Posted: 11.12.25
This young man (Blake ) is starting a new auto repair business while also still working nights elsewhere. I think he's capable, although he never actually did any work for me other than read the codes and ALMOST started doing a job for me. The problem like many mechanics who sometimes start to feel sorry for themselves is that he thinks that by engaging with me he did some work for me and apparently thought I should give him a little money for talking to me & putting my car up on the lift.
I actually liked his personality & gumption at first, even though he was late for our first appointment (he said he forgot he had a doctor's appointment) . I didn't make a big deal out of out of this but after the second blow- up I'm writing this down because he started becoming accusatory towards me.
I love to help out young new mechanics who are earnest and striving to build an honest business. In fact I was actually thinking he might be the person I would go to to either do my transmission or a transmission related job - both profitable jobs.
But we weren't to that point yet. I was still diagnosing the issues. He jumped to the conclusion that I should try a new air mass air flow sensor. And against my better judgment I trusted his assessment.
Turns out I DON'T need a new air flow sensor because it's actually a fuse- related issue. I was getting a airflow code but it didn't mean the MAF was bad .
Then this young man actually had the audacity to rebuke me for buying an AC Delco mass air flow sensor online without knowing if it was actually authentic ACDelco. It was ! Sometimes you have to trust.
But it didn't matter because that wasn't the issue. Yet by this time the young man was feeling sorry for himself that I didn't give him a few bucks for reading the codes again. And probably a little grouchy from lack of sleep.
I was hoping the second time to dig a little deeper and if he did, then for sure I'd pay him a fair price 💰. I pay all my bills!
Then he lost his temper. He even mocked my vehicle each time sarcastically saying "You think this runs well?" Is that how you treat a customer ? .
And actually, yes it does run well, I told him twice. I actually drove it to Washington DC twice this year. And back to California. And also all the way up to Northern Washington -the Canadian border- and back to California.
The only thing you have to do is touch the gas when you're starting it. That's not the end of the world for me. that's not a big hardship. But I wanted to diagnose the issues so they don't get worse.
He may have some issues of supremacy as well I'm not sure . Then I look over at his little red car and it's nothing to brag about. So I'm not sure what's going on with this guy.
I think he knows his stuff in general but he may be elitist about being a perfectionist which actually can sometimes mean throwing a lot of money away.
I wish him well. I hope he doesn't get too temperamental, or he's going to lose customers before he even gets them.Helpful tip: If you do the little things without demanding money, you'll get the big things for a lot of money later.
I'm not a perfect person either of course but I am a Christian and I do strive to do better and be better everyday and I did lose my cool after he last out at me and so I said a few words towards him and I repent to my God for anything I said that was uncalled for.
And I invite young Blake to accept Jesus Christ ✝️ as his Lord and Savior if he hasn't done so. Or if he has- if he does know Jesus then I encourage him to grow in faith and in his attitude and treatment of others when he's not in a good mood. If he doesn't know Jesus or grow in Jesus, he's got a long life to live -it's not going to be very happy.
