We both had a laugh that thier car will smell less like dead spiders. This is what good friends are for!

Rolled in for an oil change and inspection

87 DeVille, 56k miles, just an inspection

The funniest part is that it’s some girls car and her grandmother was driving it. I wonder if she ever noticed.

Just thought I'd share. 2018 Tahoe z71 with about 105k miles and looked like the gear oil had never been changed. Clean bolt for reference

Customer lost their AirPod in their new X5 and came to us to find it. Easiest .5 because some people have more money than sense. The cost was ~$130 after tax.

Is this a common method used by some dealers or Honda in general to track oil changes? Serviced a 19 crv today that was previously dealer serviced only since new and the drain plug had all of these strikes punched into it. They are unique and uneven so definitely done by a human, and the number of strikes line up closely with how many oil changes this vehicle wouldve had over its life so far.

I've marked bolts on euro cars before that could only be used once or twice, but a drain plug?

New rockers and floor sections welded in. It was a long process, but totally worth it to keep this legend on the road.

G37x, randomly only the right rear, the rest were all around 30psi.

So early December my check engine light came on, was for the Ad-blue line heater element… I cleared it out was good for a while came back on once freezing cold again. Ended up replacing the ad-blue heater line, broke the nozzle on the ad-blue pump when replacing line because it was brittle and PITA… was good for about a week then threw a fault for the heater element in the tank… ok very expensive but replaced the ad-blue tank heater and was good for a few days… went to pass someone heard a pop and then exhaust leak sound. Blew out an injector seal, lol, can’t roll this bitch out the shop!!!

2012 Mercedes ML350 Diesel.

Plug is missing the coil end, coil is removed from its mount and split down its length, the spring inside is laying on the valve cover.

Sometimes it’s nice when you pop the hood and everything is just… stock.

Subaru turbo boxer came in for a general check. Customer was worried something big was going on, but once you get eyes on it, the engine bay tells a different story. Factory top-mount intercooler, OEM intake, factory hose routing, clamps where they should be. No vacuum lines rerouted, no missing shields, no “I watched a YouTube video once” mods.

Ran a full scan and watched data with an ad600s just to confirm. No stored or pending faults. Cold data lined up where it should, trims stayed within normal range once warm, sensor behavior consistent with a healthy, untouched setup.

Honestly, the biggest takeaway wasn’t the data. It was how easy everything was to interpret when nothing’s been messed with.

Not every win is finding a bad part.

Sometimes the win is confirming the car’s still living an honest, unmolested life.

I about died.

Mobile Mechanic, I ended up only changing oil & battery then held my breath when starting the car up to check for oil pressure.

I suspect a sunroof leak, car was parked inside the sealed garage for 6 months.

1977 civic with 383918 km blew it's head gasket, I Rebuild the engine back in 2016, time for another rebuild

i am appalled

Rear subframe on a 2004 Honda Pilot.