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Many people don’t have the time or desire to become an expert at every little DIY task.
by MattRix 6y ago
Many people don’t have the time or desire to become an expert at every little DIY task.
- dharmab 6y agoAnd those people are easily parted with their money :) You have to be making a very high income for DIY to not make sense. Paying someone skilled to do my brakes costs over $80/hr. And paying someone unskilled leads to showing up on /r/justrolledintotheshop later. Meanwhile with $600 or so of tools you can do all the basic maintenance for the rest of the car's lifetime (and re-use those tools for home improvement and other jobs). Something simple like brakes is a couple of hours and you can listen to a podcast or audiobook.
- MattRix 6y agoIf I was going to do a lot of DIY stuff, the last thing I would do would be my brakes. I’ve got no problem paying for the professional there.
- dharmab 6y agoBrakes are one of the simplest systems on a vehicle (for good reason- simple systems are safer systems). Changing brake pads is literally easier than swapping RAM sticks. Rotors aren't much harder. Of course, the professional shops invariably overtorque the lug nuts on reassembly and cause damage/issues for the next service...
- MattRix 6y agoI just skimmed through a youtube video on how to change break pads and of course it turns out to be way more complex and difficult than you describe. This is a common flaw I’ve noticed among people who encourage doing DIY everything, not being able to be objective about the difficulty of it once they’re used to doing it.