Step 1: make thing go up and down

Step 2: put gas in it when it goes up

Step 3: explode the gas, car go forward

Step 4: profit

I don’t like that phrase because I hear people use it all the time at shops. For starters just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Plenty of failures occur that I haven’t personally witnessed with my own eyes but they do happen.

In his defense though I’ve seen mechanics use that exact phrase all the time as more of an expression to say something is rare rather than mean it literally. Working with a lot of mechanics sometimes they just say random shit to convince you they are right rather than take the time to explain why