Hi kerbside, yer now that the work shop (garage) is coming along maybe you can pack the mobile in the head, I know you like the mobile stuff but you did work for the AA.. so maybe go for bigger money aswell selling cars to, its just a thought cos my friend was like you and know has his work shop and has never looked back and is doing very very well indeed, anyway good look for the future, Happy Christmas and love the content 👍
This is life, things often just don't work out right. Never give up, but also look after yourself. You have freedom working for yourself so just imagine everyone else sitting at a desk everyday getting fat whilst their boss shouts at them for the smallest thing and meetings with HR for being 1 minute late to work etc etc. That should keep you motivated :) Work is work just gotta keep going.
You're only human brother, we struggle through the bad days and often forget to embrace the good ones, i lnow im guilty of it! Keep on trucking. Your honesty and openness is what makes you the man you are. I appreciate it, and im clearly not the only one.
It seems to be going around! I am having one hell of a month myself. My truck was broken down for a few days while i fixed it and tracked down hard to find parts. I lost alot of business because of it. Lets keep the faith though! It will get better!
One tip that might help save time with editing: I always looked at the audio waveform to see where someone is talking, where something loud is happening, and use it to save time in finding what should be skipped, sped up, cut out, etc.
feel for you been there myself if youre conscientious you tend to take every problem on board i used to wake up in the night stressing about a problem bad for your health i found one way of dealing with it was to explain possible pitfalls to the customer before starting the job you have to learn to switch off . keep going retire early
I have been in the trade for 45yrs now (HGV) main dealer but call me sad I just love watching videos like this because we never stop learning on different vehicles, must admit I don't do private work no more as I have enough to do during the week and want me weekends off.. So keep up the good work
I know how stressful it is mate and part suppliers don’t help at, but you’ve got to hang on in there. I seriously think taking on someone else to do the mundane stuff like servicing and brakes will free you up to do other things. Keep those videos coming because it motivates us more. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I can totally relate to the small jobs going wrong and completely messing up the rest of the week, and actually think is it really worth it?......at the end of the day, it all gets sorted one way or another. Great channel, helps me keep motivated any way 😄 enjoy some time off to recharge....look forward to the next episode 🤙
Keep your head up your videos are great 👍 When times get stressful its time to switch off for a bit. You can’t keep every customer happy as i have learned many times 👍 Last week i had one of the most unmotivated weeks since i started out on my own, I hope for a better start next week…😂
I feel your pain/stress. I always want to better myself or earn that bit more so that I’m comfortable financially, but something comes along and just ends up stressing you out. I’m in a situation where a lot of my regulars of 20 years are moving away, giving up driving, buying new cars, so I’m having to take on ‘unknown’ customers. They stress me out because they aren’t as understanding as people you know quite well. I know I get stressed when people give my number out to customers who are further away/in built up areas which just kills time. I get a lot of people who haven’t got the money or have got a vehicle with too many problems, and that causes issues aswell. Too many hours spent looking at jobs and driving to not get paid. Hope things improve for you!
keep it up mate, im a mechanic and i wish i had the guts to get out and be mobile myself full time, unfortunately i hate the trade nowadays just from the stress ect😢
Rebuilding engine is a time consuming job i think sometimes it's just as well to stick with smaller more basic jobs you would. get more done i know things can go wrong with them as well
i know what you mean by the easy jobs being a pain,i dropped a valve a couple of months ago,the job of fixing it was pretty easy,,trying to get new valve colletts took me about a month of fishing,would of been more cost affective dropping a new enigine in it
I am a mobile mechanic. Only me & I am happy like that. Only work the week no matter what. I need the weekends to relax, kids etc.... I have 10days off over Xmas. Well needed...😂
Definitely agreed with you . Part of the reason why I went on my own .. Get away from garages over charging for work not required. There is plenty of work.
my sons throttle bottle as bringing up engine light on so bought new second hand one and could not program it due to I had only vag come lite which does,nt let you program it do they all havve to be programmed ,its a vw polo 9n 2002
Great video pal always enjoy watching your videos hopefully regular comments from your subscribers will keep your motivation to keep making theses quality videos 👍 A quick question to 19mins and 57seconds what's the part number on that funnel 👍
Yeah I have a few I use as having just one sometimes doesn’t work on all makes/models, this one is a tablet with some generic software on it o got off eBay but works very well 😅
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic virtually every day something goes wrong /snaps/seizes /comes incorrect/ impossible access/customer moaning etc etc etc . Also as soon as you touch there car something is always wrong “ we’ll it wasn’t doing it before you touched it”
dude get this into perspective. you got some hassle with a door lock and no doubt some other stuff comes along that you have difficulty dealing with. fxxx this new bad back syndrome about mental health, it`s just a challenging situation you are facing. deal with it. you are in control of your reactions and responses. face the test and try and overcome it, if you can`t then accept that you don`t know everything and can`t fix everything. you give it your best shot and leave it at that. move on.
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic dude, we all got to play the hand we are dealt the best way we can. in all situations do your best and always try and do the right thing. everything else in life will take care of its self.
