XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: ron@null.invalid   
      
   On Apr 30, 2023, Bob F wrote   
   (in article):   
      
   >> As for excuses, at my age I no longer crawl under cars.   
   >   
   > At 74, I am a little slower at it at worst.   
      
   I am about the same age and I also find it "less fun" to be lying on the   
   ground removing an oil filter bolt, but I still do it because of two great   
   values, the first being you get better quality oil at a lower price, and   
   the second being the satisfaction that you know the job is done right.   
      
   There are other benefits such as the time savings (an oil change is just   
   about the quickest job that can be done on a car - even vacuuming it takes   
   longer) and convenience of doing it when you want it done, but the main   
   reason is better oil at a better price & the satisfaction of doing it.   
      
   If someone doesn't want to do it, they will always make up a million   
   excuses for why they don't want to do it - which is what they do.   
      
   > The ramps simplify it.   
      
   I almost never use the ramps because jacking up one end is almost as quick.   
   I have four sturdy jack stands, where I always use at least two + the jack.   
      
   What I do now that I didn't do when I was younger is I wear kneepads and   
   elbow pads, and I spread an old blanket on the ground when I'm working on   
   the brakes or the engine unless it's drippy - and then I don't use the   
   blankets.   
      
   > Clearly, if you live in a small apartment, storing tools makes things   
   > more difficult.   
      
   You're right about that. I don't know how anyone who lives in a flat could   
   fix anything. Just the tools alone would fill up the closets.   
      
   You almost have to own/rent a real home to work on a car.   
      
   Ron, the humblest guy in town.   
      
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