# Lets hear the Jiffy Lube (or some place similar) horror stories **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 4, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011 "2007-12-04T06:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Misfit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misfit/32/3358_2.png) [@Misfit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Misfit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/21 "2007-12-05T15:03:50Z")
since june. and ryan no none are. its the actual managers fault and the person who caused it. most of the time im in the pit. hell the other day we had a mustang come in for an oil change. car left without anyone adding oil. he gets 5 or 10 mins down the road and starts to notice his car is making a very loud noise. he comes back. no oil at all was in the car. best part is i wasnt even workin that day! ---
**Author:** ![Misfit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misfit/32/3358_2.png) [@Misfit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Misfit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/22 "2007-12-05T15:06:05Z")
since i have worked there none of my work has failed other than we had a a4 come into work with only 3 skid plate bolts left. but somehow the customer was never told nor was a note of it made so sure enough they come back after hittin something on the botom of their car and loseing the skidplate. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/23 "2007-12-05T17:04:14Z")
Each and every time I pass a jiffy lube, grease monkey etc. No cars are ever inside and the workers are outside smoking. Does not suprise me that they have tricks to get their quotas ---
**Author:** ![GreekPower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@GreekPower](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GreekPower)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/24 "2007-12-05T17:14:33Z")
> [@Does anyone know Blk99Extreme?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-anyone-know-blk99extreme/33618/21): > > since june. > > and ryan no none are. its the actual managers fault and the person who caused it. most of the time im in the pit. > > hell the other day we had a mustang come in for an oil change. car left without anyone adding oil. he gets 5 or 10 mins down the road and starts to notice his car is making a very loud noise. he comes back. no oil at all was in the car. > > best part is i wasnt even workin that day! seriously what happens then? you guys buy him a new engine? I’ve always wondered how thats worked. ---
**Author:** ![Converted2LSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/converted2lsx/32/5962_2.png) [@Converted2LSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Converted2LSX)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/25 "2007-12-05T17:16:35Z")
I worked at one for 3yrs haha oh man the stories I could tell ---
**Author:** ![Misfit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misfit/32/3358_2.png) [@Misfit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Misfit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/26 "2007-12-05T20:22:09Z")
> [@GreekPower"](#): > > seriously what happens then? you guys buy him a new engine? I’ve always wondered how thats worked. nah just throw in heavy oil and hope they never come back ---
**Author:** ![ssdragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@ssdragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ssdragon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/27 "2007-12-06T10:11:25Z")
> [@um did that nissan patrol just beat ur vette/murc?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/um-did-that-nissan-patrol-just-beat-ur-vette-murc/33750/4): > > I worked at one for 3yrs haha > > oh man the stories I could tell come on with em lol ---
**Author:** ![Laura00WS6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/laura00ws6/32/6017_2.png) [@Laura00WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Laura00WS6)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/28 "2007-12-06T12:52:17Z")
> [@Does anyone know Blk99Extreme?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-anyone-know-blk99extreme/33618/21): > > since june. ok guessing you dont know anyone that was there from last year? buddy of mine was the manager there before ---
**Author:** ![Neosmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@Neosmurf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neosmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/29 "2007-12-06T14:17:27Z")
The Pennzoil place up in Butler on Rt. 8 does an actual good job, they make sure and show you they filled it and check every other fluid and show you. Monroe in Butler welded up an old exhaust, took him about 30 minutes, charged me 10 bucks and slipped it in his own pocket. Some crazy looking mechanic. But the one time I took my five-speed Cavalier to Walmart for an oil change, and some derelict puts me in the computer then hops in the car, and I sit and watch, and he pops the clutch and almost slams into the door. He parks it and gets someone else to inch it in. Midas tried to screw me last year with inspection, wouldnt pass me for a tensioner pulley, even though mine was intact and working, they said it was loose, were trying to charge me 350 for the part plus 4 hours labor. Wouldnt pass because a ding in the windshield that was there for at least 3 other inspections, and finally claimed I had 3 inches of water in my taillight and wanted 45 dollars to poke 3 holes in the bottom to drain it. Yeah, forget Midas. Then Sears I had a big credit card dispute with, and ending up losing because Citibank are retards. Took my Impreza there for a wheel bearing, initial estimate 131 with labor and all. Sweet I thought. Then the mechanic tells me the bolt is froze but they are going to try and save my trailing arms and blah blah blah, I tell him do whatever it takes. Comes out and says he saved me all the extra stuff but I need press ins for the wheel bearing, another 35, not bad. Took it up to like 190 with labor. Then I needed an alignment which was another 65. The one counter lady shows me the bill which was like 250ish, and I am getting ready to pay. The manager comes out and whispers but loud enough I hear, “add another 250 to his bill for labor.” When seeing that, I flipped out, and said I wouldnt sign it because what he did was illegal, and all that. He claims its legal because it was a tough job and he had 3 guys working on it so thats why my labor went up so much. The one counter lady agreed with me but wouldnt speak up and another counter kid didnt understand the problem with it. Yeah so there are my horror stories. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/30 "2007-12-06T16:01:14Z")
