RE: Our cars

[William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Same here with my dad. He would watch me as I worked on a vehicle and explain and point out how and why something was done.
When I bought my first car...1948 Chevy Coupe...He said, I'll show and help you but you are doing the work, because it's the only way to learn.
My wife won't let me change the oil on her 2006 Turbo Diesel VW Jetta because I don't do it when she wants it done.   Factory recommends 6,000 miles between changes and she is religious about changing at 3,000. I found a slip for an oil change at our local Jiffy Lube and the charge for oil and filter was $85.00.. Nothing but Mobile one oil and NAPA filter. (Mobil does not make a filter for the VW). My 98 Ram 2500 with the Cummins diesel oil change costs me less than that and I use 11 quarts of Mobile One oil and filter. Did I mention that women are not logical.
Learned to do plumbing, wiring, drywall on my own and it has saved us thousands of dollars also.
It's weird that none of my kids do any of this type of work on their own. I guess that gene didn't get passed on..though my 6 year old grand son looks to be a good candidate to carry on....That is if I keep the breather on the carb and hammers out of his hand...Re: two busted pistons and scored cylinder walls and chipped paint on my new Victory Motorcycle. I mus love him because I didn't kill him after those incidents..
Later
Bill Harrison
65 Coronet 2 dr post.


--- On Tue, 2/1/11, Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Our cars
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 8:09 PM
> My comments most surely apply to all
> of us here:  I figure I've saved us thousands over the
> years by doing my own wrenching.  Just this past
> Thanksgiving I replaced the starter and battery on our
> daughter's car when she was home on college break.  Got
> lucky and it died in the driveway the day after she drove it
> home.  It cost me about $200. in parts - would have
> been a pretty penny more if someone else had to do it up at
> college.  I also wonder what the $7.50 intake gaskets I
> put on my wife's PT Cruiser Turbo would have cost if a
> garage did it instead of me in our garage.  It took me
> all day, and it would have been several labor hours at a
> shop.  I'm fortunate that my wife gives me space in my
> mid life crisis, but in my mind I do justify my Mopar
> madness expenses with all the money I've saved us over the
> years (also with do it yourself home repair/projects). 
> I have to thank my dad who let me start my wrenching on his
> Ford station wagon in high school. 
>  He wasn't a mechanic or mechanical, but he let me cut my
> teeth on his cars - to his ultimate benefit!
> 
> Dave
> 
> --- On Tue, 2/1/11, Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: RE: Our cars
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 5:22 PM
> > 
> > Off topic and just my 2cents worth, but something
> occurred
> > to me a 
> > couple weeks ago that I plan on using during OUR next
> > argument when my 
> > wife complains about me spending so much time in the
> > garage. She 
> > benefits GREATLY by me being able to work on the
> house,
> > build her 
> > furniture, do electricall, plumbing, install doors
> and
> > windows, etc... 
> > ALL of which I can do because I got started working on
> cars
> > at a young 
> > age and everything else followed. She reaps the
> benefit of
> > those skills 
> > and plans her projects around them. Maybe a little
> trump
> > card for some 
> > of us, ya think? Ooops, fell off my soapbox!
> > Sorry for the rant or if I offended any female
> members.
> > William Harrison wrote:
> > > 
> > > The dust has not settled yet.....
> > > It is very true that men are logical thinkers
> and
> > women are not.
> > > It does get old though, when all I hear is that
> the 65
> > is a money pit.
> > > I quit drinking 32 years ago and quit smoking
> almost
> > 20 years ago.
> > > What I spend on the car is not a much as is spent
> on
> > cigarettes and 
> > > liquor.
> > > Logical thinking on my part but the wife sees it
> a
> > different way.
> > > Oh well....the car stays.....Hope she does
> too...
> > > Later
> > > Bill
> > > 
> > > --- On Tue, 2/1/11, Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > From: Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Subject: RE: Our cars
> > > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 1:04 PM
> > > >=20
> > > > The problem here Bill is you're trying to
> apply
> > reason and
> > > > logic to=20
> > > > someone is not logical or reasonable when
> it
> > comes to old
> > > > cars. That was=20
> > > > probably a real big hurt to her and as those
> of
> > use that
> > > > are married can=20
> > > > tell you, it will take a while, if ever, to
> > recover from
> > > > that one.
> > > >=20
> > > > William Harrison wrote:
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Stepped on my old whang twice this
> weekend.
> > > > > It seems that when your wife is
> bitching
> > about the
> > > > money pit sitting=20
> > > > > next to the garage under a cover
> waiting for
> > spring
> > > > that......You don't=20
> > > > > blurt out that she will go before the
> car
> > goes.....
> > > > > Not really sure if she will be around
> this
> > spring.
> > > > > Second screw up was telling a member to
> stop
> > sending
> > > > spam to the site.
> > > > > Soon found out the his account had
> been
> > hacked and he
> > > > is very pissed at=20
> > > > > me..
> > > > > Him I don't care about but after 28
> years;
> > I'm still
> > > > sorta attached to=20
> > > > > my wife....Her, I care about...
> > > > > I did apologize to both but it didn't
> > help...
> > > > > Any one else stepped on it like that
> too.
> > > > > Later
> > > > > Bill Harrison
> > > > > 65 Coronet=20
> > > > > 2 dr post
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
> > > > Jeff Adams
> > > > 64 Polara
> > > >=20
> > > >=20
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> interest
> > to only one
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> send
> > > > parts/car transactions and negotiations as
> well
> > as other
> > > > personal messages only to the intended
> recipient,
> > not to the
> > > > Clubhouse public address. This practice
> will
> > protect your
> > > > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and
> fine
> > tune the
> > > > content signal to Mopar topic.=A0 Thanks!
> > > >=20
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> > 
> > Jeff Adams
> > 64 Polara
> > 
> > 
> > ----
> > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to
> only one
> > person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send
> > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as
> other
> > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not
> to the
> > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect
> your
> > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune
> the
> > content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!
> > 
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