To DIY service or to garage?

[Anonymous 1]

I do all my own car and motorcycle work, you know it’s been done right then.
A man should be able sort his own stuff or call on male friends to help out.

Women just want you to work for free.

[Anonymous 42]

[BushidoParticipant 637]

The way I see it, it’s best to get as much mechanical experience as you can. It IS an ability that can atrophy in time, albeit slowly.

On the other hand, studies show that literally “buying time”, or in this case paying someone else to do it, can be more beneficial to your happiness in the long run.

If you can afford it, go for it, though personally I think an oil/filter change is a simple job any simple man should be able to do… 🙂

Logic guides your actions, emotion guides your morals. Only you may decide how you use them.

[AutoliteParticipant]

Untamed wrote:

How many times have I found a perfectly good computer sitting next to a trash bin with only a deficient electric box,

I was at one time very interested in fixing and building computers. It’s just too hard to get old computers now with everyone worried about identity theft and s~~~.

People now just take them to the recycling centres. Once they go in there, nothing is allowed to be taken back out.

Back when people used to take them and toss them at the dump I was in my glory! I taught myself how to fix most problems. 90% of the computers that people threw out were easily repairable. I was fixing s~~~ that the computer repair shops wouldn’t touch. Some were just overheating CPUs which was a very simple fix. I just couldn’t believe what people were throwing away…

[MaddladParticipant 765]

I do it myself. My last service cost me $8 for the filter coz I had enough left over oil from a previous service. I don’t get why people would pay $200 for a service.

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

I’ve got a business to run, so I do literally NO manual labor. I don’t even cut my own grass. I don’t have time for that stuff when I can make anywhere between $100 and $500 an hour doing something else. Hell, I just paid $800 to have a toilet installed when I could have bought the exact same toilet from Home Depot for $280 and installed it myself. Unfortunately I don’t have time to learn how to install a toilet and do it myself. It would have probably taken me half a day. Took the plumber about 1.5 hours.

And $100 to do an oil change? My guy will do it for $25. If the materials cost you $16, I don’t see why I should waste 40 minutes of my time to save $9.

[AutoliteParticipant]

DarkRyu wrote:

I don’t have time for that stuff when I can make anywhere between $100 and $500 an hour doing something else.

Which is of course completely understandable. You’re in a completely different world. If I was making $500 dollars an hour you can bet that I’d be paying someone else to wipe my own ass…

[CataphractParticipant 2656]

$500 per hour and at least 35 hours per week, I would be wanting something like this.

Marriage: About as appealing as wood-chipper diving.

[~BSParticipant 3266]

nowadays I take it into service. I used to wrench my own cars.

My opinion is that if you’ve never changed oil or done other types of routine maintenance on your car, you should have someone help you who has. People make really stupid mistakes out of ignorance. Most of that kind of stuff is fairly straightforward , but screwing up can cost you a hell of a lot more than that $25 for oil and $10 filter. or that $99 service

simple examples i’ve seen/heard relating to changing oil
filling oil/trans fluid where not supposed to go. Yes, people do dump oil in the transmission fluid pipe.
knocking/breaking something loose when attempting to remove oil filter
stripping oil pan screw
not torquing oil pan screw properly (nowadays many cars have a 1x use only crush washer)

"He didn't marry until now, so he won't ever do it. Think about it, why would a man like him ever marry? It's too late to catch him. " ~some cunt

[AutoliteParticipant]

~BS wrote:

My opinion is that if you’ve never changed oil or done other types of routine maintenance on your car, you should have someone help you who has. People make really stupid mistakes out of ignorance. Most of that kind of stuff is fairly straightforward , but screwing up can cost you a hell of a lot more than that $25 for oil and $10 filter. or that $99 service

I’m reminded of a chat I once had with a professional engine rebuilder. The shop only did the older engines like the Chevy 350 V8. They wouldn’t even attempt rebuilding an engine out of a modern car. The tolerances were so close that there was too much of a liability for a screw-up…

[WPLParticipant 2390]

When the dealer scratched the left fender of my “nice” car all to hell during a simple oil change, I made up my mind to do as much of my own work as possible from then onward. Since then, I’ve found evidence of all sorts of bodgery at the hands of paid “professionals”. (Don’t have a proper M6x1.0 bolt? Just force a sheetmetal screw in. No need for solder and heat-shrink tubing on splices when you can twist the wires together and wrap with electric tape… let someone else deal with intermittent electrical gremlins 900 miles from home in a hotel parking lot.. etc.) I mean no disrespect to GOOD mechanics — and I have known a few. But, paying a dealer $90 an hour is no guarantee you’ll get a good one (especially since they have incentive to work as fast a possible).

So for me, it’s not just about saving money; it’s also about the piece of mind in knowing that I’ve done the repairs RIGHT. As for disposal of used oil: most auto parts stores will accept it, as will some ag supply stores. I believe that in the US at least, any business that sells a significant quantity of new oil is required to accept used oil for recycling. Where I live, the county accepts it for recycling as well.

[Anonymous 3]

i’m definitely fix my own stuff and i always go to junkyard to look for pick up truck which is the only thing i’ll drive … because i can fix it, live in it, earn with it and be nomadic with it…i’m also a dodge man…

[Anonymous 3]

also, if its deisel i can scavenge the fast food cooking grease, strain it a few times with a clean shirt and use it for fuel…

[Anonymous 3]

propane would be a good alt fuel source but i’m not tech enough to convert a gas engine…

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