Do you still do sh*t like this?

Patsie Hatley

@Hatley (163781)

• Garden Grove, California

2 Jan 18

is thatt readable n ow?

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

@Hatley Ah, call a repair person. Do yo have friends who can do some of the repair work?

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

I could not read your comment.

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Courtney

@Courtlynn (66921)

• United States

2 Jan 18

My moms always gone to places for the car. Besides adding oil or anitfreeze whatever.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

@Courtlynn Sometimes it's just a matter of "opening a bottle" and adding the right thing.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

You do that stuff?

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Courtney

@Courtlynn (66921)

• United States

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse nope. She does the topping off oil and antifreeze. I know zip about cars and I never plan to know anything about them.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (95001)

• United States

2 Jan 18

YouTube is your best friend when it comes to DIY repairs. I don't work on the car but, my dad or fiancé does sometimes.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (95001)

• United States

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse Glad you were able to figure it out!

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

@infatuatedbby Yeah, I'm glad its DONE. This "project" was NOT a "Buddhist exercise."

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

I'm glad I got this one done. I thought I was going to have to go to the dealer and act all apologetic.

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Ricki Dillane

@ricki_911 (21625)

• Toronto, Ontario

2 Jan 18

I try to replace or fix things nyself. Its more due to cost for me. If i can't do it then i will pay someone.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45437)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse Me three.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

@BarBaraPrz It's the "not knowing whether I can do it" that's the bothersome grey area.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

That's my philosophy too. I don't like to pay someone else if I can do it myself.

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PLETHOS

@Plethos (13560)

• United States

2 Jan 18

Im limited in automotive repair, last thing i changed out was a burnt out brake light last september.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

That's about my limit too.

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April

@thislittlepennyearns (58109)

• Defuniak Springs, Florida

2 Jan 18

I'm a little hopeless when it comes to changing lights and belts and stuff, but the other stuff I can and do do.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

What is your "specialty"? I'm good with stereo-related stuff, but mediocre when it comes to cars.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

@thislittlepennyearns Heh. With recipes, I take something that's a "done deal" and add to it. With cars, I do the best I can and then ask for help.

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April

@thislittlepennyearns (58109)

• Defuniak Springs, Florida

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse Baked goods. Or painting. I used to paint as a profession like apartments and stuff. I guess that would be speciality. But food related is probably a little more so. You're a fairly decent recipe maker upper as well. :D

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23465)

• United States

2 Jan 18

i work on the house..but i'll leave electrical and plumbing to others. ain't touching either.

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23465)

• United States

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse yea,but if i break it myself,it's my bill lol

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

Eh, it's just pipes and cables.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

@scarlet_woman Heh. Actually, I do leave pipes to others.

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Toni

@toniganzon (72285)

• Philippines

2 Jan 18

Youtube usually has the answer to almost anything. However, when it comes to cars, I'm never ever going to do it on my own. I know how to change light bulbs in the house though.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jan 18

I just had to follow the sequence in the video closely. It really helped. It was a slightly dirtier and more challenging job than changing a home light bulb, though.

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louievill

@louievill (28851)

• Philippines

2 Jan 18

I'm a diy man, I do things so long as i can do or fix it but I won't hesitate to pay or call an expert if it's somethimg I do not know, not familiar or can't understand since I might cause more damage than good.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jan 18

That's kind of the way I look at it. Doing the binding on my expensive guitar was a challenge for me.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36399)

• Toccoa, Georgia

2 Jan 18

My husband changes the oil in his car and mine.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jan 18

Why do you let HIM have all the fun? It's kind of satisfying!

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Catherine

@bluesa (15023)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

2 Jan 18

I can fix a few things around the home, but I leave the car repairs to "others". I would like to make it to my destination.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jan 18

Changing oil and spark plugs was as far as I ever got.

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (74448)

• East Tawas, Michigan

2 Jan 18

Jay takes care of some auto maintenance, but has a shop that takes care of major issues. As a single lady, I use to check the oil and did a couple piddly repairs. My Dad was a mechanic, so he helped keep my car in good running condition.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

Heh. My dad was an English Professor. I don't now if he ever changed a car's oil in his life.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (26192)

• Singapore

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse that makes me recall what a mechanic told me years ago. When he told a doctor owner he needed to top up radiator water that had gone almost dry, the reply was he never knew the car needed anything other than fuel, least of all water! siva

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

@Shiva49 Heh heh. I guess we all have our areas of expertise and areas of utter ignorance.

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@creativeaashish (2609)

• Kathmandu, Nepal

2 Jan 18

Did you make the repairment work? I think you did. Yeah! I am young and I prefer making repairment by myself! Some of them works but some don’t!

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

I did it by myself. But I was tempted to drive the vehicle to Nissan and say, "Here, you do this."

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@creativeaashish (2609)

• Kathmandu, Nepal

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse That feeling always comes! I do think the same sometime but doing ourselves will save some pennies!

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (74448)

• East Tawas, Michigan

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse My sister drove a Saab. She had to go 65 miles, to get any work done on it!

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@creativeaashish (2609)

• Kathmandu, Nepal

2 Jan 18

Well, I don’t think doing repairment should be called as ‘sh*t’ . Working ourselves to slove our own problem is innovative and great work!

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 18

I'm glad I got this little project done. But I said a few "harsh" words as I was doing it.

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@creativeaashish (2609)

• Kathmandu, Nepal

2 Jan 18

@TheHorse Well, yeah, I have experienced such things too! It’s depressing if ghings won’t go right!

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (61967)

• United States

3 Jan 18

Oh, I used to do it. We had car service bays on the base, and I’d take my car there and change the oil. My headlight burned out in Georgia and I stopped, got a light and an Allen wrench, and changed it in the parking lot (that seemed safe, given my car had Hawaii plates on it at the time). Nowadays I’m lucky if I know where the hood release latch is.....

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jan 18

Everything's a bit harder to find than it used to be.

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WorDazza

@WorDazza (15833)

• Manchester, England

2 Jan 18

I still try to do as much as I can around the house i.e. minor repairs and painting and decorating, but I let a mechanic handle the cars. Not sure I trust myself to 'fix' something that I'm going to be traveling in at 70mph.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

12 Jan 18

I am extremely mechanically inept, but I actually have changed my head and tail/brake lights before.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jan 18

I reckon it all depends on how easy it is to do. The headlight on my Nissan Xterra wasn't that bad.

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (74448)

• East Tawas, Michigan

2 Jan 18

My friend Kathy changed a flat tire once, while a few girls were riding home with her, from the high school. Good grief, it felt like we were traveling on a gravel road!

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jan 18

Heh, I thought I was to old and tired for that. But necessity forced me to change a tire on the side of the road a few months ago. It was 90 degrees F out, but I just happened to have some Gatorade in the bac of my Xterra. When I was younger, I did it a few times. My jack was my friend.

Thelma

@thelme55 (76477)

• Germany

3 Jan 18

It is my hubby who is doing it as I have no idea about cars. I don´t even drive. Happy new year to you.

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

3 Jan 18

How come you decided not to drive?

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@TheHorse (205291)

• Walnut Creek, California

4 Jan 18

@thelme55 Reading in a car can make me queasy!

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Thelma

@thelme55 (76477)

• Germany

3 Jan 18

@TheHorse because I prefer to read when I am in a car and I am easily nervous. I am not really interested.

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (27509)

• United States

2 Jan 18

I use to work on my cars myself and do all the maintenance, now I will check and see what prices are if I take it in or if I do it myself. Like oil changes you can find specials for $19.99 well for the time and effort, I might as well take it in to them and be done in like 30 minutes.

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