Choose your jobs wisely.
Most of the time I do actually like doing what I do, it’s that small percent that feels massive at the time something doesn’t quite go right
As a mechanic myself I relate to this so much some days I think why did I choose this jobs then other days I love it
It’s complete ends of the spectrum isn’t it
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic yeah some days I contemplate closing toolbox and finding a desk jobs but not sure it’s possible tbh would get bored too quick
I think that too, as I try to expand if maybe take more of an office role but at least as it’s my business it would keep me interested
@@kakarot_6667 Noooo , we are not for indoors ,trust me on this one..!!!
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Yeah this is different..!!!
Hang in there, Kerby. You've got this, bro !
Thank you ☺️👍🏼
Sorry to hear about your Grandad , can’t be easy trying to run a business and have your head under a bonnet at the same time
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words 👍🏼
Don’t give up mobile mechanics are a dying breed,it’s you that keep cars on the road at our convenience,coming to our work or home,
If anything more and more are cropping up, well in my area anyway
You’re a good man if I was closer I would defo have you as my mechanic! Life 🙄. Push on and prosper 👍
Thank you, but there’s plenty of good ones out there, where are you based?
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic hi Kirby I live in Swindon . Yes there are plenty of reasonable people out there who understand you have to make a living 👍
Chin up brother, hope everything gets better soon.
Nice one mate 👍🏼
the burning question of why we do what we do as mechanics well its the enormous sense of satisfaction we get when fix the faults and screw the engineer that caused our pain😂😂😂😂
This damn engineers, just give me 5 mins alone in a room with them 😂😂
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Specially the French ones..!!!
😂😂
Yep true I did a starter motor on iveco van and next day the clutch slave broke so back again to fix when part arrives lol
Haha always the way
thanks for sharing fella, always time well spent catching up on your vids...
Thank you, I do appreciate that 👍🏼
Relax Kerby..I have seen tears in Mechanics eyes... so you are alright..!!
Just about 😂
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic I swear a lot kerby therefore i dont cry...and thats the only time I do..!!!!!What got you in there as myself is the love of cars, but i changed profession when I was young and became a driving Instructor now retired..!! Take care..!!!
Good idea, it is tough on the body this
I get you mate , last week spent all my monday on a bloody non start fiat500 , had to cancel all my customers for the day and still couldn’t start that pos . Ups and downs but we all keep going and is a nice feeling that beats everything when you take the W .
Nice one mate, give me a shout if ever in need, always good to get a second set of eyes on things 👍🏼
We always win in the end no matter what..!!!Job satisfaction..!!!
As far as I can think. There is 2 sizes in them bushings. Grease the life outta them and they will go on pal. Hope that you're grandad gets better soon.
Think I’ll return with the smaller ones and go again 💪🏻 and thank you very much 👍🏼
hope your grandad gets well soon. Know how ya feel, but hang in there mate.
Nice one mate 👍🏼
A lot of jobs its easy to say how long it would take to do based on how many times you have done them but that easily changes when you actually work on the part only to come across one problem after another especially with rusted nuts and bolts.
I hope your grandad is ok
Also i hope you and Mrs Kirby have a great week ahead and things get a bit better
Thank you, I appreciate it 👍🏼
Love your videos buddy 👍
Do you have any links to the tooling and diagnostics you use ?
Thank you 👍🏼 I’m in the process of setting up a shopify/link tree for tools I use so people can easily see and if they fancy buy the stuff I use, the diagnostic computers I use at the mo are Top Don, send me over an email I’ll get a discount code and link sent to the ones I use 👍🏼
Sorry to hear about your grandad mate. Some jobs just don’t want to go right 😢
Thank you 👍🏼
Mobile mechanic myself.. Currently have a Jaguar XKR. Suspension damage, bolt snapped 😭
The mobile life isn’t the easiest 😅
Holding that bonnet strut with your eye was the funniest thing!!
Could have gone badly couldn’t it 😂
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Im still chuckling now, it was such a bloke thing to do. Thanks for the entertainment feller much appreciated.
😂😂no problem 👍🏼
I have been in the trade 35 years Kerby, last 20 full on bodywork first 15 spanners and bodywork, mid 50s...knees and hands knackered and only do part time now full of arthritis mate and considering going on benefits I am that worn out but I enjoy doing what I do but it's a hard life self employment let alone if you work on the tools.
That’s the exact reason I want to get off the tools at some point mate 👍🏼
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Can't fault you, it is slightly better now with the electric rachets etc but they will not stop ya old bones getting worn out pal. Stay wrapped up in the winter and scale back with the sh1t jobs. I do not take on heavy crap anymore.
Yeah the heavy work I try my best to steer clear from but not always possible for regular customers, it’s my knees that are a killer, years of football injuries haven’t helped
Very few people retire as mechanics usually athritis will get you like me..!!!😧
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Kerby both ankes and both knees myself mate..!!
