I know its no help, but why on earth would someone who needs a garage to do routine jobs buy a Series? Series have hours of "routine jobs" every week, its beyond me. The nearest i have come across is a guy I knew who bought a boat solely to spend his money before his divorce, he didn't even like boats.
I know someone, (won't say he's a friend), who works with his hands, (monumental mason) he's so good he has met the queen more than once, does war memorials, all sorts, so you'd think he'd be able to wire a plug, or do a bit of wood butchery but no, he don't.
He is into yanks, has two very nice ones.
But he will not lift a spanner, his attitude is "Why try and do it when I can spend the time earning the money it will cost to have an expert do it properly?"
There is a kind of logic there.
Personally I give work to trades to do only if I absolutely have to and always through gritted teeth. Unless it is a job I really hate!
Guess it is an ego thing, and some of us think we should be able to do anything any other spanner-monkey can. But this does lead to bewilderment and anger especially with all the electronics on modern vehicles!![]()
I started mechanicing cos i couldn't afford to keep my car on the road any other way. Once you start, it just grows, and as you say you get to the point where you can see how much the guys in overalls are looking at your wallet first and your car second.trouble is, in my experience, these ‘experts’ that hard earned is handed over to are usually anything but. I have learnt my lesson there and that’s why I do everything myself, and have taught myself over time.
these experts can usually see those with disposable cash coming a mile off....
I started mechanicing cos i couldn't afford to keep my car on the road any other way. Once you start, it just grows, and as you say you get to the point where you can see how much the guys in overalls are looking at your wallet first and your car second.