Having seen the work of some mechanics, I feel safer doing stuff myself slowly and carefully and with proper cleaning and greasing in the right spots. These days I find less and less free time though :/
It is understandable to be apprehensive about working on a car, but you can save yourself tons of cash and be able to help others to do the same in exchange for beer and/or pizza.
That’s obviously false. Tons of stuff is both lower stakes and easier than brakes. Changing simple stuff like lights, fuses, battery, wiper blades, wheels or oil, tons of other stuff. The only way brakes is the easiest part to work on is by arbitrarily excluding lots of other stuff from counting as “working on your car”.
Call me a pussy, but I don’t DIY things which can kill me if it malfunctions. A gentle maiming is all I’m willing to risk.
Having seen the work of some mechanics, I feel safer doing stuff myself slowly and carefully and with proper cleaning and greasing in the right spots. These days I find less and less free time though :/
It is understandable to be apprehensive about working on a car, but you can save yourself tons of cash and be able to help others to do the same in exchange for beer and/or pizza.
Oh, I’ve done plenty of work on cars, I just don’t fuck with the brakes.
Well, I used to, when I had an 80s Toyota. Modern cars are too hard to work on, and honestly don’t need that much work either.
The brakes are the easiest part to work on though.
And have changed so little over the years. If you could change disc brakes 30 years ago, you can do it today.
That’s obviously false. Tons of stuff is both lower stakes and easier than brakes. Changing simple stuff like lights, fuses, battery, wiper blades, wheels or oil, tons of other stuff. The only way brakes is the easiest part to work on is by arbitrarily excluding lots of other stuff from counting as “working on your car”.
Brakes are quite simple, esp front brakes. So many videos online.
You are not a pussy for thinking that … I was there once too… We were both naive
Until a friend taught me 2 facts of life and brakes:
car manufacturers make sure these vital parts are easy to put together to avoid mistakes…
if you pay a shop to do this for you, 9.7 out of 10 times, it will be the greenest, unpaid apprentice who’d do this job on your car
Ps: I did my first job supervised by my friend… Word spread and I knew and by now I have done 4 brake jobs for myself and 16 for friends
That’s a fair point. I’ve started having income since then, though, so now I just send my car to scheduled maintenance.