Jonny obviously commands respect because he is knowledgeable, patient, willing to jump in to help at any level (including answering phones), and has a positive personality to go with all those great characteristics. Can Ninja videos are a pleasure to watch.
Takes a huge amount of knowledge, skill and hard work to run a busy shop like this delivering high quality work. Kudos Johnny! If only all mechanics were like this.
And lastly, I am very impressed with your demeanor and how even tempered you are; doing your own work, supervising, helping employees, huge fuel dump on a hot Kansas day, dealing with customers, you manage to maintain a level of chill that is well beyond my thresholds. As others before have seen, your level/depth of patience is amazing.
I was at my local mechanic recently and watching I realized how hard of a job it is to run a shop. part technician, part teacher, part therapist, part logistics.
When you're important & skilled in what you do, everyone needs your instructions/directions. That's why you are who you are. The great car Doctor! Ahhh NINJAI! you're talents are showing my friend! Please keep the videos coming. Greetings from an Okd Jarhead in WNC.
Great to see troubleshooting in action (I work in software engineering and see similar approaches to problems - a lot of it is down to attitude, patience). Kudos to the video producer here - like the documentary format of this channel.
Jonny seems legit awesome to work for. Clearly respects employees ( same as my work. My boss always please and thank yous. not rude patient and always happy to help you )
Im hooked on the Car Ninja. Its a pleasure to watch Johnny working out problems coupled with his focus and attention when dealing with issues. It would be nice to see him work a bit safer and wear proper PPE when working with his hands. Those chemicals getting on his skin is not healthy. Its the long term effects that may harm. Other than that he is very methodical and has a great work ethic. ( something see very little of these days) Love the channel as I have a e90 330xi and a 128i
Jonny you where born to be the Ninja:. You are certianly a master at your craft and keeping your customers happy. Plus, the youngsters have someone to ask when they got questions..
Its exhausting watching you man! I admire people such as yourself that just have such a massive wealth of knowledge, and the patience to diagnose and fix this stuff. You deserve every penny.
Have a small make up brush stock in my passenger seat latch on my CL55 back in the day and message on the dash wouldn’t clear until I found it and took it out.
When you said never again and then here I am again made me think of a recent job I did replacing a blend door actuator on a 2003 GMC Sierra. I said never again then had to do it again ha ha!
8+ hours on your feet; supervising rookie techs; trying to keep your train of thought on what you're working on; answering phones (probably during your lunchbreak); finding parts on the ordering system. By 5pm I guess you are mentally exhausted, and physically tired. At least re-chargeable hand tools probably lessen the need for noisy air tools, and save you from RSI's. Well done Johnny - this was a great video. Do another one like this soon please !
Mistakes are the best way to learn. As long as my apprentices never made mistakes due to lack of care then I wouldn’t get mad at them. I’m glad they had the experience that will make them been more thorough in the future.
If I ever move to Kansas Jonny and I would become very close 2011 MB S550 2011 MB GL550 2004 BMW 645 Convertible I'm curious to know if the shop prices are similar to NYC and NJ
The only private shop i ever worked at had a very similar vibe to yours. All german, boss that looked like u, a cute lady working upfront. Made me have so much dejavu watching this video. Keep up the great mechanic work ninja 🥷
this is what my brothers workday looks like in the Truck shop. his main thing is electrical work but after working there for 10+ years he has his hand in pretty much everything.
I spent 6 hours in a german shop one day i saw first hand how complicated a mechanics day can be from constant interruptions phone calls estimates sourcing the correct parts trying to keep all customers time windows consistent and accurate it is bustling like many other jobs 😄
Does your shop ever get slow? 😂 I got 20 plus years working on cars, mostly Asian. After watching your channel I'm thinking of working on euro stuff. Your shop if fully full. I need to open my own shop. Honesty is the best policy. Customers will return, as long as you tell them straight up and give them there options. Vehicles these days are complex, it's better to specialize in one region of vehicle companies then try to work on everything. So glad your living life and working hard, makes me more motivated to open my own shop. Thanks for the videos 😊
Troubleshooting, internal and external customer service. Just a few of the similarities between working in a vehicle shop and an IT shop. The fun never ends.
