Meganbear
Toronto, Canada
Today, I brought my car into the shop because it kept picking up speed on its own and I was panicking. A mere $200 later, it turns out I didn’t put my car mat in right and it was sitting on my gas pedal. FML
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RichardPencil 32
You’re lucky you live in nice, polite Canada where the Idiot Fee is only $200. Here in the US, they’d have soaked you for thousands!
LAUGHINGKOMODO 25
Look, even if you know nothing about cars, I still don't understand how you wouldn't want to take a look yourself to see if anything wierd is where the pedals are.
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RichardPencil 32
You’re lucky you live in nice, polite Canada where the Idiot Fee is only $200. Here in the US, they’d have soaked you for thousands!
Lobby_Bee 18
Why would it cost you so much? The first few things a mechanic would check is the gas pedal and the throttle body. He would of spot the problem within minutes and if he charges you 200 bucks for that, you need a new shop.
TCRII 30
I used to be a car dealer and 99.99% of all unintended acceleration incidents are caused by this or misapplication of pedals (stepping on gas when you meant to step on the brake).
LAUGHINGKOMODO 25
Look, even if you know nothing about cars, I still don't understand how you wouldn't want to take a look yourself to see if anything wierd is where the pedals are.
Davros 12
$200? Did they install floor mats with cruise control or what?
interesting33 37
wow! that sucks. but good you got it checked out when you noticed something was wrong!
azisles02 17
This is a $200 lesson in learning to check for simple things before taking to the shop g learning now to use floor mats.
withered 30
I can't even imagine a scenario where this would happen. You didn't notice the mat when you put it in, when you got in/out of the car and didn't notice anything when you put your leg on pedal? You didn't even stop and glance at the pedals when they "weren't working properly"? Or was the mat twisted a bit and that part pushed pedal down and it was harder to notice?