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Sorry about this... but I thought I'd join the poll bandwagon.
Interesting to find out how forum members actually get their cars serviced. I imagine that we fall into several categories and I thought it could be of interest to find out ?
I'd put myself into the "hardcore", will do anything rather than let anyone else touch my car + own vag.com category. I've sadly been like this for many years but the plus sides of it are :-
1, You get to know your car (including it's quirks)
2, Save loads of money and NEVER get ripped off.
3, Personal pride and satisfaction.
and
4, Although you have the inconvenience of actually having to get your hands dirty, you don't suffer the inconvenience of losing your car for the day(s) and have all the hassle of lifts to the garage etc.
I personally think in this day and age, the abilty to get stuck in and fix things is being lost. Our Fathers and Grandfathers had to do this kind of stuff usually out of neccessity and we don't so I guess this is why this is why we are generally not bothering these days. Also today I think we have less free time than our Dad's & Grandads so that is further reason. I'm sure in the near future some legislation will come out that prohibits anyone maintaining their own cars unless qualified as is happening with home electrics in the very near future.
What are your thoughts ?
Interesting to find out how forum members actually get their cars serviced. I imagine that we fall into several categories and I thought it could be of interest to find out ?
I'd put myself into the "hardcore", will do anything rather than let anyone else touch my car + own vag.com category. I've sadly been like this for many years but the plus sides of it are :-
1, You get to know your car (including it's quirks)
2, Save loads of money and NEVER get ripped off.
3, Personal pride and satisfaction.
and
4, Although you have the inconvenience of actually having to get your hands dirty, you don't suffer the inconvenience of losing your car for the day(s) and have all the hassle of lifts to the garage etc.
I personally think in this day and age, the abilty to get stuck in and fix things is being lost. Our Fathers and Grandfathers had to do this kind of stuff usually out of neccessity and we don't so I guess this is why this is why we are generally not bothering these days. Also today I think we have less free time than our Dad's & Grandads so that is further reason. I'm sure in the near future some legislation will come out that prohibits anyone maintaining their own cars unless qualified as is happening with home electrics in the very near future.
What are your thoughts ?