Poll: do you do your own maintenance & repairs?

[Ducman491]

I do most of my own work. If I need to crack open a motor or transmission then I leave that to professionals but I've found over the years most everything can be worked out with a decent set of tools and a Haynes manual.

[daug1502]

I do as much work as my skills and research allow. If I don't know how to fix something I attempt to learn from asking around or google. I started off with 2 honda preludes that were a year apart. One of that had skipped on the timing and had a bad motor, the other was ironically a parts car that I ended up fixing and driving. This was my first project car, and I was overly dependent on my dad for a lot of it. (he did more than was fair, and I do regret my stupidity about it.) I took the entire interior out of both cars, we exchanged the moon roof (wish the aveo had one) and I swapped the interior wiring harness. The one was bad from the previous owner not bolting a seat down and cutting out the carpet. From there I started doing more of my own work, and paying attention to what my dad did when something broke that I could not fix. This was also where I found my first car forum Honda Prelude Forum : Honda Prelude Forums and began to realize the pride of owning, maintaining, and modding my vehicle. Now not only do I maintain what I can, with a jack in the driveway, on my own vehicle. I also help out many of my friends with their vehicles. I have been doing this since about 2008 and have learned a lot in just 4 years. I continue to learn every chance I get.