Sorry, but my all time favorite attire is Shorts. I hate pants. I sweat a lot.

I hate to wear pants maybe because of my hefty butt. They make feel so awkward and like I am wearing a Fur Coat.

I usually wear a long sleeve t shirt , sweats and the lawn cutting sneakers. My wife once tried to buy me overalls, but they felt like I was wearing a Deep Sea Diving Suit. Try wearing those things on a 90 degree Humid Day.

Needless to say my legs and kneecaps have pieces of the driveway embedded in them. Ppeople always take a second look at me when they see how uncosmetic they are. Nothing major, jsut not very cosmetic.

I hate shorts, pants are all I can wear.

shorts in the summer, pants in the winter.Plus one of the many old shirts I have gotten from car shows, software developers, conferences.. etc also, I always put down cardboard if I have to kneel

Grimy Jeans and a T shirt

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Whatever I'm wearing when I have a free moment, ... I ruin a lot of nice shirts.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

If it's cooler out, I'll wear the mechanic's overalls. In warmer weather, I just wear old t-shirts and shorts. I use knee pads if I'm crawling around either way. Definitely easier on the knees than a pebble or bolt.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Talk about WIERD. Whenever I see those big sheets of Cardboard from IKEA or boxes, I stop to get them. I lay them down to protect myself and to protect the drivway when I change oil.

Claen up is simple. Throw away the cardboard and shave my hair which seems to be the final resting place for all grime, scrum, scrud and slough.

Old pair of jeans and sweatshirt - when it's cold.
Old pair of shorts and T shirt - when it's warm.
Cover floor underneath car with old newspapers when doing anything messy. Kneel on an old piece of carpet to save my knees.

Cheers!

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Neil.


1991 190E 2.6 170k
1995 E320CA 57k
1999 Chevy Tahoe 98k
2000 R1150GS 45k
1983 300CD 178k - sold, but not forgotten

Cut off blue jeans when it is cool out.
Board shorts when it is hot out, they dry quickly.
And card board, I allways have it around, you can slide very easy under the car with it.

You guys have no class at all, you might as well work on Volkswagens! Here's what I wear . . .

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

It must be tough to work with your arms elevated.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

I am a huge cardboard box user also. Easy to slide in and out on, and just throw them away when super nasty. I'm not always on pavement either, so I really need it.
In winter I went to army/navy store and got a pilots coverall to work in. Kind of a mechanics "onesy"...
In summer I had some great camo pajama pants. Looked like camo pants but were super thin and cool. Alas, they shredded last week doing yard work....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

i work in the oil field, and i just wear my work coveralls. it is not possible to get those any dirtier by working on my car

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Grey '91 350SDL 214k Dad's car
Beige '81 240D 4 Speed 254k SOLD
Blue '82 300D 225k SOLD
White '95 E300D 46k SOLD
Blue '87 190D 2.5 Turbo 315k SOLD
Brown '80 240D 4 Speed 716k SOLD
Beige '80 300D N/A 119k SOLD
Blue '85 300D Model 186k T-Boned

Can't risk scratching my paint, I just work in a wife beater and boxers. As for kneeling, I use an old exercise mat. Its also nice for laying on the ground under a vehicle.

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1982 240D
1993 Mazda Miata LE
1991 Mazda MPV
1993 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon

Coveralls all the time.