View Poll Results: Do you work on your car or do you have it worked on?
I do EVERYTHING, maintenance, mods, the whole 9 yards!
45
61.64%
I do Maintenance, but Mods are done by the Pros.
14
19.18%
I have a shop do my Maintenance AND Mods!!!
11
15.07%
I have my friends do my Maintenance AND Mods!!!
3
4.11%
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Do you Work on Your Car or Have it Worked On???
03-22-2008 | 07:03 PM
#1
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Do you Work on Your Car or Have it Worked On???
Hey guys, I'm just curious as to what percent of us work on our own cars vs. what percent of us have our cars worked on by shops.
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-Steven
03-22-2008 | 07:06 PM
#2
i took it to shops before but thats when i was 17 and i didnt know much about working on cars. now two years later i try to do everything myself but there are things that require me to take it to the shop because i dont have a lot of tools
03-22-2008 | 07:21 PM
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^me too, I've just be seeing TONS of threads on other forums, mainly nasioc where people pay shops to do EVERYTHING and I'm thinking, "you can get twice to three times as many parts if you do the work yourself, it's only a car" but then again I understand that people might not have time or are scared of braking things.
03-22-2008 | 07:24 PM
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From: 831monterey ,CA ... the driver's seat!!!
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true ^ i went to an auto tech school and was a tech for a bit so i guess that helps alot. plus i still work at a dealership. lol...
basically if you can take something apart and put it back to gether them same way which is KEY! lol... then you can do mods. be patient
basically if you can take something apart and put it back to gether them same way which is KEY! lol... then you can do mods. be patient
03-22-2008 | 07:30 PM
#9
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From: Bay Area, CA
Car Info: 85 MR2 & 89 Alltrac Camry
Only things I can not do are alignments & tires. Also I do send out the head to be double checked if the head gasket blows. Other then that kind of stuff I just do it myself with the MR2.
03-22-2008 | 07:35 PM
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i do mods and everything my self, but i take my car to the shop for maintenance lol i guess because oil change and stuff is cheap at the shop, but parts cost a lot to install lol
03-22-2008 | 07:36 PM
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Car Info: 1997 Impreza, 2014 BRZ
I try to do as much as I can myself or with some help from friends. Not that I don't appreciate the shops, but half the fun is actually installing it yourself. Half the misery is also from installing it yourself.
03-22-2008 | 10:24 PM
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From: Sebastopol, CA
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i do all the work myself or have friends help me out (ffbn crew ftw!), and i also try to help them as much as i can to return the favor, so we all learn more, save money and have a good time while we're at it!
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