When it comes to auto repair I wish I was more mechanically gifted. I’m not completely worthless though. I mean, I understand the basics about how a car runs and the major parts that make the wheels go ’round. Heck, I even change my own oil, but for some reason when I take a vehicle in for servicing I’m completely at their mercy. Their goal obviously is to baffle me by bringing up terminology that I’m not familiar with. It’s like they go to the parts index of my car’s parts manual and find something wrong with the piece that the lay person would never be able to get at without pulling their engine completely out. Even when I feign some knowledge about the cost of items needing replacement they can always trump me with the infamous ‘labor’ line item. Seems like they always blame it on labor: “yeah, it’s not like the parts are real expensive, but it’s the labor.” I swear, either these mechanics are made of gold or my vehicle is so mechanically complex that accessing areas of the engine quickly is out of the question. I guess it’s dolts like me whose car problems guarantee that the owner of the garage can afford to drive a nicer vehicle than I do.
What say you?