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+7Shale Alan Smithee Nystyle709 Impact DanaShelbyChancey CeCe Marc™ 11 posters |
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Marc™ …is a Chamber DEITY.
Join date : 2010-01-30 Location : Michigan Posts : 12006 Rep : 212
| Subject: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:09 pm | |
| Is there anything you can or have fixed yourself as far as your car is concerned? All I can do is change a tire and put on the wiper blades....everything else has gotta be handled by a pro. | |
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CeCe …is a Chamber DEITY.
Join date : 2010-06-30 Posts : 11962 Rep : 326
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:25 pm | |
| Noooo. I'm not mechanically inclined at all. | |
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DanaShelbyChancey …is Significant.
Join date : 2011-03-01 Location : Collingswood New Jersey USA Posts : 366 Rep : 10
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:44 pm | |
| Absolutely nothing! I drove around for 2 weeks with no wiper fluid, and a streaky windshield. Then I went to Jiffy Lube.
I can check tire pressure, and inflate tires, but I don't like it. | |
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Impact …is a Power Member.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : Rochester, MN Posts : 2570 Rep : 75
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:47 pm | |
| When I was driving a used car, I learned how to do a lot of repair work on it. I changed the breaks, did my own oil and fluids, changed the air filter, painted it and so on. When I bought a new car, I stopped doing most of that (still check my tire pressure) and just take it in to be serviced. | |
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Nystyle709 ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-03-16 Location : New York Posts : 27030 Rep : 339
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:50 pm | |
| I can change the oil, but I don't do it. I can change a flat tire, fix the rearview and sideview mirrors and that's about it. I pretty know most of the basics about the mechanics of a car but I won't attempt to do any major repairs. I'll let it get serviced. | |
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Alan Smithee ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-09-03 Location : 40º44’18.33”N 73º58’31.82”W Posts : 25792 Rep : 381
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:57 pm | |
| I can chage the oil and filter, a tire and jump a dead battery. | |
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Shale ...is a Chamber Royal.
Join date : 2010-09-27 Location : Miami Beach Posts : 9699 Rep : 219
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:05 pm | |
| I don't have a car, just a bicycle, which I take to the bike shop to get any work on. | |
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Timetrvlr …is a Newbie.
Join date : 2011-03-01 Location : Central BC(53 N 122°30'W), Canada Posts : 121 Rep : 32
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:17 pm | |
| Years go I did most of the maintenance and repairs myself. Now I take my Honda in for regular service and do very little myself. Auto repair today requires some very high-tech equipment, not really feasible for a home mechanic unless it's an expensive hobby. We should all do more routine maintenance such as checking the oil and fluid levels and checking tire pressures but I don't and I refuse to feel guilty about it.
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Alan Smithee ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-09-03 Location : 40º44’18.33”N 73º58’31.82”W Posts : 25792 Rep : 381
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:20 pm | |
| Seriously, Shale, I'm a little envious that you can commute on two wheels under your own power. It would be about a 30 mile round trip for me which I'm confident I could do it 5 days a week but it's bad enough I have to share the road with some of these morons when I'm in a car. I don't think I'd last long on a bike. | |
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Shale ...is a Chamber Royal.
Join date : 2010-09-27 Location : Miami Beach Posts : 9699 Rep : 219
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:42 pm | |
| - alan smithee wrote:
- ... it's bad enough I have to share the road with some of these morons when I'm in a car. I don't think I'd last long on a bike.
Yeah, forget running with the bulls in Pamplona. I run with the SUV's in Miami.(With more power and less intelligence than the bovines) | |
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Shale ...is a Chamber Royal.
Join date : 2010-09-27 Location : Miami Beach Posts : 9699 Rep : 219
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Cheaps ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
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| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:18 am | |
| i dont do any car maintenance at all!! | |
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Kral …is a Power Member.
Join date : 2010-02-02 Posts : 1973 Rep : 30
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:35 am | |
| All I can do is pump my gas and sometimes pump air into one of the tires if they're low. | |
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Chris Chamber Admin.
Join date : 2010-01-30 Location : Oak Park, Michigan Posts : 23201 Rep : 330
| Subject: Re: How Much Car Maintenance Do You Perform on Your Vehicle Yourself? Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:44 am | |
| Not much. I can change a flat, and I check my oil; that's about it. | |
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