The Dirty Secrets of Your TradeSo, Television is a hot bed of lies, deceit and made up competitions. We can't say that we are that surprised... every job is full of this stuff. It's not like the newspapers currently kicking TV whilst it is down are all that innocent.
We'd like you to even things out a bit. Spill the beans on your own trade. Tell us the dirty secrets that the public need to know.
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chthonic, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:31)
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AA Service GarageA few years back, I worked briefly in a AA Service garage that was joined to a Halfords store.
I was only a customer adviser, and not a qualified mechanic, so was not permitted to do any work on cars, but this didnt stop them from showing me how to change tyres. It was easy, and working the wheel balance machine was a doddle. The only problem was french cars with french alloy wheels. They didnt have a hole in the middle and thus didnt fit on the spindle of the wheel balance machine - unless you dimantled it and fitted the accessory for french alloy wheels.
I was shown how to do this: Too much fucking effort! Just pick up the wheel after the new tyre is fitted, and hold up to the light, and wiggle it, then point randomly at 2 or 3 places on the rim and stick on a random sized weight.
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turb0t, Wed 3 Oct 2007, 19:31,
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