I'm a car guy and learning manual for me was embarrassingly slow. I'm good at it now and my daily is a manual but when I was learning it was a total disaster.
My dad has ran an auto repair shop for 40 years and it stopped being any sort of fun like 15 years ago.
That's not even the biggest problem though. It's customers and their entitlement. Worse every year.
Parts took longer to ship than promised? Mechanics fault
Car needs to go to the dealer? Mechanics fault
Something plastic piece broke on your car during disassembly because it was designed to break? Mechanics fault
Job supposed to be 10 hours labour but took you 15 because it's not easy? Guess you just lost money helping someone cuz you have to eat the cost of those 5 hours
Having a basic idea of how a car/engine works. Most people waste so much money on basic repairs they could just do themselves. Feels like majority of folks couldn't even put on their spare tire. Plus, mechanic is job that less and less people are willing to do over time so the cost of their labour will only keep getting worse
I've been there 6 times and I find that theft there is almost non existent. Yes people are still as shitty as they usually are but it's still a place with a state of trust which is something that constantly draws me back
Obviously would do some vetting though so that's my specific question here, where are the good people at and how do you know?
Divorced living alone at 30 and this meme just lifted my spirits a little bit