Hi kerbside, yer now that the work shop (garage) is coming along maybe you can pack the mobile in the head, I know you like the mobile stuff but you did work for the AA.. so maybe go for bigger money aswell selling cars to, its just a thought cos my friend was like you and know has his work shop and has never looked back and is doing very very well indeed, anyway good look for the future, Happy Christmas and love the content 👍
I think long term that is the goal but will just take a little time to get there, thanks mate 👍
im interested in the honda jazz bits like where the feul line is whilst ur there. stuff like that
Not always possible on these longer videos in afraid 👍
This is life, things often just don't work out right. Never give up, but also look after yourself. You have freedom working for yourself so just imagine everyone else sitting at a desk everyday getting fat whilst their boss shouts at them for the smallest thing and meetings with HR for being 1 minute late to work etc etc. That should keep you motivated :) Work is work just gotta keep going.
That’s it, pros and cons to everything, it’s not all bad though is it 👍
Pollen King 😂 OH YES JACKET
Best pollen tech in the game
The PK I’m loving it keep up the vids
Haha brilliant
You're only human brother, we struggle through the bad days and often forget to embrace the good ones, i lnow im guilty of it! Keep on trucking. Your honesty and openness is what makes you the man you are. I appreciate it, and im clearly not the only one.
Appreciate it mate, thank you 👍
It seems to be going around! I am having one hell of a month myself. My truck was broken down for a few days while i fixed it and tracked down hard to find parts. I lost alot of business because of it. Lets keep the faith though! It will get better!
Got to take the rough with the smooth I guess
Ya doing an fantastic job a testiment to the commitment we fellow mobile mechanics do to keep customers vehicles going through this time of year.
Cheers Pal 👍
It's alright to feel de-motivated Kerbie........you're allowed it, you're a legend who ought to be in the New Year's Honours List!
I wouldn’t go that far Tom 😂
One tip that might help save time with editing: I always looked at the audio waveform to see where someone is talking, where something loud is happening, and use it to save time in finding what should be skipped, sped up, cut out, etc.
Yeah slowly getting better at the edits
feel for you been there myself if youre conscientious you tend to take every problem on board i used to wake up in the night stressing about a problem bad for your health i found one way of dealing with it was to explain possible pitfalls to the customer before starting the job you have to learn to switch off . keep going retire early
That’s the plan mate, Xmas break is around the corner 💪
I have been in the trade for 45yrs now (HGV) main dealer but call me sad I just love watching videos like this because we never stop learning on different vehicles, must admit I don't do private work no more as I have enough to do during the week and want me weekends off.. So keep up the good work
You can never know everything, fair play to you, good innings that mate 👏👏
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic😂😂 I am not quite finished yet, but my poor body is tell me otherwise..
😂😂😂
Love to see you on the golf GTI mk2 as I had one a few years ago and I loved it and wish I still had it at times.
It’s a live hate sort of relationship with that car 😂😂 if I have time over the feature period I’ll get a video done on it
Stick with it mate, you are doing fine
Cheers mate 👍
Kerbie = absolute legend!
Cheers Tom 👍
Enjoying the content/videos. Ive been thinking about going mobile for the past 3 years :/
Do it!!!! You’ll not regret it, feel free to DM me on insta for any advice 👍
I know how stressful it is mate and part suppliers don’t help at, but you’ve got to hang on in there. I seriously think taking on someone else to do the mundane stuff like servicing and brakes will free you up to do other things. Keep those videos coming because it motivates us more. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I think it’s the way forward to eventually getting off the tools completely, appreciate the words of encouragement 👍
James looks like Jarvis cocker from pulp lol, love the vids ,am ex mechanic myself don’t miss problem jobs lol
Hahahaha brilliant, thanks for watching 👍
Look forward to you vids, always a good watch. Keep em up and get the pollen king posting too !!!
Thank you 👍 I’ll keep on at him to get it sorted 👍
I can totally relate to the small jobs going wrong and completely messing up the rest of the week, and actually think is it really worth it?......at the end of the day, it all gets sorted one way or another. Great channel, helps me keep motivated any way 😄 enjoy some time off to recharge....look forward to the next episode 🤙
That’s it, the problem jobs are soon a distant memory…..until the next one pops up 😂😂
Keep your head up your videos are great 👍 When times get stressful its time to switch off for a bit.
You can’t keep every customer happy as i have learned many times 👍
Last week i had one of the most unmotivated weeks since i started out on my own, I hope for a better start next week…😂
It’s a fine balancing act sometimes I agree, ah mate hope next week is better for you 👍
Great video once again Kirby. Hope all’s well with Marvelous, he’s obviously busy too right now
Cheers mate, yeah he’s all good, nothing to worry about 👍
I feel your pain/stress.
I always want to better myself or earn that bit more so that I’m comfortable financially, but something comes along and just ends up stressing you out.
I’m in a situation where a lot of my regulars of 20 years are moving away, giving up driving, buying new cars, so I’m having to take on ‘unknown’ customers. They stress me out because they aren’t as understanding as people you know quite well.
