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Originally Posted by foff667
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Originally Posted by JPiZZiJP
Hey Bill, I completely admit I'm no mechanic whatsoever... it's people like me that pay mechanic's salaries  If I had instructions, I'm sure I could replace my clutch on my own, but the thing is, it would take me much longer than someone that already knows how to do it (mind you, someone that's already replaced clutches on f-bodies too). Come tax time, I'm sure mechanics can do their own taxes, but I bet some of them take them to accountants like me. Why? Because I can do it quicker and more efficiently.
But I mean come on, some basic stuff like, oil changes, replacing a tire, jumping a car... this is something that everyone should know. Jumping a car... you get jumper cables, positive to positive and negative to negative... how difficult is that? lol Â*:P
~Joe |
hey youd be suprised...when i was like 18 i got a flat on my buick regal and needed my dad to come out and help me change it...when your young and dont have someone to teach you these things or your friends just werent into that your not gonna be into it...i dont think i changed my own oil till i was like ~20 and now ive swapped heads/cam, installed a blower & do my own tuning so i think ive graduated for the most part. Â*Bottom line is dont bust on the kid, why not show him around a car...if I didnt have a hand holding mine through some stuff I dunno where I'd be. |
Bill,
Big difference... I'm not busting on the kid. I feel sorry for him that he doesn't know some basic stuff. When he told me he didn't know, it's not like I made fun of him, I actually taught him how to jump the car... but inside, I was just in pure disbelief.
I think formula4speed spelled out what I'm really trying to get across... I agree with him wholeheartedly that people should know some basic stuff about maintenance before they can drive.
BigAl... you would think that, right? Just so you know... when I go to the mechanic and he gives me a price I don't give him hell
~Joe