Gaurav

That's why I asked him to check his owner manual to be sure.

Verbally yes its more than enough to gauge mechanic's honesty and shaking them enough to do a proper job. It works majority of the time. Fake or greedy mechanic will simply not take up your job and you will end up running 4-5 garages for the finding the real NEO. Also dont trust your most trusted garage so easily, as businesses here have tendency to impress you first with 50 dhs job and then on second or third billing hitting the jackpot for thousands.

Read the owner manual and find out after how many kms coolant change (not flush) is recommended. I think it's 160K Kms. This 40k must be "INSPECTION" only that someone is telling you to flush or change......! Do you have any heat gauge moving up and down in traffic? Or any other engine overheating sign? Who has suggested you for flush and why? This depends on KMS more than on year tbh. 2 Year rule is not really required if its not an offroad car. Toyota recommend change after 120 - 160K kms, Chevrolet - 240K Kms, MB - 190K

That's your call completely, but if Future tyre can spot a loose nut in one lift then previous guy should have also pointed before 1700 dhs spend. I agree it may not be greed but simple take it for granted attitude or too busy for proper diagnose, because if they knew that loose nut can bring some relief, they would have tighten it too to gain at least half a feather on their cap. Whatever the case it maybe, your 1700 gone, now how you convince yourself, its all in your mind. Now table can turn INSTANTLY if you would have push them back with guarantee and then they will lift the car, lick the car and smell every corner for the real culprit.

That's why I said Guarantee works every time: If you are greedy - I will go some where else. If you are busy - you will find a time do the perfect job. If you are stupid - you will consult the head technician or your capable mechanic friend. If you are learning - you will do enough research. If you are genuine - you will come back with "educated guess work", that I can accept. Mechanic job in my eyes as an end user is 70% giving you the right diagnose and 30% changing parts. Only 10% exceptions are there for tricky, non traceable problems. Other 90% are repeatable jobs as we aren't driving NASA mars rover on road. Any "GENUINE" and "HONEST" mechanic can do 30 mins research in proper fault finding or buy 10-20 USD workshop manual to learn to do the perfect job than breaking 5 parts to fix one - off course very old cars are exception here.

Totally Agree, but sadly fake and greedy mechanic love to hide behind this "Nobody's perfect" theme and spoil the name for 20% genuinely good mechanics that fails on occasional attempt due to tricky scenarios. If you are failing 1 or 2 out of 10 times, you are still considered good. If you fail 8 out of 10 times then either you are fake or greedy and need to learn your profession from foundation again. I ain't put my time and money for such people, charge me 50% extra but fix it in first time and that 50% extra labor will save me tons of hassle, time and unwanted parts cost. We go to mechanics considering they are professional and "should" know what they are doing. If they also do the guesswork and pull the trigger in dark, then whats the point. I even encountered a mechanic told me that one of my car engine cylinder is gone bad and he need to change that one cylinder. I was looking at him on his face and told him: This car doesn't have LPG cylinder. Then there is dealership scare for brake drum change. How critical are they to be changed in this service. Sir, its very critical and if you dont change them now they will break in two pieces on the very next hard braking you might do. You don't want to break them at SZR on 120 and loose control and damage your car and end up on a hospital bed. I was like, please change it NOW. Later I googled and found OEM thickness was 6MM and mine was at 5MM and I could have drove that for next 1 year easy as 4MM was change time and 3MM is the threshold. How will you trust these guys again......? Another dude quoted me 2000 dhs for wobbling Discovery and then after 1 day of research on car forum, I bought an original Land Rover drive shaft U-Joint for 35 dhs and labor for 50 dhs and car was perfect without any wobble. And that was a Land Rover Specialist. Im more scared from specialist now as they know all the in and out of all the known problems but love misguiding the customer for endless repair bills. I can go whole day with my horror stories and how some people spoil the name of others that ends up spoiling the name for everyone.

Thanks Asif bhai for wonderful goo gone idea. Below video even shows home made goo gone kind of paste to remove glue or salik stickers. I remember salik sticker removal is also a nightmare due to super weird position people put it and then you keep hitting your head on windshield while removing it.

Sorry my bad.

Not a good sign and not worth prolonging at all, also change shocks in pair - both sides.

It is available on some selected tires and there sizes. There is no fix shop for such case. Like last time @Srikumar went to buy Geolander and ended with white lettering one. Find a tire size and the research on which size the while lettering comes and then find that size.

Sorry to say but just don't be too happy with Furure tyres even, as they getting good reviews they started hiking price with tremendous decrease in service. Last time I went there, waited for 1 hour for 15 min job and presented with 4X pricing. And that place has become total chaos now to get one small job done. Is that Ayub, is he back in business...?

Read this when you are free

Good if you are happy and convinced. I have received 3K quote for cyl. missing with a 250 diagnostic cost from 30 year "SPECIALIST" car clinic in Dubai. Will you provide a guarantee - NO = Run away. I'm not saying all are greedy, most are and others are simply stupid, non technical, careless, lazy, ignorant, too busy and list can go endless to spoil our hard earned money in the end with a sorry or blank face with a shoulder shrug.

Then get the petrol and brake fluid on Friday and show me how to do it, lol

With inside the car temp in afternoon hitting close to 60-70 degrees, do we really need a heatgun, but I need to dare myself for sauna in July.

And this time 30 minutes means 30 minutes in advance, if he is late then we cant do the briefing holding everyone else and he might have to come back next week. Remember @Roshan Abraham briefing held all 6 cars, not good for people who were on time.

Should I use the Gillette shaving foam as well?

OUCH. Haven't you asked for a guarantee if their suggested repair will fix the tok sound...? That's my first question to run away from 80% fake or greedy mechanics here.

I went to Promate site to find this product and spotted that this comes with 24 months warranty. Sent a message with receipt and got a call back in 30 mins that we will replace it after receiving the failed product. Very impressive with there customer service, will keep everyone posted on the progress. Appreciate if someone can advise how to clean this glue from the car glass?

Glue was there already and I just peel off the sticker and installed. I haven't seen much the glue based suction holder but thought it maybe needed to make it strong, which actually it did. Maybe promate need to use UAE weather proof glue to market such products here.

After trying several phone holders with suction grip, I wanted to order the best and bought the Promate Dashboard Mount. It lasted for few months with very strong grip for offroad bumps, but died in summer heat. Any clue how to remove glue from the car glass and clear the windscreen from this nasty mess. Promate Dashboard Mount, Universal Windshield or Dashboard Magnetic Car Mount Holder with 360 Degree Rotation, Flexible Gooseneck, Anti-Slip Grip and Secure Holder for iPhone, Samsung, MagMount-4 Red

You can remove super glue from hands very easily with nail filer. Scrub it gently once it is fully dried and it will flake off or powder in few seconds.