Why Do MECHANICS Always Drive Crappy Cars???? #car #mechanic

[ricob]

It sure as shit isn't the "we know how financing works" answer, given how many mechanics have sold their souls on the Snap On truck.

[KevinKanNguyen]

Most of the time its because we bought it dirt cheap from a customer that didnt want to fix it.

[grizzleypeak]

Mechanics drive crappy cars because they ain't scared of a crappy car.
They can fix it for nothing and keep on truckin'....

[derekheim]

It's also because we don't want to track grease and oil into a nice car. We used to call it a "work car".

[beardrn]

It's because we can easily fix the crappy car and keep it on the road for several decades longer than it's designed to go

[erikg]

It's because mechanics doesn't have to pay mechanics to fix their cars

[brw]

Yep. And a breakdown for a good mechanic is just a temporary inconvenience, for anyone else, it's a disaster.

[pppoopoo]

Its a sign of being a good mechanic.

Doctors drive BMW or Mercedes to show that theyre successful at their craft. We show we're successful at ours by keeping a beater alive.

[yt]

A person who became a friend of mine was an engineer at a steel mill. He was one of my customers so I had the opportunity to compare his abilities to others at other Mills. He and his wife always drove cars that were at least five years old if not 10. I asked him one time why don’t you buy a new car for your wife. His answer was that both of us only work locally and we don’t have to pay an enormous price for a new car because we don’t need one. We usually buy a used car that is in pretty good condition and it lasts for a number of years. When we go anywhere that is quite a distance, we rent a car. If anything happens to the car, we’re not responsible because we buy there insurance. If the car breaks down they bring us another one. Obviously when we’re done with it, we give it back. I thought that was extremely good thinking. I know there are situations where people need new vehicle and certainly businesses do. If you don’t want to look cool in front of your friends and family, don’t buy $100, 000 worth of stuff that’s going to be rusting away in your driveway.

[Mike-zrir]

Im a diesel mechanic, and this is 100% true 😂 we buy crappy or old cars cos they are cheap, the parts are cheaper and the cars are sometimes easier to fix.. Much love coming from South Africa. 🎉🇿🇦

[firelanm]

As a mechanic I can confirm I'm much more confident in my '97 Jeep Cherokee reaching 300, 000 miles than I am in my wife's '18 Nissan Altima reaching 150, 000 😂😂

[ericstalker]

As a mechanic myself yes i have a crappy car and i agree with you 100 percent. But you forgot to mention that our cars may be crappy but they are reliable

[kennethrine]

I don't think we drive crappy cars. We drive reliable cars

[Fitingbros]

The thing about crappy cars though is you need 2 of them so you can drive one while you fix the other

[excalibur]

My dad called it the mechanics curse, he and every mechanic he knew never had a good car but all his mates did because he helped them so much

[jimmorrison]

1) You know how to fix stuff.
2) Like a lot of us, you don’t make a lot of money.

[CautelousOne]

Truth is, a mechanic spent his whole day fixing your car, so why the hell does he want to work on his own ? That and he knows how much work needs to be done to keep it legal.

[yrvnmll]

As a retired mechanic of nearly 50 yrs I would say that simple is always better than complex, overpriced and more often than not inferior new vehicles.

[KCCardCo]

I knew a mechanic who also built homes and he NEVER bought a new car once in his life. I was told that by others and he told me himself the same. HE said they were too expensive, depreciate and when their new, new you end up finding out what new technologies in that car eventually fail. He drove a used buick from around 2000 and a new Harley.

[RyanAlexanderBloom]

Mechanic shop owner once told me that 90s cars are the peak of car engineering. They look like junkers now 23-33 years later, but they still had enough mechanical components that weren’t computer controlled that they can be easily worked on. but yet they had enough comforts to feel at home. A/C, power doors and windows, cruise control, power seats, sunroofs, cup holders… stuff that wasn’t guaranteed in the 80s but modern drivers just take for granted. Now days you need to update your car’s firmware and every single component is a potential electrical or software gremlin waiting to happen. 90s (give or take a couple years) was the perfect decade in terms of getting a car you can drive daily in comfort and also fix without being an electrical engineer or computer specialist. Thus, they’re perfect for mechanics who can keep them running 300, 400, 500k miles.