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I don't pay enough attention to the neighbors to know whether or not they ever open the hood of their cars.
I open mine now and then.
We do not have an HOA. Good thing, too! I am an Amateur Radio Operator. An HOA board would have apoplexy if they saw the 48 foot antenna tower I am going to install this summer!
Not to mention the pickup in the driveway, the 32 foot motorhome beside the house (soon to be in the driveway for the summer), the street legal ATVs that we frequently ride around the neighborhood, the 7 X14 trailer and 5X8 trailer that are parked out back, and the fact that the neighbors and I leave our trash containers out by the road all the time, for OUR convenience!
I even roll my Shopsmith out of the garage onto the driveway, and convert wood to noise, sawdust, and chips!
We sold the horses, though. We got tired of hauling hay, and when it went over $5 per bale, well...
the neighbor, however, has five at last count. He has had as many as eight.
Another neighbor now has only two, down from 5.
We all like our little rural community.
Pop the hood? I bet 99% of the population these days doesn't even know how to open the hood let alone do anything under it. Don't you know the cell phone zombies of society have an app for that? It's right under their breathing app, eating app and sleeping app.
So what is the point? some people are in there home rebuilding there computer or finishing there basement. people decide when and where to save money by doing projects themselves based on what there comfortable doing or comfortable paying for. I will never work on my car again, use to do it all. Now I'd rather pay someone. My time is more valuable to me then always saving 30$. I love how people on here ALWAYS ridicule people for not working on there cars. Some of them may be operating on someones brain instead.
For people who enjoy maintaining their vehicles and fixing cars it has nothing to do with saving money. It's about being self sufficient and feeling pride of fixing a problem without relying on someone.
Once a year for an oil change, other than that, never needed a mechanic.
I have not used a mechanic other than for oil changes and one brake repair in over 20 years.
I have been doing all my own work since 1997 and i pop the hood on my vehicles at least once a week just to look and fill windshield washer fluid etc..
Popped the hood two days ago to check the oil and good thing i did because the coolant overflow tank had a slow drip leaking from the hose. Cut the end of the hose back a few inches and reclamped it now it's not leaking.
I have been doing all my own work since 1997 and i pop the hood on my vehicles at least once a week just to look and fill windshield washer fluid etc..
Popped the hood two days ago to check the oil and good thing i did because the coolant overflow tank had a slow drip leaking from the hose. Cut the end of the hose back a few inches and reclamped it now it's not leaking.
My oil change includes topping off the fluids.
My cars have not broken down enough to spend money on tools to do it my self. My oil change is around $35. My apartment does not allow for oil changing in the parking lot.
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