I like Jonny's videos where he starts and finishes the job, but seeing what goes on in his 'normal' day is also extremely entertaining. I would like to see more like this, however the only improvement I suggest is where he gets involved in another job with his guys, if he can explain the problem on that vehicle to cause him to be involved. It loses some continuity otherwise. Keep up the good work team.
I wish the independent shop near me (Howland Autohaus) was open on Saturdays. They are 8-5 M-F. That'd be fine if they weren't 35 miles west. I'm in the sweet spot between dealers or indie shops. Germain Mercedes is 72 miles away, Crown Mercedes 90 miles and Astorg Motor Cars is 100 miles. I guess I'm doing some of my own maintenance.
Car Wizard: "If the book rate for a job is 8 hrs but I can do it in four, I am still going to charge you for eight because I have to make a living." Jonny: "I am going to show you my entire eight hour day in seventeen minutes." Welcome Mason! Wow! A cameo from Sophia! I am in LOVE! Somebody tried to cheap out on that Mercedes with a $50 battery and that Mercedes wasn't having it. Come on, MB owner. Treat that Mercedes like a Mercedes or get a Honda or a Toyota you can afford. Name brand batteries are not THAT expensive.
Let's be clear Car Wizard is an average mechanic, period. He, and his shop, have been propped up by Tyler Hoover's popularity and that's fine. It's entertainment. But here is a fact...several reputable shops in Kansas, including Jonny's, have taken in cars previously worked on by Car Wizzard to correct shotty work. If you have the skills, you don't have to constantly inform people of how good you are. wiz-ard (noun) 1. A man who has magical powers, especially in legends and fairytales.
Hey Ninja, i guess you know it, but there is an inexpensive special tool that looks like a tensioner (Mini Cooper), that you screw in instead of the tensioner. In the mid is a "screw", that you tighten and it pushes the chain in. You mesure the way the screw goes in. You can measure, if the length of the chain is correct in spec. Cheers
Happy business is well for Johny and these guys getting good jobs and hours. Not to mention being able to have the opportunity for great KTs from Johnny.
This is why Ninja has a successful business. He cares!! Still enjoys his job. But honestly if the other guys didn’t ask for his help he would miss that. It makes him feel good I’m sure.💪💪
Air conditioning in Kansas? Y'all are living it up luxuriously, haha. I'm in Arizona, working in a shop with no AC in the middle of summer, super super fun time.
That is why I’m not allowing eating in vw/audi cars :D i knew it , it could cause some troubles like that q7. Nice if u can say exactly what car and year/engine it is. Amazing video !
Ugh, I'm doing the coolant cross pipe on my 550i N62. Waiting for parts as usual. 6 customer cars at my house all waiting for parts.... Is parts availability bad in kansas? I'm in CA
I hope one day to see the Big Brand dealership service drives shutter their doors. Good for Mason leaving the big dealership and coming to work for you. I bet it's a much better working environment
I cant say ive ever seen a convertible where the back dash (idk what it would be called) is on the trunk part and goes outside the car and the top just rests on top of it, wierd
Jonny obviously commands respect because he is knowledgeable, patient, willing to jump in to help at any level (including answering phones), and has a positive personality to go with all those great characteristics. Can Ninja videos are a pleasure to watch.
Agreed. He's the kind of guy I'd want to hang out with and talk cars.
He’s also, and perhaps most importantly, actually the boss.
We need to hear the phone call where you call that customer and explain it was french fry that screwed up his car. I need to hear that conversation.
“You’re not paying me to remove a French fry; you’re paying me to use my expertise to know where to look for the French fry.”
Just as the Ninja's day couldn't get worse Hoovie turns up!! And yet Ninja still smiles, what a man!!
What’s wrong with Hoovie?
@@Kaktus965 I'm pretty sure he was being facetious.
@@oambrosia duunnnoo 🫣
Takes a huge amount of knowledge, skill and hard work to run a busy shop like this delivering high quality work. Kudos Johnny! If only all mechanics were like this.