Oil Change Oil Change instructions for Women: 1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change. 2. Drink a cup of coffee. 3. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a supposedly maintained vehicle. Money spent: Oil Change $20.00 Coffee $1.00 Total $21.00 ================================================== ======== Oil Change instructions for Men: 1. Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00. 2. Stop by the store and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive home. 3. Open a beer and drink it. 4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands. 5. Find jack stands under kid’s pedal car. 6. In frustration, open another beer and drink it. 7. Place drain pan under engine. Look for 9/16 box end wrench. 8. Give up and use crescent wrench. 9. Unscrew drain plug. 10. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss. 11. Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil. 12. Have another beer while watching oil drain. 13. Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench. 14. Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off. 15. Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer. 16. Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener. 1 Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change."Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it back to the auto parts store to recycle. 17. Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18. 18. Beer? No, drank it all yesterday. 19. Walk to store to buy beer. 20. Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface. 21. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine. 22. Remember drain plug from step 11. 23. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan. 24. Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along with drain plug. 25. Drink beer. 2 Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug.? Re-shovel oily dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower gas. 26. Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill. 27. Drink beer. 28. Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes.? Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame. 29. Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31. 30. Begin cussing fit. 31. Throw stupid crescent wrench. 32. Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy. 33. Beer. 34. Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required t o stop blood flow. 3 Beer. 35. Beer. 36. Dump in five fresh quarts of oil. 37. Beer. 38. Lower car from jack stands. 39. Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil. 40. Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43. 41. Beer. 42. Test drive car. 43. Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence. 4 Car gets impounded. 44. Call loving wife, make bail. 45. 12 hours later, get car from impound yard. Money spent: Parts $50.00 DUI $2500.00 Impound fee $75.00 Bail $1500.00 Beer $40.00 Total - - $4,165.00 **But you know the job was done right!** ---
**Author:** ![Neosmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@Neosmurf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neosmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/31 "2007-12-06T16:08:27Z")
Speaking of oil changes. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/32 "2007-12-06T16:10:53Z")
🤣 i posted that awile back. The best part the other dude gives the safe hand gesture 🤣🤣🤣🤣 another good reason to not take directions from someone 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Laura00WS6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/laura00ws6/32/6017_2.png) [@Laura00WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Laura00WS6)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/33 "2007-12-06T18:59:07Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/1293): > > Oil Change > > Oil Change instructions for Women: > > 1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the > last oil change. > 2. Drink a cup of coffee. > 3. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a supposedly maintained > vehicle. > > Money spent: > Oil Change $20.00 > Coffee $1.00 > Total $21.00 ================================================== ======== > > Oil Change instructions for Men: > > 1. Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, > filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for > $50.00. > 2. Stop by the store and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20, drive > home. > 3. Open a beer and drink it. > 4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands. > 5. Find jack stands under kid’s pedal car. > 6. In frustration, open another beer and drink it. > 7. Place drain pan under engine. > Look for 9/16 box end wrench. > 8. Give up and use crescent wrench. > 9. Unscrew drain plug. > 10. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. > Cuss. > 11. Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw > kitty litter on spilled oil. > 12. Have another beer while watching oil drain. > 13. Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench. > 14. Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter > and twist off. > 15. Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil > everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash > can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer. > 16. Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. > Decide to finish oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage > door opener. > 1 Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change."Drag > pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole > in back yard instead of taking it back to the auto parts store to recycle. > 17. Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18. > 18. Beer? No, drank it all yesterday. > 19. Walk to store to buy beer. > 20. Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to > gasket surface. > 21. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine. > 22. Remember drain plug from step 11. > 23. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan. > 24. Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, > along with drain plug. > 25. Drink beer. > 2 Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug.? Re-shovel oily > dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily > patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in > lawnmower gas. > 26. Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw > kitty litter on oil spill. > 27. Drink beer. > 28. Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes.? Wipe eyes with oily > rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench > tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame. > 29. Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31. > 30. Begin cussing fit. > 31. Throw stupid crescent wrench. > 32. Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit bowling trophy. > 33. Beer. > 34. Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required t o stop blood > flow. > 3 Beer. > 35. Beer. > 36. Dump in five fresh quarts of oil. > 37. Beer. > 38. Lower car from jack stands. > 39. Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil. > 40. Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during > steps 23 - 43. > 41. Beer. > 42. Test drive car. > 43. Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence. > 4 Car gets impounded. > 44. Call loving wife, make bail. > 45. 12 hours later, get car from impound yard. > > Money spent: > > Parts $50.00 > DUI $2500.00 > Impound fee $75.00 > Bail $1500.00 > Beer $40.00 > Total - - $4,165.00 > > **But you know the job was done right!** hahaha one thing though…jiffy lubes oil change is alot more than 20 bucks…but the coffee is free ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/34 "2007-12-06T19:49:16Z")
remember, these are the guys that can’t get jobs doing real automotive work. there’s no motivation to do a good job, how could you possibly move up in the business? yeah that’s who I want working on my car, wtf? ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/35 "2007-12-06T20:33:13Z")
have to start somewhere ---
**Author:** ![Misfit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misfit/32/3358_2.png) [@Misfit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Misfit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/36 "2007-12-08T18:24:31Z")
> [@3rd '07 Track Day - September 14th!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3rd-07-track-day-september-14th/33538/67): > > hahaha one thing though…jiffy lubes oil change is alot more than 20 bucks…but the coffee is free ha they start at 36.99+ tax. so who was the manager you knew. and what one did you work at? ---
**Author:** ![Laura00WS6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/laura00ws6/32/6017_2.png) [@Laura00WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Laura00WS6)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/37 "2007-12-09T10:52:53Z")
same one as you. his names talin. he was there about a year ago ---
**Author:** ![Misfit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misfit/32/3358_2.png) [@Misfit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Misfit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/38 "2007-12-10T13:08:09Z")
ha you worked at 1446(mcmurrary)? ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/39 "2007-12-10T13:41:51Z")
Well not necesssarily an oil change related story but I worked with some real winners at NTB. I can’t remember the guys name, but maybe REDRAMAIR will… This guy was terrible - usually drank back in the warehouse and then worked on people’s wheels. The first time I remember he either didn’t tighten the lugs, or totally forgot them… but the guy made it about 300 yards out of the parking lot before he was watching his wheel roll past. It crossed 3 lanes of traffic, hopped a guard rail, went down a really steep hill and landed in a King’s parking lot up against a light pole. This was not his first incident (first since I worked with him though) and not his last. NTB basically bought that guy a new front suspension… The next time that I don’t know exactly what came of it - but he was working on a neon and had changed all the tires. He was finishing up and just about to put the car down. He lowers the lift (one built into the floor that lifts small cars up from the bottom) and SNAP, SNAP, SNAP, SNAPSNAP, SNAP! He did not put any of the lugs on, only had put the wheels up on the studs. As he set it down, many of the studs snapped off. The one wheel went under the car, and he sat the car down on it causing rocker damage and wheel damage. He was flipping out and I was the only person in the garage - he looked around and saw me and goes “Dude, you gotta help me fix this real quick! I don’t want anyone to know I fucked up again!” I laughed and said sorry pal, not my fault and walked into the office and told my manager he may want to do a shop check real quick. Never saw that guy again thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![Laura00WS6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/laura00ws6/32/6017_2.png) [@Laura00WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Laura00WS6)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011/40 "2007-12-10T14:04:44Z")
> [@Toyota Dealer Service Dept Rip-Off](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/toyota-dealer-service-dept-rip-off/33818/20): > > ha you worked at 1446(mcmurrary)? no i was saying the person i know worked there. i worked at the greentree store [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-hear-the-jiffy-lube-or-some-place-similar-horror-stories/194011.md?page=3)