How do people pay for their car repairs?

Warrior Poet · Nov 16, 2005

Dr. Awkward said:
When I eventually am forced to buy a car by my desire to live as far away from other humans as possible, I plan to take night courses at the local college to learn how to be an auto mechanic.

You'll need the tools, too.

[Jeff Spicoli]My dad has this killer set of tools . . . I can fix it.[/Jeff Spicoli]

But, yeah, I've always wanted to take a basic mechanics course for that reason. The problem is, with a lot of new cars, there's more computers and stuff involved these days, and it's getting harder and harder to fix cars, except for the most basic things.

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Thornir Alekeg · Nov 16, 2005

I go the credit card route for this kind of expense.

Also, cars are the one place where I buy the extended warranty. The only one I have bought that never paid for itself was the one for my wife's Nissan Sentra that she hated so much we sold it before the car was out of the mfr warranty period.

Cthulhu's Librarian · Nov 16, 2005

Warrior Poet said:
But, yeah, I've always wanted to take a basic mechanics course for that reason. The problem is, with a lot of new cars, there's more computers and stuff involved these days, and it's getting harder and harder to fix cars, except for the most basic things.

And even if you can fix it yourself, often times you still need to reset the cars computer in order for it to run correctly after you have fixed the mechanical problem. And the mechanics aren't going to plug their computer in just to be nice to you.

werk · Nov 16, 2005

Joshua Dyal said:
A mechanic you can trust to not screw you is worth his weight in gold.

And a competent mechanic that won't screw you is priceless.

FWIW, 200 pounds of gold is ~$1,530,000

Queen_Dopplepopolis · Nov 16, 2005

Joshua Dyal said:
A mechanic you can trust to not screw you is worth his weight in gold.

If I could find a mechanic that didn't try to screw me over every time I walked into the shop because I'm a woman and obviously don't know anything about cars (which - I really don't), he'd be worth double his weight in gold.

reveal · Nov 16, 2005

All my auto repairs are free because I don't mind getting screwed over by the mechanic.

What? :uhoh:

sniffles · Nov 16, 2005

Warrior Poet said:
You'll need the tools, too.

[Jeff Spicoli]My dad has this killer set of tools . . . I can fix it.[/Jeff Spicoli]

But, yeah, I've always wanted to take a basic mechanics course for that reason. The problem is, with a lot of new cars, there's more computers and stuff involved these days, and it's getting harder and harder to fix cars, except for the most basic things.

Warrior Poet

Not only do new cars have all the electronics, they've compacted the engines into much smaller compartments so that you have to practically remove everything to get to the part that needs replacing, hence the high labor costs for repairs. I've been when JoeGKushner is. It's so expensive because they've got to take the entire engine apart. :\

I don't have a credit card, so I just go around hoping that nothing serious will break down on my car. If it does we'll have to borrow from the mother-in-law, and that's a place I don't want to go to. :uhoh:

Desdichado · Nov 16, 2005

werk said:
FWIW, 200 pounds of gold is ~$1,530,000

Here's my mechanic: she only weighs about 110 lbs.

And I wouldn't even mind if she screwed me over.

Warrior Poet · Nov 16, 2005

Joshua Dyal said:
Here's my mechanic: she only weighs about 110 lbs.

And I wouldn't even mind if she screwed me over.

Does she adjust crankshafts?

What?

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reveal · Nov 16, 2005

Warrior Poet said:
Does she adjust crankshafts?

What?

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