Spin off of the Fairfield County thread...a question to ponder

[WAD357]

i dont agree with the comments about how only lower class people work on their cars....my dad is and has been a mechanic for over 30+ years, and anyone who has been to my house, met my family....i'm not even trying to brag here, but my dad makes good money doing what he does...people just don't assume it. just because he comes home covered in grease and oil and whatnot doesn't mean he's not making money. sure, he works hard, but i guess it's just the environment i grew up in

This is another thing like i said its seems to be looked at as a lower class thing to be a mechanic however many mechanics out there make killer money and live in very nice homes and what not which is the funny thing sometimes the mechanic is more wealthy then the person who thinks theyre not...

[HeavyMetal]

so hes a mechanic, that rules him out of this classification. and obviously hes going to work on his own car

though, what kyle said is true as well concerning this.

[grundlepunch]

i have personally never herd of people "looking down" or "frown upon" other people working on their own cars... where do you guys see or hear this??????

[Lawn Guyland]

i have personally never herd of people "looking down" or "frown upon" other people working on their own cars... where do you guys see or hear this??????

everywhere.

i see it all over the place on LI and by will in fairfield

[HeavyMetal]

i have personally never herd of people "looking down" or "frown upon" other people working on their own cars... where do you guys see or hear this??????

Guesss you dont leave eastern CT often?

[OTTE]

Most people just think that the guy who is covered in grease and fixed my car is an idiot. Yes it is looked down upon to do your own work on yout car, but some people who fix their own car or cars in general are some of the smartest people you may know.
But I think most of use who work on their own cars just dont trust anyone else or fell better knowing they did and save in some cases save alot of money in the process.

[Kyle]

Go drive through a nice well off neighborhood, do you see anyone working on their cars?

I get customers all day who are very well off and look down on us like we are monkeys.

Side note, people with nice cars are cheap as hell. I put more nice name brand tires on lower quality or average quality then i do on the lincolns, mercedes, bmws, cadillacs etc. They all buy cheap ass made in china tires. But farmer john will come in and buy goodyears or coopers, or bfgs or mastercrafts or toyo etc for their beat up truck.

[CumminsJeep]

mmmm yes....shallow and pedantic

[Pedro]

You guy said it. People who don't work on their own cars think it is sort of redneck and lower class to do so. It is immediately linked to having a messy driveway with cars and parts strewn around, as many rednecks have. Unfortunately it is just the way it is. I also agree that it definitely comes with the territory.

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

Society says it's dirty, low and unclean to work on your own vehicles. Your neighbor's poodle might have a fit and piss indoors, and it's obviously not the dog's fault, but yours for working on your own car within sight of someone's house.

It's the NIMBY way of thinking.

I just ignore people who gripe about it.

[Kyle]

mmmm yes....shallow and pedantic

That word always reminds me of this line from Liar Liar.

He's a pedantic, pontificating, pretentious bastard, a belligerent old fart, a worthless steaming pile of cow dung, figuratively speaking.

[LittleD]

Talked with my dad about this briefly and he believes it comes down to property value, if you go to look at a house and the neighbor has shit piled up around his house, are you gonna want to move their?

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

Its not really looked down on I think, people just dont like to do anything anymore. I know plenty of engineers who work on thousand horsepower diesels and take their car to a garage because they dont want to deal with it.

Actually, I`ve been thinking of taking my bike to a dealer to get the valves done because I dont want to deal with it. A few weeks ago I readjusted the valve lash on our 3000hp auxiliary diesel. Its not hard, I just dont feel like doing it.

[Burton58]

i make great money where i work and being that cars these days are so complex, it's just easier to bring them to a dealer. a jeep or older car is one thing but all the new sensors, electronics and special tools needed for jobs now are outrageous. i pay a dealer to work on my vehicles, i suggest you do the same





be back later i have a transmission to install on a subaru tonight cause i'm broke

[Burton58]

Its not really looked down on I think, people just dont like to do anything anymore. I know plenty of engineers who work on thousand horsepower diesels and take their car to a garage because they dont want to deal with it.

Actually, I`ve been thinking of taking my bike to a dealer to get the valves done because I dont want to deal with it. A few weeks ago I readjusted the valve lash on our 3000hp auxiliary diesel. Its not hard, I just dont feel like doing it.

i think this is a different side of the spectrum. lots of mechanics or the like don't want to work on personal vehicles or side jobs after work since they do it all day long. i don't blame you for not wanting to mess with the bike