The Drive Behind the Industry
“Flat rate hasn’t been beneficial for both since the 70s.” To a new or trainee-level mechanic, the promise of flat-rate pay has always sounded simple: beat the clock and get…
“These people come take them after hours to resell them.” A mechanic sparked a debate after revealing that he intentionally damages discarded tires before getting rid of them. Mechanic @greaseandglory,…
“Look at that…” For years, the television series “Breaking Bad” taught us that if someone was hauling garbage bags full of cash out of a car wash, there was probably…
“So, if you drive 30 miles per hour, exactly, on this stretch of road…” A short stretch of old Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri, now plays a song through your…
“She has Blizzard money, not muffler money.” A woman lost her muffler in a Dairy Queen drive-thru and acted like nothing happened. A social media poster who uploads content under…
‘How does that even happen?’ A woman realizes she’s got a flat tire, so she ventures to the repair shop to get it patched or replaced. That’s when she finds…
“The timing was a little too perfect.” Often, it’s not the big things that deflate your trust in your fellow humans. It’s the small, petty, pre-meditated stuff—the representative that won’t…
‘Dude say a prayer you were able to find a charger.’ A Twitch streamer pulled into a Walmart parking lot to charge his electric car and posted a 12-second clip…
‘For the most part if it will burn it will run on it!’ Eight miles to the gallon sounds like a dealbreaker, and for most people, it would be. In…
‘It was worse at Costco.’ A woman says a warning about gas prices potentially rising sent her straight to Sam’s Club, where she found plenty of other drivers apparently had…