About r/MechanicAdvice
In its own words:
This is more than a car repair forum! Please read and follow the posting rules listed in the right hand sidebar.
Community guide
r/MechanicAdvice (#516, about 2.2 million) — This is more than a car repair forum! Please read and follow the posting rules listed in the right hand sidebar. Collected rules highlight Advice- No "How F--ked/screwed am I?" Questions; No fake, joke, meme, illegal, malicious, offensive, unsafe, or AI generated posts/comme…; Be Courteous and Professional, among 8 listed. Activity mix in sample: video:207, text:180, gallery:117, image:111. Ve.
What belongs here
Posts should match the community’s curatorial bar—This is more than a car repair forum! Please read and follow the posting rules listed in the right hand sidebar. Hard filters include: Advice- No "How F--ked/screwed am I?" Questions; No fake, joke, meme, illegal, malicious, offensive, unsafe, or AI generated posts/comme…; Be Courteous and Professional; One Incident Per Thread. Off-scope, spam, and low-effort dumps are the usual removal reasons when those rules are listed.
How it differs
The curatorial rules above are the real differentiator versus generic meme dumps—title constraints, content bans, and repost policies on file matter more than vibes.
Before you post
Common flairs in the sample: Meta, Solved, 2018 Honda Fit GK5 L15B1, Tools. Recent sample composition: video:207, text:180, gallery:117, image:111. Ve. Format-sensitive rules to read first: No Spam/Improper Linking. Treat subscriber and posts-per-day figures as directory snapshots, not live Reddit counters.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 17, 2012, which makes it 14 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 2,631 subscribers (+0.12%). It sits just behind r/Rainbow6 (#515) and ahead of r/madlads (#517) in our ranking.
What sets r/MechanicAdvice apart
For its size it is unusually busy: about 124.5 new posts a day per million members, more than 99% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.83% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 94% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (21:00 UTC) sees about 7.7× as many posts as the quietest (08:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/MechanicAdvice grew from 2,141,909 to 2,159,732 subscribers (+17.8K, +0.83%). That is about 405 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/MechanicAdvice talks about
Across 699 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “help”, “car”, “noise”, “engine” and “ford”. Other frequent themes are honda, sound, issue, oil, start and toyota. Recurring phrases include “honda civic”, “ford ranger”, “valve cover” and “ford focus”. By format, 30% are videos, 26% are text posts and 17% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Meta (5), Solved (2), 2018 Honda Fit GK5 L15B1 (1), Tools (1), Possibilities (1), Help (1).
Activity and best time to post
r/MechanicAdvice gets about 270 new posts a day. The public archive holds 1,058,719 posts and 8,042,687 comments in total, about 7.6 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Tuesday (273 posts) and the quietest was Sunday (209). Posting peaks around 21:00 UTC and is lowest around 08:00 UTC.
Rules of r/MechanicAdvice
The moderators of r/MechanicAdvice list 8 rules. In short:
- Advice- No "How F--ked/screwed am I?" Questions
- No fake, joke, meme, illegal, malicious, offensive, unsafe, or AI generated posts/comments allowed
- Be Courteous and Professional
- One Incident Per Thread
- No Tire, audio, video, used/new car, car insurance, suing a shop posts allowed on this sub
- No Spam/Improper Linking
- No Body Work, frame, rust or Detailing Questions Allowed On This Sub
- Year, make, model, engine required on all posts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/MechanicAdvice have?
r/MechanicAdvice has 2,159,732 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #516 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 17,823 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/MechanicAdvice created?
r/MechanicAdvice was created on Feb 17, 2012, so it has been around for 14 years.
Is r/MechanicAdvice still active?
Yes. r/MechanicAdvice gets about 270 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 1,058,719 posts and 8,042,687 comments. In a sample of 699 recent posts we counted 642 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/MechanicAdvice?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Tuesday and the quietest Sunday, and most posts arrive around 21:00 UTC, with the fewest around 08:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/MechanicAdvice?
The community describes itself as: “This is more than a car repair forum! Please read and follow the posting rules listed in the right hand sidebar.” Recent post titles often mention help, car, noise, engine and ford. Most posts are videos (30%).
Is r/MechanicAdvice SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/MechanicAdvice as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/MechanicAdvice?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/MechanicAdvice accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Advice- No "How F--ked/screwed am I?" Questions”; “No fake, joke, meme, illegal, malicious, offensive, unsafe, or AI generated posts/comments allowed”; “Be Courteous and Professional”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/MechanicAdvice?
Communities with similar topics include r/Guitar (3.5M), r/cars (7.4M), r/chemistry (3.9M), r/AdviceAnimals (9.9M) and r/Advice (3.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/MechanicAdvice.