Vietnam 3
After dusting and rough cleaning of the parts most important for self-driving, the vehicle arrives slowly and safely in front of the workshop. In our example video with the leaking engine, it was not possible to repair it on site.
The steering wheel was then quickly secured with a rope, the car was lifted at the rear and lowered into a device at the end of the tricycle box. Not exactly comparable to German towing services, but carried out at slow
speeds.
Conversely, you can also attach a rod to the front wheel of the cart and pull it with your newly acquired vehicle. Further cleaning with a narrow broom, compressed air with and without water is essential.
In general, the 'Girl Mechanical' always looks well-groomed, e.g. for a stroll through town, not in terms of what she wears each day, but in terms of her overall appearance. She never seems to get really dirty, even though
she changes the oil too.
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Her fingernails will be clean again by the next day at the latest. Mechanic with a bow in her hair. Their facial expressions are also almost always the same, whether they succeed at something or not. Only during sales talks
does her friendliness come to the fore.
In any case, she is what one would call "focused" nowadays. She doesn't shy away from hard work, and when it really gets to be too much, she always knows where to turn for help, either to the left or right of her workshop.
The poorer people are, the more helpful they are.
We are on a typical village road, with hardly any traffic except for two-wheelers, which can apparently transport almost anything, even a fridge-freezer combination carried by the girl herself. The vast majority of four-wheelers
are also used for commercial purposes.
As a typical German, one wonders what will become of the dented roof of the cab and how much work it will take to fit the new windshield. Not so in Vietnam's pragmatism. The roof is simply cut off including the beams.
Later, the customer apparently asks for rain protection. At the same time as covering the remaining open beams, a lightweight rod construction with a steel plate is installed. The upper
fastening points for seat belts had already been removed. Is there a vehicle inspection agency in Vietnam?
But before a car leaves the workshop, it can rest assured that its brakes have been cleaned and inspected. The radiator also receives the young woman's attention and, like the
brakes, is partially painted at the end.
No, lighting on vehicles seems to be less important in the tropics, as dim headlights remain unchanged unless customers specifically request that they be replaced with LED lights. The tires also
do not always seem to be suitable for monsoon rains.
The design of the surfaces does not seem to be that important either; here, practicality reigns convenience once again. Instead, there is a widespread love of stickers, either according to customer requests or the
mechanic's preference (picture above).
According to ChatGPT:
1. Throughout Vietnam, general inspection + emissions test as in Germany, but often with a stronger focus on basic function and emissions.
2. Older vehicles must be inspected much more frequently.
3. Motorcycles have long been subject to minimal testing, that is only now beginning to change.
4. The system has recently been criticized due to corruption cases and bottlenecks at inspection agencies.
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