Cars are one thing that many of us have to have in order to navigate our daily lives as workers, commuters, and in some urban sprawls it’s pretty impossible to get around without one. However, while many of us probably own or lease a car, the majority of car owners probably couldn’t tell a spark plug from a carburetor. Some mechanics want to take advantage of this lack of knowledge and will even hide it from you so you don’t understand what repairs they’re doing or why they’re charging you so much money. Here is our list of secrets mechanics don’t want you to know!

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16 How Your Car Works
Maintaining a knowledge of how your car works will actually help you understand what’s going wrong with it when it comes time to bring in your car for a repair. This will help you understand when a mechanic may be trying to upsell you or give you wrong information. This way you know you exactly what repairs you need instead of wasting money replacing other parts of the car that are still in perfect working condition.

15 Bring your Car in on Monday
Like many of us, mechanics have a workflow throughout the week. Some mechanics admit that if they have to solve a problem near the end of the week, they may rush to get it done so that they can be worry-free on the weekend. If possible, try to wait to bring your car into a garage by Monday so that a mechanic has more time to fix your car without wanting to rush the project before his weekend.

14 Toothpaste Headlight Buff
Instead of paying full price for a buffing wax made specifically for car headlights, you can get away with using simple toothpaste you already have in your bathroom. With a clean toothbrush you don’t mind sacrificing to the cause, a bit of elbow grease, and toothpaste you can buff away that foggy glaze that begins to mark up headlights over time. Using furniture polish or car wax can also help keep them clean once you get rid of the fogginess.

13 Actual Prices for Parts
Garages that supply their own parts often make a fraction of the sales price, so they may artificially inflate how much they charge you in order to make a bigger profit. With some resources and shopping online at reputable sources, you can often find genuine parts for cheaper. Make sure to ask a mechanic if they will do maintenance repairs with parts you supply in order to save the most money.

12 How Long Repairs Actually Take
There are guides out there that give a general time frame to mechanics for how long repairs will take, specific to each problem and each car that comes in. Many of these mechanics will use this listed time to calculate a flat charge rate for their services. While these times sometimes result in a cheaper price for the customer, they can also mean the opposite. An experienced mechanic may finish the repair much faster than the usual time frame, meaning they get paid for more hours than they actually work for.

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