I know this is sort of a grey area.. what do you all suggest about tipping an auto mechanic? I would never tip a dealership mechanic, but in my case, it's a local tuning shop.

 

if my car looks and runs good, they were nice, and if i knew the guy i give em like 10-20$ to keep

 

what did he give you a happy ending or something? i see no reason to tip unless they are giving you deals or maybe rushing to meet a difficult deadline but even then i dont think i would

 

exactly.. ^ +1

 

I always tip, that way he usually does my car before other peoples.

 

I've never thought about it but I'd probably go with no, if I knew the guy, maybe then I'd buy him some beer or something (when I'm of age of course), but if it's just some mechanic, I'm not sure if you can really tip him unless it was a situation like jeff described (and not the happy ending one)

 

I usually look at the job the mechanic has done and either or not I am satsified with the job.

If the mechanic does the job with caution and respect the car and I would reward him for what he had done. If it's the other way around, I would just leave and probably never come back (it never happened yet, knock on wood it will not happen).

 

Tip a mechanic? Only if there was a special deal on parts or he got the car before expected? Then maybe ide slip him a $20.

 

my mechanic charges 89$ an hour, right now my car is in the shop for 21 hours and a thousand dollars worth of parts...

there is no fu,king way i could afford eating out, let alone tipping the people who are bending me over the side of my car...

no tip for the mechanic!

when I have welding work done, I do usually leave a tip, but he does work for free sometimes, so it all evens out

 

This is how I feel, and I'm a mechanic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwqtaKRS3IE