re: Ta-da! by Magpie

February 04, 2010 02:55 AM

Dear wonderful Internet,

Today, I changed my own license plate lights! Ta-da! Not challenging enough to warrant such exuberance, you say? Well, considering I had to dismantle the inside of my trunk to do so, I beg to differ. nod

Anywho, on to the question: if you have/had a car, do you/did you prefer to do the maintenance on it yourself?

Happily yours,
Magpie

results 11 votes

Big or small, I always do the maintenance (0 votes)
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Only the small stuff for me, I have someone else do the big things (3 votes)
 27%
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't (0 votes)
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I don't do any of it (nor do I want to) (1 vote)
 9%
I don't do any of it (cuz I don't know how) (1 vote)
 9%
I don't have a car (6 votes)
 55%
Cars require maintenance...? (0 votes)
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  • inafish says:

    My car is not very maintenance-friendly (you basically have to remove the whole motor in order to change a single headlight bulb), but if I could, I would love to maintain it myself. Don't have much practice, though, but I still remember that feeling when I changed my first flat tyre with my dad's help...

    Feb 04, 2010 09:14 AM
  • Iseult says:

    When I did have a car, I would take it in for anything but only because I had the care care plan that covered it. I rather enjoy not having a car, and am very glad I live in an area where I don't need one.

    Feb 05, 2010 08:30 PM
  • littlewolf says:

    Never had a car (not of my own, at any rate), but if I did, then I would definitely love to tinker with it and fix it myself. Yay to you, Magpie, for doing so!

    Feb 10, 2010 08:02 PM
  • alex says:

    I used to do more when I was young, but these days arthritic hands and complicated cars make it much more difficult.

    Feb 21, 2010 12:37 PM
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