Why so few DIYers

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Your rock hard abs?

I never had such a thing in my prime much less now. Genetics are not kind to everybody.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by ermax

My concern with the QuickJack has always been the inability to slide under the side of the car. So say you want to unbolt the exhaust at the mid section of the car. You would have to craw unter from the front or rear. Then again it looks like it's high enough that you could quickly roll under there with a creeper.

I still have two pairs of ramps, two pairs of jack stands, three floor jacks and some assorted bottle jacks.


I'm thrifty/cheap so when I first unwrapped my Christmas present, I sat there slack-jawed thinking to myself "OMG, shit, these are sooooooo expensive." Gotta admit that they are super nice. Click, click, plug, whirrr... done. All four wheels swapped in minutes. The best part is seeing my wife's joy over thinking of such a perfect gift.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I still have two pairs of ramps, two pairs of jack stands, three floor jacks and some assorted bottle jacks.

All buried in the garage!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I'm thrifty/cheap so when I first unwrapped my Christmas present, I sat there slack-jawed thinking to myself "OMG, shit, these are sooooooo expensive."

Let is ride money, so ok.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

All buried in the garage!

I counted 7 different saws in there.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I counted 7 different saws in there.

Now that you mention it there was a pile of weird shit in there. I never did see his basement.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Now that you mention it there was a pile of weird shit in there. I never did see his basement.

There is a creature that plays games down there!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I counted 7 different saws in there.

Mostly my wife's and stepdad's. My garage filled up when my mom passed. I still can't open the drawers in that filing cabinet without choking up but I have no problem inching my way around it. My own brand of crazy, I guess.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Let is ride money, so ok.

True!

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

The best part is seeing my wife's joy over thinking of such a perfect gift.

I can picture her standing there beaming watching you playing with your new toy.

[soundman98]

i'd spend the night:

car goes up

car goes down

car goes up

car goes down...

[guybo]

I think there are more DIYers in here than the OP thinks. The car is easy to work on.

I've done everything to my car myself except weld in the AFR O2 sensor bung. In my apt parking lot, or a garage floor and with minimal special tools. Not everyone can do it and the fear of warranty denial is real. I understand why some don't work on thier cars but I think most on here do

[serialk11r]

After working on my own car quite a bit and getting tired of it (I even brought it to a shop a bunch of times, but the damn thing just needed so much fixing in so many places), I think there's a few reasons:
-Some things are really annoying or tedious
-Some things are much much harder to do by yourself without all the equipment a shop has
-Getting cuts on the hands sucks
-Getting things dirty sucks
-If your car is nice enough (sports cars are definitely shifting towards the high end now), there's not much to mod, and routine maintenance done all in one visit by a shop is very convenient. E.g. modern Porsches, there's not really any sensible mods to do to them...everything is well sorted and track ready from the factory, the aero is very good, and there's not much weight to throw out without ruining the comfort. All the maintenance is a pain in the ass but infrequent so just drop it off at the shop and pay up once a year.

That said there's non-trivial hassle just bringing the car to the shop, so when I get a car again I'm going to try to do as much as I can myself, if it's a high-maintenance kind of car. Obviously, without a lift you're limited to only certain things. One day when I have the means, I would like a garage with a lift so I can hoist the car up and have fun planning mods all day long :P

[why?]

For me it is knowledge, total lack of tools, and space. My drive way for my little apartment is crappy dirt, so I don't even have a paved place to jack my car up. I need to find some car people near me, but I just don't like people enough to try very hard. Although now that I can walk to work I don't actually need a dd so I might try harder.