RE: mechanics

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

>
>  Just curious, how many of you do your own work on your Rocs?  I dont
>know about the rest of you, but I am paranoid of giving my car to anyone
>to work on it.  Please tell me I am not alone, heheh  =) 

no way dude...

> Plus, when I
>do the work I know that nuts and bolts werent left out.

exactly...

>  Sorry for the
>off topic post, I just started wondering why people with cars they deeply
>care about are quick to let other people work on them. 

i agree 100%.  i haven't let anyone touch my car since back in 94 when i
had to replace a few motor mounts...  i asked them to check the
transmission fluid, they said it was full.  one month later, failed
transmission.  cause?  no oil...  (*&$(*##$*(& (#*&$ (*#$&()#*& 9*#$
&!!!!!!!!!!!  that was the last time i ever took my car anywhere.  over
the holidays just now i worked on my rocco for 6 days straight.  i'll be
posting what i did and some hints/warnings about some of the stuff i did
too (how DO you remove injectors with rock hard o-rings anyway.....) 
over the years i have acquired quite a number of tools.  i'm not afraid
to do anything on my car anymore.  my last hurdle to jump will be
transmission work, i want to change out the .91 5th for a .80....  maybe
over xmas...  another reason i like working on my car is that i don't
have to worry about the workmanship, or that they forgot something, or
they didn't do something, or they didn't fix what they were supposed to,
or they broke/stripped something, or they charged me $50 an hour
labor....  hmmmm, make that 6 reasons...

chris
>86 16V scirocco

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