Re: IML: advice and such..bah!!!

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

It sounds like your are confirming what I have understood all along. That is that no one ever learned how to fix an Imperial by dreaming it up in their head. It came from hard work, lots of reading, and practical experience. The best mechanics that I know of are the ones who admit to their mistakes. Having an open mind, and staying teachable is a big plus.

I wouldn't suggest that just anyone can become an ace mechanic. I think that requires apptitude and skill, but anyone here can become a good enough mechanic (by intensely studying the FSM) to prevent being ripped off by dishonest repair shops, and to understand the basics of how to keep their Imperial running dependably and well. Having an Imperial (or any old car), and being on some kind of a budget, makes at least this much ability practically a necessity. 

Paul W.

In an email dated 11/5/2005 1:41:44 am GMT Daylight time, "mike sutton" <mikanlin62@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Just a quick note to say thanks but no thanks to Bill for his unsolicited 
>praise of my advice today. ? Far from being some guru or wizard of all 
>things automotive, ?its just the time spent in the trenches working in , on 
>and around ?vehicles for so many years.
>
>Having seen the kind of carnage that well intentioned but uninformed or 
>misled people have inflicted upon their cars by doing it themselves ( which 
>is generally a fine idea , I encourage diy ?but you dont go from diy first 
>aid to diy brain transplants in a day ) and similar chaos and financial 
>suffering caused by many in my own trade as mechanics, I try to offer common 
>sense advice to people when they seek it. ?One caveat, nobody was born with 
>such knowledge or experience, it has to be learned but its out there for the 
>taking if you seek it.
>
>That being said, ?I ?would like to encourage those people who seek such 
>advice to take it with a grain of salt and not be so quick to heap such well 
>intentioned public praise on me, ?lest it give others the idea that I am 
>actually losing sleep over their problems or am concerned that they actually 
>heed what I tell them...nothing is further from the truth.
>
>So yes, Billy...you are definitely in the permanent records now and were it 
>in my power I would send a note home to your parents. ? I am tempted to 
>forward any and all other requests for advice to Dick B, but the level of 
>respect I have for him and his wisdom expressed on the list prevents me from 
>inflicting that upon him.
>
>Disrespectfully submitted with tfic , curmudgeonly
>
>Mikey 
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