At 64 I still do basic maintenance to both cars. No cheap oil filters, quality oil, check all fluids and clean the engine and housing. I see a lot folks go to the oil change place, they are all too busy?
Yes, I can and do. I can also pieces the car and fit it back together, and thats not enough, I can design one and built it. Actually, the plans are ready, only a garage and, more important, some cash is missing
I can change all the fluids, do a tune up, rebuild a carburetor, do my brakes, replace shocks, check my tires, replace belts, rebuild the starter, alternator, thermostat, and water pump. I can figure out how to fix just about everything - it's all a matter of if I have the tools to do it with.
Here in the U.S. (at least in my town), dedicated 'Oil change' shops charge anywhere from $20-50us, depending on the grade of oil and other services. I can buy the materials for around $16-30. Also, are you saying that the garage people aren't 'normal' people. I consider myself very normal!
The workers in the Garages get only about 7 to 10 quit for an hour. The rate mentioned is what a garage charges to the customer. Plus material.
cheap oil 10 quit from bulk plus 20 mins labour (60/3=20 quit) for work makes 30 quit for all.
In this 20 mins are the most people not earning more than 3 to 5 bucks. If you earn in 20 mins 30 quit you are far above normal .... Doctor or Lawyer or so, or a garage owner?
DIY is always cheaper, but not necessarily faster.
Actually, IT Services. I was in the same boat as the garage workers, making roughly 20% of what I was being billed to my customers. I started my own company.
I'm not arguing that DIY is not a good thing, I'm just saying that in some circumstances, you have to look at difference in productivity. In the U.S., you don't have to be that far above average to make more in an hour than what you would save changing your own oil and the trend (at least here) usually leans towards disparaging people who don't, even if it doesn't make good economic sense for them.
Sometimes you need to focus on what you're good at to get ahead. I'm a great IT problemsolver and a so-so mechanic. I could extract my own teeth and save big bucks, but I'll continue to pay the dentist for it.
Thats what I said, you must be good (better) to beat the DIY. I can change 2 tires in 20 mins using a car jack at the road side. but I have no idea how to make in the same time enough money to pay someone doing it for me and still having more in my pocket ....
What do you do for a living, or better question; what do you do best? I know it's off subject, but I don't consider myself that special. I took a hobby, computers and monetized it. I didn't start where I am now. Started at $5/hour building PCs, worked my way up to about $29 working for someone else (through lots of experience, education, certification, etc), then realized I had to take the risky leap to go up from there. Lived by the seat of my pants for the first 7 months, then started seeing the reward.
It's one of those things everyone should learn how to do. It's simple, takes thirty minutes to an hour out of your day every couple months and will save you a lot of money on a yearly basis.
All a matter of economics. For the approx $15 I will save on my oil change, I can work for the same hour at my job and make 5x as much (and be doing something I enjoy.)
The workers in the Garages get only about 7 to 10 quit for an hour. The rate mentioned is what a garage charges to the customer. Plus material.
cheap oil 10 quit from bulk plus 20 mins labour (60/3=20 quit) for work makes 30 quit for all.
In this 20 mins are the most people not earning more than 3 to 5 bucks. If you earn in 20 mins 30 quit you are far above normal .... Doctor or Lawyer or so, or a garage owner?
DIY is always cheaper, but not necessarily faster.
Actually, IT Services. I was in the same boat as the garage workers, making roughly 20% of what I was being billed to my customers. I started my own company.
I'm not arguing that DIY is not a good thing, I'm just saying that in some circumstances, you have to look at difference in productivity. In the U.S., you don't have to be that far above average to make more in an hour than what you would save changing your own oil and the trend (at least here) usually leans towards disparaging people who don't, even if it doesn't make good economic sense for them.
Sometimes you need to focus on what you're good at to get ahead. I'm a great IT problemsolver and a so-so mechanic. I could extract my own teeth and save big bucks, but I'll continue to pay the dentist for it.
respect man
I prefer going to an Auto Care Center.