A Directory of Bad Mechanics and Garages


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Everyone who owns a car has had to face some problem every now and then.

We take our car, which we treat like a member of our family to the mechanic with high hope to get it back to it full glory, but alas not all mechanics share our passion.

Some will give you vague explanations of the problem and try to extort as much money as they can by giving you a list of usual suspect problems.

Some will a scratch your car your most prized possession whilst making repairs and claim no responsibility later.

Some through their shoddy workmanship will make sure it will start falling apart one piece at a time from the moment you start driving.

Some will claim the car is too old or say the build quality of the car is bad and they can't do anything but won't stop short of presenting you with the biggest bill.

Its time we started exposing these fleecers,quacks who target car lovers all over our country and who have claimed the lives of so many of our beloved cars.

I ask each and every member to fill out this form so we have a database of all such people and can avoid them at all costs.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/153AFClP2XsFXXQ6klb2JIlootYyNlV8QO5xK-n2v_0A/viewform
 
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Re: A directory of bad mechanics and garages.

The data received will them be compiled and posted on the forum so that everyone can stay away from these garages.

Everyone please take some time to provide the proper details.This will be helpful to all the members on our forum.
 
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Instead of compiling the data and then posting on the forum, is there a link from Google docs where one can view the data already added till date on an ongoing basis while more people continue to add data. Does one need a google account logged in to add the reviews & information ?

Also instead of labelling the thread/doc as "A Directory of Bad Mechanics and Garages", I would rather call it both Good & Bad! because while we want to stay away from the bad ones definitely we also want to know which ones are the good guys in various cities so we can use them!
 
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The thing is that the database will be evolving and managing it will be a problem as well.That is why created just one bad garage directory now.

I am trying to find a way to make the data available in real time.If anyone knows how to, they are more than welcome to help.

The good garage directory will follow as soon as we can get the first directory online.
 

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