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Originally Posted by IPSjeff
Saying it is "Easy" to work on cars is just like my father-in-law telling me it is "Easy" to build furniture or my computer guy telling me it is "Easy" to build the PC's we have here and set everything up to run correctly. I personally didn't think it was easy to set up my home theater system and I am positive that there are many that could have done it in 20 minutes lol.
Just like anything else, it's all relative...
Now, back to your actual quote (Sorry, I think I quoted the wrong person lol) most shop owners could go on for days about the various cars they have had towed in that the owners "Buddy" did in his driveway or some guy did "After hours" in his garage or his friends cousins sisters boyfriend did for pizza and beer. There are many talented people out there and there are many that are not  I have seen some things done that get towed in here to "Correct" that you just have to stop and wonder what part of that sounded like a good idea at the time 
The sad thing is the owner typically ends up paying double what it would have been had they done it here in the first place. The nice thing (For the shop) is that they are almost always customers for life 
Jeff |
OK Jeff I get your point and yea, you quoted the wrong person, I think you were taking a shot at me, not 131. Anyhow, bolting in some springs, a set of sway bars or some trailing arms is not rocket science. I am quite confident I can opperate a wrench... sometimes two at one time
and read directions... Lets state the real reason you don't like people doing pro bono work... it takes money out of your pocket and I respect that. Would I try to tune a car, port heads or install a cam... hell no, I'd leave that to the pros... BUT 90% of the stuff MOST people on here have done can be done in your own garage with basic tools, minimal previous experience and common sense. Nice dig you got on how you have had to fix peoples cars their "buddy" did and are now "customers for life"
Don't worry Jeff, she's going to keep bringing her car to you... I am done doing freebies.
I do understand your point about easy to one and not the other, I am not too good at trying to get my computer working when it goes down b/c I just don't understand the concept. Could I learn, sure... do I want to, no, I am not into that kind of thing. I am into cars and it gives me much more satisfaction to look at the car and know I did a lot of the work on it instead of writing some guy a check.
Alright I am off my soap box... just dont come in here and insult my or anyone elses ability to try to scare people into bringing their cars to you. No hard feelings, I just don't appriciate a few of the comments you made.