I know I get stressed when people give my number out to customers who are further away/in built up areas which just kills time. I get a lot of people who haven’t got the money or have got a vehicle with too many problems, and that causes issues aswell. Too many hours spent looking at jobs and driving to not get paid.
Hope things improve for you!
It’s not easy is it, but would I change it? Absolutely not!! Thanks man 👍
Same here - I couldn’t work for someone now! With someone maybe, but not for someone!
Keep up the good work 👍🏼
100% agree
keep it up mate, im a mechanic and i wish i had the guts to get out and be mobile myself full time, unfortunately i hate the trade nowadays just from the stress ect😢
Just takes a little planning mate, once you have everything in place it’s a less scary prospect 👍
Rebuilding engine is a time consuming job i think sometimes it's just as well to stick with smaller more basic jobs you would. get more done i know things can go wrong with them as well
Yeah for sure, makes a change every now and then though I guess
Keep at it Kerbie, did you have to lap in the new valve?
👍I did indeed mate, luckily was only 1
i know what you mean by the easy jobs being a pain,i dropped a valve a couple of months ago,the job of fixing it was pretty easy,,trying to get new valve colletts took me about a month of fishing,would of been more cost affective dropping a new enigine in it
Was exactly my thoughts on this one 😂
Look after yourself mate. 🙏
Appreciate it 👍
I am a mobile mechanic. Only me & I am happy like that. Only work the week no matter what. I need the weekends to relax, kids etc....
I have 10days off over Xmas. Well needed...😂
Yeah I try my best to keep to working only mon-fri but sometimes have to get it done, think I’ll be the same as you, 10 days off and go again 💪
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic
I am the same with my customers... Rarely say no & take on most jobs...
Can make a crazy week.Most weeks.
We do it because we care and run good, honest businesses is the way I see it
Definitely agreed with you . Part of the reason why I went on my own .. Get away from garages over charging for work not required. There is plenty of work.
Exactly that, can’t keep up with demand as it is 😅
my sons throttle bottle as bringing up engine light on so bought new second hand one and could not program it due to I had only vag come lite which does,nt let you program it
do they all havve to be programmed ,its a vw polo 9n 2002
No not always, more of a “basic settings” procedure, see if there’s a option for that or worded similar
I quite like the GT85 but it hums a bit 😂
Don’t mind it to be fair 😂😂
Great video pal always enjoy watching your videos hopefully regular comments from your subscribers will keep your motivation to keep making theses quality videos 👍
A quick question to 19mins and 57seconds what's the part number on that funnel 👍
Here’s Matt, it’s US Pro 3438 mate 👍
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic thank you pal hope you have a great weekend buddy looking forward to your next upload 👌
You to mate 👍
Welcome to the mobile motor trade .
Best job in the world 😅
loved your video what caused the bent valve
Failed tensioner, the car was at idle, mind blowing how it’s only done 1 valve
kerbside and harry pottter top mechanic
Hahaha he gets that ALL the time
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic he should start his own blog he has nothing to loose..... give us more to watch loving it 👌
I agree, I’ll keep pestering him
😂😂😂It's always the so called easy jobs that get you
I try not to jinx myself now and say “oh this’ll be easy”😂
keby what diagnostic tool was you using for the Peageot? looked like a tablet device
Yeah I have a few I use as having just one sometimes doesn’t work on all makes/models, this one is a tablet with some generic software on it o got off eBay but works very well 😅
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic thanks. Can you do a build series? love to see that side of the business in your car garage.
Yeah more coming in the new year
Sorry it wouldnt let me like 535 times. i did try
Haha much appreciated
I’m a mechanic and I fucking hate the job
Haha I think every mechanic regrets their life choices 😂😂
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic virtually every day something goes wrong /snaps/seizes /comes incorrect/ impossible access/customer moaning etc etc etc . Also as soon as you touch there car something is always wrong “ we’ll it wasn’t doing it before you touched it”
Ain’t that the truth 😂😂
Pick and choose. Many workshops now only do stuff with a quick turnaround - it's the only way. You should do the same.
Take care.
In an ideal world yes, and I do to a certain degree, but when maybe a regular customer needs a certain job doing how can you say no?
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic then you explain you can do it - but with caveats. If they can't understand well, it's up to them.
Luckily I have very good understanding customers, rarely get a bad apple you know
Go work for someone probably less stress. 👍
Also probably less rewarding I’d say 👍
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic Stress is a big killer.
Luckily it’s not all stress all the time
dude get this into perspective. you got some hassle with a door lock and no doubt some other stuff comes along that you have difficulty dealing with. fxxx this new bad back syndrome about mental health, it`s just a challenging situation you are facing. deal with it. you are in control of your reactions and responses. face the test and try and overcome it, if you can`t then accept that you don`t know everything and can`t fix everything. you give it your best shot and leave it at that. move on.
Thanks…..I think 😂
@@kerbsidemobilemechanic dude, we all got to play the hand we are dealt the best way we can. in all situations do your best and always try and do the right thing. everything else in life will take care of its self.
Much appreciated 👍