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    View Poll Results: Do you do your own maintenance/repairs?

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    • I turn the key and go, that's all I'm interested in!

      0 0%
    • I wish I knew how to do work on my car, but haven't taken the time to learn yet.

      1 6.25%
    • I look after the basics: oil changes, air filter, light bulbs.

      2 12.50%
    • I fix most of the things that need work.

      9 56.25%
    • Nobody else wrenches my car, EVAR!

      4 25.00%
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    Thread: Poll: do you do your own maintenance & repairs?

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      Poll: do you do your own maintenance & repairs?

      Just curious how many people here are doing their own maintenance & repairs.

      I do 95% of my own work, and always encourage people to learn. Being able to look after your own vehicles is a path to independence (financial & other) and you never have to wonder if the repair shop is trying to rip you off!

      Being able to fix your own stuff also means you can more confidently drive used/older vehicles, and save a gigantically huge pile of cash over your lifetime rather than making payments on new cars.

      If you don't do your own work, why not?

      If you do, how did you get started?



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      The only thing that I don't do myself is the oil changes. Mainly because the dealership does them for free for life. If it wasn't free, I'd do that myself like I plan to do with everything else. I only have 14700 miles on my Aveo, but if I run into something where I need help, my dad can help me out. He was rebuilding engines before I was born, not to mention the performance work that he had done to the G8 and the Camaro. When it comes to stuff that I actually care about, I learn pretty dang fast.

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      I have the shop do things I absolutely can't do. Like the crankshaft relearn procedure on the Aveo when I put the new engine into it. I also have them mount and balance my tire... Thats about it.

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      Now that I think about it, balancing and mounting tires is something that I'll leave to the shop. And welding. I doubt that I could ever make a good weld. But as for everything else, I think I can pull it off.

      I do want to learn as much as I can, because I want to run my own shop some day.

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      i just turn the key and go..


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      Quote Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit View Post
      i just turn the key and go..
      You may regret posting that.
      Sorry GM, the Turbo Sonic was priced too close to the Focus ST. I gots me a Ford.


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      I do all my own work except oil changes, things under warranty, and recalls. I got started by helping father repair the clunkers he drove when I was a kid.

      Edit: After giving it a little more thought... There are a few more things I think are best left to those that do it everyday.

      AC work - the equipment is too expensive
      Major structural body/frame work - again frame measuring equipment is VERY expensive
      Painting - Color matching is an art I'm sure I'm never master
      Alignments - I'll let the shop put it on a rack; not worth trying to get right without the sensors IMO
      Last edited by wylee; 07-11-2012 at 04:01 AM.
      Sorry GM, the Turbo Sonic was priced too close to the Focus ST. I gots me a Ford.


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      Mechanical aptitude skipped a generation in my family - both my grandpas were good DIY mechanics (one was a farmer, one was a draftsman). My dad, not so much. When I was a kid, I loved hanging around my grandpas when they were fixing stuff. Probably where I got the interest. When my older brother got his first used car, I really got interested!

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      Quote Originally Posted by wylee View Post
      You may regret posting that.

      whys that? karma gonna break my car?


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      Quote Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit View Post
      whys that? karma gonna break my car?
      That's what I was thinking. jinx, karma, whatever ya call it




      Sorry GM, the Turbo Sonic was priced too close to the Focus ST. I gots me a Ford.


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