A dog could have fixed that first/last car quicker than the Ninja ! 😂 Keep up the good work Johnny !
Even your diagnosis on cars is interesting. Great job.
And lastly, I am very impressed with your demeanor and how even tempered you are; doing your own work, supervising, helping employees, huge fuel dump on a hot Kansas day, dealing with customers, you manage to maintain a level of chill that is well beyond my thresholds. As others before have seen, your level/depth of patience is amazing.
I was at my local mechanic recently and watching I realized how hard of a job it is to run a shop. part technician, part teacher, part therapist, part logistics.
When you're important & skilled in what you do, everyone needs your instructions/directions. That's why you are who you are. The great car Doctor! Ahhh NINJAI! you're talents are showing my friend! Please keep the videos coming. Greetings from an Okd Jarhead in WNC.
Johnny, just remember - there is only so much water in a well. You can become addicted to stress. You are awesome but take care of yourself too.
Great to see troubleshooting in action (I work in software engineering and see similar approaches to problems - a lot of it is down to attitude, patience). Kudos to the video producer here - like the documentary format of this channel.
Watching a genius at work is always a pleasure!
One French fry set off a micro switch.
I’ve heard it all!
Johnny gets to go home
Ninja runs a great shop and it will only grow bigger and better. A good boss is always ready to help and always has a smile on his face.
Patience seems invaluable in this shop. And Jonny literally has tons of it despite being only 155lbs.
I just love the neatness and cleanliness in your garage man..
May you always go home happy Jon.
Jonny gets all of my respect. I tried to own, run, and work as a business owner. Money was good, but I worked non-stop.
Strange, usually Jon doesn’t need any help. You know it’s a difficult job when Johnny has to help him!
Good stuff. You have a great team Jonny. I have a 2004 VW TDI that you inspired me to rehab. It's a VW so I consider it a 'continual' journey.
Jonny seems legit awesome to work for. Clearly respects employees ( same as my work. My boss always please and thank yous. not rude patient and always happy to help you )
Im hooked on the Car Ninja. Its a pleasure to watch Johnny working out problems coupled with his focus and attention when dealing with issues. It would be nice to see him work a bit safer and wear proper PPE when working with his hands. Those chemicals getting on his skin is not healthy. Its the long term effects that may harm. Other than that he is very methodical and has a great work ethic. ( something see very little of these days) Love the channel as I have a e90 330xi and a 128i
I'd love to see more of these type of videos
Calling him the CarNinja is an understatement.
And this video should've been titled, "Being Jonny Ninjavich".
Jonny you where born to be the Ninja:. You are certianly a master at your craft and keeping your customers happy. Plus, the youngsters have someone to ask when they got questions..
Thanks for giving Ben a break. It was a bad day. Ask him where the candy is that he is supposed to share!
Great video, good to see johnny at work getting everything done. Funny but I swear Tyler sounds so much more American here then in his own videos 😂
Such a good work environment, you treat your employees with respect. That is how it is done. Knowledgeable, patient, respectful
Its exhausting watching you man! I admire people such as yourself that just have such a massive wealth of knowledge, and the patience to diagnose and fix this stuff. You deserve every penny.
I wish more techs where like you Johnny, teachers, humble, but command respect with your knowledge.
Have a small make up brush stock in my passenger seat latch on my CL55 back in the day and message on the dash wouldn’t clear until I found it and took it out.
Love your ‘can do’ attitude. Nothing seems to phase you. You need to move to England and I can bring my car to you.
When you said never again and then here I am again made me think of a recent job I did replacing a blend door actuator on a 2003 GMC Sierra. I said never again then had to do it again ha ha!
Hi from NY!, You’re the best,,, Good attitude working in cars is full of surprises!,
A brilliant workshop you're running there Johnny. It's not an easy job.
8+ hours on your feet; supervising rookie techs; trying to keep your train of thought on what you're working on; answering phones (probably during your lunchbreak); finding parts on the ordering system. By 5pm I guess you are mentally exhausted, and physically tired. At least re-chargeable hand tools probably lessen the need for noisy air tools, and save you from RSI's. Well done Johnny - this was a great video. Do another one like this soon please !
