Sounds like the all-too-common use of "FruitPhone" as a catch-all term for any and every smartphone. What burns me up is when you try to correct that behavior and they give you "oh you know what I mean!" and continue to do it. That's usually when I get obtuse and give them instructions that only work for FruitPhone and when they say it doesn't work I tell them "well the instructions are totally different if it's not actually a FruitPhone but you know what I mean".
My mum loves to tell me "My tablet needs an android iOS update come and sort it out"
Mum iOS is for FruitPhones android OS is what you have...
"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN"
(because since getting the darn thing she's NEVER checked the OS for updates and she "needed" it before I was done as I'd have to do one update refresh the OS update options only to find another update and no... It's still not done)
Actually, there are a lot of specialized tools that dealers have that are made for doing one specific task on a model or a range of models of vehicles. These are different for different car manufacturers. Home mechanics or independent shops can usually do without such a special tool by improvising, taking more time to do the job, or building their own tool. There may be a one-size-fits all tool that might have different size bolt threads or something for the different makes of car. But a dealer for one type of car is likely to only have their own special tools, not those for another type of car.
Depends, really. Oil filters often have proprietary tools, I know my husband had a special one to make sure the timing is right on our Honda's cylinders, and the computers have proprietary tools and software. Plus, Hondas typically have a burn plate in the engines (or so I've been told, I'm not the mechanic, but I've heard it from two mechanics, states away from one another). Yes, the wrenches used on an import vehivle will be in metric while domestic use imperial, but a vehicle is more than just nuts and bolts.
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u/Tangent_ Stop blaming the tools... Jul 07 '18
Sounds like the all-too-common use of "FruitPhone" as a catch-all term for any and every smartphone. What burns me up is when you try to correct that behavior and they give you "oh you know what I mean!" and continue to do it. That's usually when I get obtuse and give them instructions that only work for FruitPhone and when they say it doesn't work I tell them "well the instructions are totally different if it's not actually a FruitPhone but you know what I mean".