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Originally Posted by digieditny
Barry. I totally hear what you're saying. I prefer to work on it myself than paying a mechanic to do it. I love ingesting all the information and applying it. I changed a simple little fuel filter today and suddenly I had this connection with the car and was overwhelmed with a sense of pride. Ha! I know it was a simple primary fuel filter!
It's just not practical to work on the car on the street. I'm not sure if it's legal in NYC. If there's anything too difficult or time consuming, I would rather a mechanic do it. I would love to have space to work on projects like this. It's one of many drawbacks living in a big cramped urban jungle. You have to be rich to have your own garage in NYC.
I'm going to look over the list of what needs to get done and see what I can do myself.
digi
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I hear you loud and clear as well. Do you have a friend you respect for his knowledge and ability? If so see if you can get him interested to help you. At least once a week I am out giving a friend a hand with something he cannot comforatably cope with. Or just needs a hand. Or solving their problem with a phone call.
I gain many things from this effort over time. The expression you give you get does apply. Some of these friends and aquantences have serious skills in areas I am far from strong in. I can call in favors at any time if I wish. Sometimes I do either for myself or others. Never abusing the privliges I have established.
This system of skill exchange is far less prevelant in massive cities but still exists to some lesser extent wherever there are people. I grew up in a congested area of Toronto. I got so tired of the limits it imposed I prepared and eventually left.
We as a family never looked back. This may not be for everyone but it was for us. We wanted a better life. I actually feel sorry for some of my friends I left behind when visiting them periodically in Toronto.
There is another world away from big cities one can adapt to. For us as a family it was a much better and different world. I could and should write a book on our experiences and the differences. Since we only live once an individual should try to broaden their horizons.