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Why do it yourself, when you can pay a pro Posted by Ari [Email]  (#2847) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Ari) on Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:39:20
In Reply to: Do it yourselfers beware......, Mike Lynch  [Profile/Gallery]
, Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:56:14
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To screw it up?
Yes, there is a long list of folks damaging their cars in an attempt to fix them.
However, there is an equally long list of screw ups done by Professionals, where the definition of a Pro is someone you pay. Yes, if the problem is major enough, you can usually get them to pay for fixing it. But many times they do damage that isn't immediately apparent, or that degrades the life of the car.
Connectors broken off and taped back up is a good example. Or draining the oil and forgetting to put more in; they notice the red light by the time they've moved the car to the lot and add oil, but by that time they've taken 25K miles from the life of the engine, and you'll never know.
My favorite has always been torques, or lack thereof. An air wrench is not a precision torque meter. I've had undertorqued hub nuts that result in sheared hub splines a year later (VW bug), or overtorqued lug nuts that warp rotors. The list goes on and on.
Yes, you can easily screw up your own car. Most mechanics are good, but sometimes the good ones make mistakes, and the poor ones usually do.
I like doing the job myself because I'm careful, and it'll take me twice as long. That's because I've got only one job to do, and I'm the poor bastard that'll get it in the neck if I screw up. That sharpens the senses. A mechanic charges by the hour but gets paid by the job - so getting it done sooner not only clears the car from the lot, but allows greater profits. Again, a good mechanic will do a good job, but under pressure everyone makes mistakes.
Remember, half the mechanics out there are below average.
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