You'll be okay everyone goes through a bad time now and again, Motor trade is an hard job to get out of and nothing worse when you quoted and job gone wrong if it bolts snapping or whatever and it's in your head after this is free work now, in 30 years i've got out of it twice but gone back, 6 years ago i opened up a mobility shop (mobility scooters) and even though i employ people now if a customer comes in and says they giving up driving i say you selling a car then and i will buy it if i think i can make a few quid. thing is i still have motor trade insurance and trade plates i renew every year, i admit when you was swearing i was laughing because that's me when i'm fixing a car now, i lay on floor under car swearing and shouting and saying to myself. god i'm thick while crap is dropping in my face
Honestly you do have to laugh about it or you’ll go mad 😂
👍
I feel your pain ❤
🤝😅
I love the concept, but it must a heck of a struggle to get the correct parts for a given job. In many cases there are multiple designs on even the smallest parts on the same car model/design. How do you get people to pay up and who to give credit for x amount of days?
I wouldn´t be able to have this kind of job for sure. My OCD would go bananas :-).
It can be tough running all sides of a business but you get used to it, most people pay up as I leave, longer time customers I’ll say you’ve got my details pay when you get a sec and I know they’ll pay almost instantly, new customers HAVE TO pay on completion of work
Hi it's a hard game being a one man band but the benefits outweigh the agro, just an observation but I've noticed you don't seem to have a bench vice or is there one hidden away on the van
I do have a couple, but not fixed anywhere which is a pain
Worse trade out them all💯💯…..best thing I did was leaving it as a full time job
What do you do now?
Audi TTs are a pain to work on end of
This era really are a pain
Thanks for showing this ! Very easy to Sometimes feel it is just you experiencing this in the motor trade !! Im currently in the process of setting up a van to go mobile. Can i ask what gazebo you have and what size you recommend. ?
Deffo not alone mate, I think up and down the country we all experience the same thing, it’s 24MX one, but after 4 years of good use it is falling apart which isn’t too bad I suppose 👍🏼good luck on the new venture
@kerbsidemobilemechanic thanks for the response!! I will take a look 👍
what dpf cleaner do you use in your mix?
I use launch DPF cleaner 👍🏼
Perhaps the Pollen Filter King needs an offsider 🤬🤬🤬 or cameraman/videographer for Marvellous 😂😂😂
Offsider?
It's not an easy life you've got. I found being a mechanic quite stressful. Especially if I had a come back when I was fully booked.
Yeah you think you’ve got everything lined up and that literally throws a spanner in the works
Do u ever get customers trying to chip u down on the price of a job??
If u sell the odd car how do u deal
With lowballers??
Very very rarely, I just say no lol
As soon as phoned that customer after fkg about for ages sweating ma nuts off to tell him the poly bush D ,z wouldn’t fit and he said yeh you can get two different kinds ,think I would have lost my shit 😂another good episode tho Kirby nearly 10 K Kirby fans 15 K for Christmas 🎅 will do nicely,so your doing something right and yep when other people in the family are in hospital it’s a complete bas ,mrs K did a good bleep job with the editing,kip your chin up and as you say al see you on the next one 🫶
He had mentioned it before hand before ordering to be fair but he emailed the seller and they said those were the right ones 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ and yeah I think 15k by Christmas is a stretch but you never know 👍🏼
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic they certainly didn’t look the right ones at least he had mentioned it before,you’ve goty aim high to keep you going Kirby well that’s my way of thinking now as am in remission from stomach n bowel cancer a got it when a was 48 now 50 ,my grandma and mother both passed away in the last year so it’s just my two girls I’ve got to keep going for forward thinking,I’ve watched you threw chemo n hospitals I’ve spoken to you a few times as I’ve been tuning in for a long time ,am the Scottish 🏴 boy that has a laugh with you about moaning about the weather rain canopy up to hot fan out 😂😂yeh it’s me ,hope you’re grandad gets better soon ,you will no be far away from 15 K bye crimbo as your stuff is all real n enjoyable better than most on this ,see you on the next one ☔️🥵🤬😂
Wow, glad you’re kicking cancers butt mate 💪🏻 and yeah I know it’s you mate, I try reply and remember everyone that comments on here 🤝
You need a vice on the work bench
I know 😂
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic lol
Dealing with rusty crappy old cars . Plus customer supplied parts no no no
Rusty bolts are the bane of my life 😂
Being mobile is and has always been seen as bottom of the barrel .
That’s not to be offensive by the way mate , as I think your a top tech
That’s just my general impression most techs or shop owners think
And might be different in your case bud . But the customers can be bottom of the barrel too
Oh yeah totally agree when ever I say I’m mobile to other mechanics they always say F*** that, in terms of customers the majority are good decent people that are happy to sometimes pay more for the convenience 👍🏼
Kirby u ok mate
All good thank you, just had a holiday and then been ill, normal service will be resumed shortly 👍🏼
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic glad your good mate hope u enjoyed ya holiday
Much needed break pal👍🏼
you need a vice in your van
I’ve got a small one which isn’t mounted and I have got a larger one on a flip out table sort of thing but it’s just finding a home for it, plus I’m not happy with the layout as it is so once that is sorted I’ll get it fitted 👍🏼
Sorry to here you bad news about your grandad aron why dont you find a better supplier when i want parts i get them straight away my friends got a ford focus ecoboost 1.0 is the wetbelt a cambelt 😊
It is indeed a wet belt mate 👍🏼
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Araon how often do they need to be changed so its a timing belt
I’d be doing regular oil changes at about 8,000 miles and then changing the belt every 50-60k ignore manufactures recommendation
I hate the job
Haha yeah it gets like that
Lol sometimes you talk that your so lazy lol
I am lazy or I talk about being lazy?