Mechanic Sues Grandpa for FIXING Cars for FREE...So Grandpa DESTROYS his Business
Am I the Jerk?
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🗓️ 3 September 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Mechanics sues grandpa for fixing cars for free and gets schooled when grandpa turns hobby into |
| 0:06.8 | thriving pay what you can auto repair business. Here's what happened. Subscribe to Ami the jerk on |
| 0:12.9 | YouTube and hit the bell for notifications. My grandpa was a successful man and in his mid-60s he |
| 0:19.2 | decided he wanted to take a step back so he started selling off his businesses. He sold his various |
| 0:24.8 | businesses and spent the next few years traveling. As he approached 70 he got bored in addition to |
| 0:31.2 | a few new grandchildren so he needed a bigger house. He sold the old home that he had bought after |
| 0:36.7 | he got back from Vietnam and bought this massive house on this large piece of land. This property |
| 0:42.5 | also came with a massive steel barn. Not sure if he ever told anyone about his plans but right after |
| 0:48.5 | he got the property he dumped a ton of money into tools and equipment and converted his barn into a |
| 0:54.2 | mechanics dream. Here's just a couple things I remember him having. He had a professional lift |
| 0:59.6 | capable of lifting full-size trucks. He had those professional oil catchers you see at quick loops. |
| 1:05.2 | He had a dedicated air compressor system that was designed to power all his power tools. |
| 1:10.0 | He had a tire machine to mount new tires. He had so much equipment. His tool corner was a massive |
| 1:16.1 | corner of this barn. His plan to fix cars especially for people in need. He lived in a rural community |
| 1:23.0 | if you didn't have a car that was a big problem. So he let everyone know at his local church |
| 1:28.5 | that he was willing to work on their cars if they provided the parts. He only took a few jobs |
| 1:33.2 | a week. He was doing this to enjoy himself and helped those that needed it. He'd of course do |
| 1:38.1 | oil changes, change the transmission fluid and all kinds of various repairs. My grandpa was a |
| 1:44.2 | talented mechanic. However, he kept the amount of work limited. He was also selective. If you were |
| 1:50.0 | in need, he'd want to fix your cars. If you had the means to pay, he'd decline and ask you to |
| 1:55.3 | go elsewhere. One day, the owner of a local car dealership came by and told my grandpa he needed |
| 2:01.0 | to stop fixing other people's cars because he wasn't properly licensed, didn't have the proper |
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