Cheap Is Not Always Good!

Before I go to bed, I'd like to pen a few words about unscrupulous mechanics. In my previous post I mentioned that my car had to go to the shop for some repairs today and after getting to the root of the problem which cost me some pretty good money amounting to RM180.00, it was discovered that a service job I did last week or so at another mechanic was the whole culprit!

Last Sunday, while we were on the way out shopping for some weight loss pills (ok, maybe not really weight loss pills ... hehehe) I passed by this mechanic in Shah Alam and they had a sign outside their shop for some pretty cheap service job. It was so cheap that I immediately decided to get the car serviced since I was way overdue for one anyway.

Now, while getting the car serviced, I should have suspected something amiss when the mechanic attending to my car casually stated that he doesn't know how his boss can give such cheap service jobs when the engine oil alone costs more than the price of the servicing.

Ok, that got me a little suspicious about the whole thing but everything looked fine to me. The engine oil looked new and wasn't any recycled kind (not that I could tell anyway) and the oil filter also came out from a new packaging. So I didn't really think too much about it. I mean, maybe the guy bought his stuff in bulk and was doing charity work by offering cheap servicing jobs.

Well, after the servicing, the car felt fine for a few days and then it started acting up. It was constantly choking and stalling and I decided to take it to my regular mechanic and get it tuned up, which was what I thought the problem was.

But when I went to pick my car up, my mechanic said that I shouldn't have taken the cheap offer cos the engine oil he used clogged up my engine and was the main culprit for the whole problem.

So he had to re-service my car, flush the engine, change the oil filter and a few more other things just to clear up some unscrupulous mechanics work. Not to mention a big waste of money! My regular mechanic is one of the most honest mechanics around but he's also not the cheapest which is why I don't always send my car to him.

But I've learned my lesson, pay a little bit more is better to going to some cheap no good workshop and getting fleeced. I'm going to go over there tomorrow, take picture of the work shop and post it here so you guys can stay away from that place! I'm always up to exposing cheats!

At least the car is running fine again. In fact I think it's running even better than I've heard it in a long time. I guess from today, I'll be sending my car to this mechanic I can trust. It might cost me a little more than other shops, but at least he's good at what he does and most importantly he's a trustworthy mechanic. This is one mechanic I would gladly recommend to everyone!
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