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I don't know how they do it.

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I don't know how they do it.
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RE: I don't know how they do it.
October 30, 2019 at 5:26 pm
(October 30, 2019 at 5:12 pm)EgoDeath Wrote:
(October 30, 2019 at 7:47 am)onlinebiker Wrote: I recently ran into a guy who drives, owns a car and he admitted to the fact that he knows nothing about car maintenance. He doesn't even check the oil and seemed strangely proud of his ignorance.


Really? It seems pretty dumb to me to be totally at the mercy to a mechanic's honesty. 

I do virtually all the work on our cars. (We have 9 running) There is only a few things - like wheel alignment or changing tires off rims - that I don't do. (The necessary equipment is too expensive)

But I do know what those jobs take - and know what they should cost.

To me -going to a mechanic with no knowledge of the internal workings of a vehicle - it is sort of like religion. Trusting somebody (who has a profit motive) to handle part of your life and expecting to not get ripped off.

So, you know how to operate, fix, perform maintenance & repairs on, upgrade and otherwise alter every piece of technology that you use and/or operate in your daily life? If your answer is somehow yes... which there's no way it is... then I mean, okay...?

I know how to do some basic things like change my oil or swap my brakes out... I can change a tire, obviously. Simple stuff. But I don't expect every car owner to be an at-home mechanic. People simply don't have the time.

The last job I outsourced - was pumping my septic tank.

I draw the DIY line at "sucking shit".
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I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 7:47 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 30, 2019 at 7:55 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 8:12 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 30, 2019 at 8:17 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 8:32 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by brewer - October 30, 2019 at 8:02 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 30, 2019 at 8:39 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 30, 2019 at 8:51 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 30, 2019 at 2:07 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 30, 2019 at 8:51 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Fireball - October 30, 2019 at 8:54 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by no one - October 30, 2019 at 9:27 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 9:32 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Athene - October 30, 2019 at 9:30 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Divinity - October 30, 2019 at 9:49 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by no one - October 30, 2019 at 9:54 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by arewethereyet - October 30, 2019 at 2:05 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Grand Nudger - October 30, 2019 at 2:36 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 2:47 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 30, 2019 at 2:50 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 2:59 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Fireball - October 30, 2019 at 3:08 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Abaddon_ire - October 30, 2019 at 3:16 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Grand Nudger - October 30, 2019 at 3:43 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Little lunch - October 30, 2019 at 3:45 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Jackalope - October 30, 2019 at 4:18 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 4:38 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 1:52 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 2:10 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 2:12 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 2:14 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 2:15 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2019 at 2:19 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Athene - October 30, 2019 at 4:47 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Abaddon_ire - October 31, 2019 at 3:13 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by EgoDeath - October 30, 2019 at 5:12 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 30, 2019 at 5:26 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by EgoDeath - October 30, 2019 at 5:54 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Succubus - October 30, 2019 at 8:41 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Grand Nudger - October 30, 2019 at 9:29 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Fireball - October 31, 2019 at 10:56 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by ignoramus - October 30, 2019 at 9:35 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 11:29 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2019 at 11:35 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 31, 2019 at 12:33 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 1:46 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2019 at 1:56 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by arewethereyet - October 31, 2019 at 2:10 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 2:13 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2019 at 2:21 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by arewethereyet - October 31, 2019 at 2:26 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Jackalope - October 31, 2019 at 2:15 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 2:17 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Jackalope - October 31, 2019 at 2:19 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 2:22 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Jackalope - October 31, 2019 at 4:43 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 2:55 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 4:02 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Valkyrie - October 31, 2019 at 2:34 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2019 at 2:35 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by arewethereyet - October 31, 2019 at 2:39 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2019 at 2:46 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by arewethereyet - October 31, 2019 at 3:12 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2019 at 3:24 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Fireball - October 31, 2019 at 3:40 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 4:54 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 31, 2019 at 6:10 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2019 at 5:03 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 6:00 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2019 at 6:32 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 9:04 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2019 at 9:39 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - October 31, 2019 at 10:03 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2019 at 11:17 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - November 1, 2019 at 7:49 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 1, 2019 at 8:32 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - November 1, 2019 at 8:38 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by EgoDeath - November 1, 2019 at 12:00 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Succubus - October 31, 2019 at 10:55 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Valkyrie - October 31, 2019 at 5:14 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2019 at 5:21 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2019 at 7:04 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by EgoDeath - October 31, 2019 at 7:08 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 7:33 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by EgoDeath - October 31, 2019 at 7:40 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2019 at 7:39 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Fireball - October 31, 2019 at 8:06 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2019 at 7:09 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Jackalope - October 31, 2019 at 7:28 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Shell B - October 31, 2019 at 7:45 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2019 at 8:29 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by John 6IX Breezy - October 31, 2019 at 8:49 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Jackalope - October 31, 2019 at 9:02 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Fireball - October 31, 2019 at 10:25 pm
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2019 at 12:13 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by ignoramus - November 1, 2019 at 2:27 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 1, 2019 at 5:47 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by Little lunch - November 1, 2019 at 8:27 am
RE: I don't know how they do it. - by onlinebiker - November 1, 2019 at 8:29 am

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