XPost: alt.home.repair
From: bobnospam@gmail.com
On 4/30/2023 10:43 AM, RonTheGuy wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2023, ������ Mighty Wannabe ✅ wrote
> (in article):
>
>>> If the tire changing machine at HF costs $100 then it pays for itself the
>>> first time you need to replace 4 tires on your vehicle (at $25 per tire).
>>>
>>> The ability to repair your tires at home is just an added convenience.
>>
>> I love to fix many different things at home, but I have an aversion to
>> prying open car tires myself, especially when it is a lot of work, and
>> not expensive to pay others to do it.
>
> My wife uses that exact same excuse on me all the time. :->
> If someone doesn't want to do something, there are always excuses for why.
>
> I watched the videos. Doesn't look all that hard.
>
> Of course, youtube videos only show the tires that worked out well.
> But some of those videos were of some guy in his back yard, another set of
> guys in a garage, and even one was an old Asian guy in his pajamas and
> slippers in his driveway. So I doubt it's too hard if you want to do it.
>
> Same thing I tell my wife.
> So that might not work on you either. :->
>
> It seems like it's easy to do at home if you like working on your car.
>
> If you don't like working on your car, then nobody can talk you into even
> doing an oil change, as the main excuse people use who never did things is
> that they don't want to do them (which is a perfectly good excuse).
>
> But this should be the type of group for people who actually like doing
> things for themselves instead of paying people to wash behind their ears.
>
> Ron, the humblest guy in town.
>
The hand powered tire changer probably needs to be bolted to the floor
to work well.
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