{"id":63560,"date":"2025-01-28T19:40:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/viral-tiktok-shows-mechanic-ripping-out-car-battery-over-an-alleged-pay-dispute-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T19:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:40:30","slug":"viral-tiktok-shows-mechanic-ripping-out-car-battery-over-an-alleged-pay-dispute-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/viral-tiktok-shows-mechanic-ripping-out-car-battery-over-an-alleged-pay-dispute-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral TikTok shows mechanic ripping out car battery over an alleged pay dispute &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viral TikTok shows mechanic ripping out car battery over an alleged pay dispute TikTok: EleydiruizTikTok users have become enthralled by a viral altercation between an enraged mechanic and a driver in Philadelphia, leading the mechanic to rip out a battery from a moving car. Every day a new trend appears on TikTok but what really captivates viewers is undoubtedly drama. However, this time it isn\u2019t beef between influencers, but a clash between a mechanic and a driver on the streets of Philadelphia. After the driver allegedly failed to pay for repairs, the mechanic literally took matters into his own hands and stopped a moving car in its tracks. TikTok users debate over Philadelphia mechanic\u2019s actions In a now-viral video posted by TikTok user @eleydiruiz, a Philadelphia-based mechanic is shown disconnecting a car battery while the vehicle is moving, while clearly full of rage. While the full story of the argument has yet to be revealed, the caption reads \u201cwhen you try to run off without paying the mechanic.\u201d The mechanic is shown removing the battery and then attempting to smash the driver\u2019s side window, failing to do so. This has caused TikTok users to ridicule the widow-breaking effort: \u201cDamn that window stronger than my last relationship.\u201d Commenter @KittieJRose said, \u201cI punched a window before and the surgery wasn\u2019t worth it.\u201d However, many TikTok users are unsure whether reacting aggressively was the right call in this situation. @GusN93 isn\u2019t sure all the pieces of the story are present, saying \u201csomething is missing from this story maybe he didn\u2019t even fix it right.\u201d TikTok user @MichaelRaquel questioned the quality of the mechanic\u2019s repairs, adding \u201cCar should have kept running. Damn car ain\u2019t fixed. Alternator is bad.\u201d As the video gains more traction, one thing is for sure: always pay the mechanic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viral TikTok shows mechanic ripping out car battery over an alleged pay dispute TikTok: EleydiruizTikTok users have become enthralled by a viral altercation between an enraged mechanic and a driver in Philadelphia, leading the mechanic to rip out a battery from a moving car. Every day a new trend appears on TikTok but what really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}