I would love to see some BMW diagnostics being done by you with a scan tool and how you proceed based on the codes and customer's complaint.
I miss you Ninja! we need more videos. I hope everything is going well and you and your family are safe and healthy.
Mistakes are the best way to learn. As long as my apprentices never made mistakes due to lack of care then I wouldn’t get mad at them. I’m glad they had the experience that will make them been more thorough in the future.
My day in 17 minutes: Seeing Euro cars on lifts being worked on 🤣🤣🤣
Love your content 👍
Johnny your amazing. Ferrari may have a dodgy ambient temp sensor if it has automatic ac.
* you're
Honestly fascinating video, we don't realize how busy and how complicated can be the work of some mechanics!
Your best video yet!
If I ever move to Kansas Jonny and I would become very close
2011 MB S550
2011 MB GL550
2004 BMW 645 Convertible
I'm curious to know if the shop prices are similar to NYC and NJ
The only private shop i ever worked at had a very similar vibe to yours. All german, boss that looked like u, a cute lady working upfront. Made me have so much dejavu watching this video. Keep up the great mechanic work ninja 🥷
this is what my brothers workday looks like in the Truck shop. his main thing is electrical work but after working there for 10+ years he has his hand in pretty much everything.
I spent 6 hours in a german shop one day i saw first hand how complicated a mechanics day can be from constant interruptions phone calls estimates sourcing the correct parts trying to keep all customers time windows consistent and accurate it is bustling like many other jobs 😄
Does your shop ever get slow? 😂 I got 20 plus years working on cars, mostly Asian. After watching your channel I'm thinking of working on euro stuff. Your shop if fully full. I need to open my own shop. Honesty is the best policy. Customers will return, as long as you tell them straight up and give them there options. Vehicles these days are complex, it's better to specialize in one region of vehicle companies then try to work on everything. So glad your living life and working hard, makes me more motivated to open my own shop. Thanks for the videos 😊
More Sophia! 🥰
Troubleshooting, internal and external customer service. Just a few of the similarities between working in a vehicle shop and an IT shop. The fun never ends.
I like Jonny's videos where he starts and finishes the job, but seeing what goes on in his 'normal' day is also extremely entertaining. I would like to see more like this, however the only improvement I suggest is where he gets involved in another job with his guys, if he can explain the problem on that vehicle to cause him to be involved. It loses some continuity otherwise. Keep up the good work team.
Another great video...thank you!!
Car ninja we miss you!! I miss you! Please come out with another video soon!
That's how over teched cars have got when they can be defeated by French Fries😂😂
I wish the independent shop near me (Howland Autohaus) was open on Saturdays. They are 8-5 M-F. That'd be fine if they weren't 35 miles west. I'm in the sweet spot between dealers or indie shops. Germain Mercedes is 72 miles away, Crown Mercedes 90 miles and Astorg Motor Cars is 100 miles. I guess I'm doing some of my own maintenance.
Car Wizard: "If the book rate for a job is 8 hrs but I can do it in four, I am still going to charge you for eight because I have to make a living." Jonny: "I am going to show you my entire eight hour day in seventeen minutes." Welcome Mason! Wow! A cameo from Sophia! I am in LOVE! Somebody tried to cheap out on that Mercedes with a $50 battery and that Mercedes wasn't having it. Come on, MB owner. Treat that Mercedes like a Mercedes or get a Honda or a Toyota you can afford. Name brand batteries are not THAT expensive.
Wizard has become kind of a pre Madonna
So… you think Jonny is only billing 17 minutes?!? What do these two things have to do with one another?
@@FreeonRumble he'll give a 30 min speech on how he knows better than the engineers
Let's be clear Car Wizard is an average mechanic, period. He, and his shop, have been propped up by Tyler Hoover's popularity and that's fine. It's entertainment.
But here is a fact...several reputable shops in Kansas, including Jonny's, have taken in cars previously worked on by Car Wizzard to correct shotty work.
