|
|
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Why does Time disappear when you are working on your Diesel..
Took the day off yesterday to do my front end, I swear it took me 9 hours to do half of the front, that took me from 9 am to about 6 pm. I started my other half, now its Saturday at 3 PM. I thought I would have this job done in about 3 hours. Its about 13 hours so far. Time just disappears in huge hunks, I swear, where it goes I do not not know.
In the same timespan I could have boarded a flight to Moscow and have gotten their. Obviously i havent left my driveway. I'm getting pis___ed. WHERE THE H_LL DOES THE TIME GO? Does Diesel fuel have a special reaction with time? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
If you live in WV, you might lose an hour and a half driving around looking for 10 metric screws and having to special order some and pay $8 shipping.
__________________
1982 300CD Petrol/Black Leather |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Great! Good to know that I am not alone...
While rebuilding the front end on my 79 300D, I got so occupied with the job that I negelected to drink any fluids in the 95 degree, South Carolina, July heat. Worked all day on it. Woke up in the middle of the night, rolled up in a ball with muscle cramps from Hell. Got a bad habit of pushing so hard that I loose connection with time. But alas, "Time is a human concept"... |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
My Volvo and Porsche are worse. I can usually finish whatever little project I have on the Mercedes in 3 hours or less (the Mercedes is in better shape then the Porsche or Volvo).
EDIT- Except for changing the starter on the Mercedes . |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
Next time you work on it, pretend that you are paying $85 per hour labor, you'll work faster....
__________________
Over 21 years I owned several: w108 w110 w111 w115 w116 w123 w124 w126 w212 |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Time Warp?
When I work on any car, I tend to have a wandering mind. Laying under the car watching the oil drain, hmmm, wonder what caused that scratch, is the horn wire suppossed to hang like that, I need to tighten pan bolts, why is the right brake caliper hotter than the left. I work in an office on a computer most of the day. Puttering in the garage is my theropy. I like the satisfaction that I can fix ANYTHING if I have a book, or internet access to to sites like this.
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
You think time goes by on you when you work on the M/B?
Try rebuilding a roof deck that has water damage.......including partial deck and facia replacement and new roof deck drains..........I'm only about 1/2 done and two of us spent 10 hours today on ladders. |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
or building a fence!
|
#9
|
||||
|
||||
Or assembling grills all day long at a home-improvement store!
Time flies when working on these cars, I agree. Maybe its the passion we have for them, and we just pause and admire them too much w/out realizing it, therefore sucking up huge amounts of time. It took me/my dad almost 60ish hours to complete the sway bar epic project on his '83 this past winter......time flew like crazy on that project....
__________________
-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k) |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
I also find myself laying on the garage floor, just looking at parts, almost in a trance. The other form of theropy is gardening. |
Bookmarks |
|
|