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xkcd #3163: Repair Video

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The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3163/

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I sat hunched under my elderly mother's car, video running on the phone in one hand, showing how to remove a ridiculously complicated headlamp cover, just to replace a busted headlight. Hand scraped and bleeding, but it got done. Would have NEVER figured it out otherwise.

Thanks that one YouTuber.

[–] Helluh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mechanic youtubers are honest to god heroes.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Straight to heaven

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

It's like some automotive designers have never considered the concept of car maintenance. The new beetle when they came out either needed a battery removed or the inner-fender moved to get to the headlight on one side.

The on the contrary, I had a 2011 honda pilot that had a door in the fenderwell so you could get to the upstream o2 sensor