If you have the skills, you don't have to constantly inform people of how good you are.
wiz-ard (noun)
1. A man who has magical powers, especially in legends and fairytales.
Hey Ninja, i guess you know it, but there is an inexpensive special tool that looks like a tensioner (Mini Cooper), that you screw in instead of the tensioner. In the mid is a "screw", that you tighten and it pushes the chain in. You mesure the way the screw goes in. You can measure, if the length of the chain is correct in spec. Cheers
Wow, another amazing video to wake up to! Thank you Johnny and Team Ninja :)
Happy business is well for Johny and these guys getting good jobs and hours. Not to mention being able to have the opportunity for great KTs from Johnny.
This is why Ninja has a successful business. He cares!! Still enjoys his job. But honestly if the other guys didn’t ask for his help he would miss that. It makes him feel good I’m sure.💪💪
Nice work environment and it's crazy how Jonny can multitask.
Johnny dude he's works like hell and hoovie comes along to make youtube videos with him
What a cool guy to be around working in a shop, wish my boss was like this
Another great video , thanks you...
The "envelope" question she had was hilarious. 👍👍
Good video 👍
convertible repair was awesome, diag. and fix
Hahahaha...FNG!!! EPIC!!! When everything is messed up, you always blame the FNG!
Air conditioning in Kansas? Y'all are living it up luxuriously, haha. I'm in Arizona, working in a shop with no AC in the middle of summer, super super fun time.
Curious what the underlying cause was with the Benz key issue. Surely a battery replacement shouldn't kill it, would it?
Was the french fry fix in the manual ?
Have they solved the issues with the N63's with the 3rd technical update?
Bravo Jonny 👍
That is why I’m not allowing eating in vw/audi cars :D i knew it , it could cause some troubles like that q7.
Nice if u can say exactly what car and year/engine it is.
Amazing video !
Had a friend with a E-Class Merc, spilled a cup of soda on the center console. $2000 later
Thanks for the vids!!
Can’t click fast enough ❤️
Jonny - Given the choice, would you choose the N52 or N54 engine in your personal car?
Ugh, I'm doing the coolant cross pipe on my 550i N62. Waiting for parts as usual. 6 customer cars at my house all waiting for parts.... Is parts availability bad in kansas? I'm in CA
Do you think you could make a video showing pcv valve diaphragm replacement on an n62n can’t seem to find a video on how to replace them:)
It’s an ER for cars. Impressive!
Car Ninja's smile is contagious
Jonny is that an Albanian flag in on the wall? I'm an American but I'm living in Sarande...it's beautiful! Raki Cheers!
Funny. Having issues with my washer nozzles too.
That was my Jetta. Apparently, they were just dirty.. lol. It really was in there for an oil change first. Place is first class.
I hope one day to see the Big Brand dealership service drives shutter their doors. Good for Mason leaving the big dealership and coming to work for you. I bet it's a much better working environment
What is the most recomended ob2 for F01-F02 owner?
Awesome, I’d work there
I wouldn’t mind being interrupted by Sophia lol 😉
What you don't know, you don't know. And you won't be seeing her here anymore.
Zemo you look tired, vacation recommended 👍
Great video!
Who'd have guessed Hoovie is the biggest time sink of his day...
You forgot to add that hour when youre having an epic boss battle with spiders.
Hey Car Ninja, We want a shop tour and toolbox tour :)
Put out some more content, you have the best podcast
Almost got beat by a French Fry haha THATS CRAZY right there 😄
I really hope you saved that French fry and gave it to the customer with the bill.
Great vid as usual. Thanks.
Ninja is way better than Wizard.
Car Ninja in one of his (WORK AWAY DAY'S)...👍👀......Shoe🇺🇸
I cant say ive ever seen a convertible where the back dash (idk what it would be called) is on the trunk part and goes outside the car and the top just rests on top of it, wierd
Good stuff
Even at 30 minutes labour, that's an expensive french fry.
I am naturally good at fixing cars, and want to become mechanic- Where do I start?
Jiffy Lube
Okay Danny do you know how to do a proper haldex service on a VW /Audi