# Stupid fucking predatory mechanic assholes\* (long) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 17, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409 "2002-08-17T23:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/42 "2014-03-10T16:38:45Z")
You do realize you’ve resurrected a 12 year old thread to add nothing useful. In other words: How much do zombie mechanics charge? ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/43 "2014-03-10T17:11:33Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > You do realize you’ve resurrected a 12 year old thread to add nothing useful. > > In other words: How much do zombie mechanics charge? What’s even better (?) is that I got an email notification that someone replied to a thread I subscribed to and I spent about 5 minutes thinking, “When the fuck did I subscribe to this thread?! Is this some really smart spam/virus email?” Only to find out that I not only did subscribe to the thread, I wrote the fucking thing. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/44 "2014-03-10T17:25:59Z")
**Mauvaise**! Where the fuck have you _been_? _waves_ ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/45 "2014-03-10T17:34:01Z")
And if you still need a mechanic in the Tempe area, PM me and I’ll share mine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/46 "2014-03-10T17:46:36Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **Mauvaise**! Where the fuck have you _been_? _waves_ _waves back_ I’ve been here, posting randomly a couple times a month (or less). 🙂 > [@Lare](#): > > And if you still need a mechanic in the Tempe area, PM me and I’ll share mine. 🙂 Thank you. It was just a fluke that I was in Tempe when all this happened. I didn’t live there then and I don’t know. I did find another good mechanic in North-Central Phoenix-ish while driving the car after the Chevy finally died. But right now my current car still has the factory warranty working for it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/47 "2014-03-10T17:48:13Z")
LOL How’s the old Cavalier running? ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/48 "2014-03-10T17:50:58Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > LOL How’s the old Cavalier running? It’s beyond dead. That car was something - I didn’t mention in the original post that after years of being driven in Detroit winters, it was half rust and had several alarming holes in it from salt damage. Including one fist-sized hole in the muffler - everyone knew when I around! I was fortunate to get $300 on it in a trade-in when I bought my next car. I was just happy they didn’t charge _me_ the $300 to dispose of it! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/49 "2014-03-10T19:38:17Z")
Too bad… I was hoping you’d revived it as a zombie car! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/50 "2014-03-10T20:39:16Z")
Brahbbbbbbbrahbbbbbbbraiiiiinssssss ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/51 "2014-03-10T20:52:16Z")
> [@BD\_JSO](#): > > Short version: I took my car to Colletti Motorsports in Moraine, OH about 3.5 years ago and it is still not done!!! I had to have another mechanic fix Colletti Motorsports’s mistakes. And Colletti Motorsports refuses to pay for it or even acknowledge me. I spent $8000.00 on the motor alone not including non-motor items. > > Long version: [http://deathtocms.blogspot.co.uk](http://deathtocms.blogspot.co.uk) Damn dude, you didn’t even last five hours! ---
**Author:** ![Chetumal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@Chetumal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chetumal)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/52 "2014-03-10T21:45:48Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > a simple sottering job would’ve been fine. “sottering”?? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409/53 "2014-03-11T00:31:02Z")
I think he means “soldering.” But the post was written eleven and a half years ago, before the English language developed standardized spelling. You know, like Chaucer, that guy who wrote “The Mechanic’s Tale.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-fucking-predatory-mechanic-assholes-long/124409.md?page=2)