want to see who or how often other TR members have this happen. I went to my mother inlaws store today and one of the salesmen was a car guy and had heard stories from my mother inlaw about the stuff I had done to my cars. I'm not going to list it all, but some of it included the basic boltons I/H/E, full audio video install, turbo, motor swap, upgrade from power nothing to pw, pl, pm(mirrors), shave door kit, alarm installs, extra wiring for custom activation of features, suspension, ........ after talking to this guy for several minutes about all the stuff that I have on the cars or have had on the cars he asks me who does all my work....... my response......I DO. I had to hide it but for some reason it felt really good to be able to say that. I didn't throw money at someone to get all this done (anyone can do that) I did it all with my own 2 hands.

I'm not tring to brag, there are a few things I don't do either for lack of tools ( wheel alignment/mount and ballance) lack of skill (body work...its and art.... window tint, it's just a pita to fuck with and I just don't have the patience) and lastly some things I have yet to do ( rebuild a motor, I could, but I am not making my first rebuild be my daily driver) other than those few things I have done everything else to my car that needs to be done.

who else take pride in knowing they put the time and effort into their cars? and who says they are a "car guy" but really means "I like cars but don't know jack about how they work".

 

i love being able to work on my car. It's like 25% that i wouldnt trust anyone putting their hands on my baby, and the other 75% is that for some reason, i find working on cars really fun. Sure, sometimes, it can get really annoying trying to find out why something isnt working, but the feeling you get after finding out what it was, AND fixing it yourself, is worth all the headaches

 

Same here, I really wish I had some kinda diagnostic machine, because finding why my car doesnt start is the hard part, fixing it is simple to me.

 

In the words of a friend: "I dunno, I'm kinda happy it broke because now I can tear down the car and put something better in it"

 

EXACTLY the same with me. i've done all the modifications to my car myself, as well as any kind of repairs. sometimes i'll ask someone for some helping hands just to make it go faster by holding something in place or handing me tools, but i end up doing all the work. i take a lot of pride in working on my own car and i love it when i tell people that i do, especially being a female. only problem is, since all of my friends know, i end up doing half of thier brake jobs!

 

 

who would that be??

yea i trust the brothers and jerry for anything timing belt related, or rebuilding a tranny, but i do all the taking it out and puttin it back in and all my intertior stuff(xmradio, wideband, afc).

 

that makes it even better, not only can you do it your self, which most people can't, but your a female which (unfortunately) most people associate with being mechanically retarded. I would love to see the faces of some of these people when they hear that you are your own mechanic. When I have a daughter, mechanical knowledge is one thing that I will make sure she gets from me ( aside form the ability to curse like a sailor).

 

thats the way to do it! my father was a mechanic and a carpenter, so naturally, i am very mechanically inclined and very handy around the house. some of the very few memories i have of him are him teaching me how to use different tools. so, when you have a daughter, you should definatly teach her! if only he was still alive to see how he rubbed off on me, r.i.p.

 

im the same way when im talking to some one about my car either how i fixed, did something to up the HP or the fact that i can weld and weld real good for that matter and using an arc welder(stick welder) and being a good all around person that can work with their hand from electrical to plumbing. It feels good when someone says man thats cool that you know all that or some phrase like that. And I think in my head yeah it is badass. And it feels good when someone comes to you first to ask about something they dont know about because they trust your craftsmanship.