back in the day, i was a strong believer in "you gotta fix your own car." after many many minor injuries and many broken parts (including setting a buick on fire), i concluded that i'm just too old for this shit and started paying people to do it for me.
i used to also believe in being my own electrician, plumber, heating/ac guy, etc. i would spend days sorting out the problem, hurting myself and breaking things all throughout the process. and then after investing 30 or so hours of labor and half fixing the problem, I proudly proclaimed myself the manly man. nowadays, i call "big john" from irish electric. he is a master electrician, both in fact and certification. "big john" figures out and repairs in 15 minutes what took me 30 hours, does it better than i did it and doesn't break anything. do i today feel less manly? sure. do i today feel more practical and intelligent? absolutely! I have to agree with snook here. in the end, if you can fix your car and enjoy doing it and it doesn't hurt you too badly and you don't spend important time on it you should be spending on other things, then more power to you as you are the manly man! if, however, you can't meet the above criteria it might just make more sense to hire someone to do it for you and still drive an automobile rather than downgrading to a scooter or bicycle. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> wrote: > Kaleb wrote: "Well I guess if you got to pay somebody to replace a shift > cable on a > 126 you probably should not own one." > > That's a ridiculous statement. If you don't know how to work on a car, you > shouldn't own one? Is that what you are saying? Well, I guess that means > there are MILLIONS of people who shouldn't own a car. Keep in mind there > are some things that are not worth the time to do instead of paying someone > else. (What is the value of my time) There are a lot of things on cars, I > that I don't know how to do. There are a lot of things that I could do, if > I wanted to take the time. There are also things that I do because 1. I > know how to do them and 2. I enjoy doing the work on them. But, your > suggestion that because someone doesn't know how to do something, they > shouldn't own it is crazy. > > I don't know how to replace the heat exchanger in my furnace, does that > mean I shouldn't have one? I can't don't know squat about being an > electrician, should I cancel my power at my house? > > > Donald H. Snook > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090107/1010f899/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090107/6b3f0426/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
