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I used to do all the work on my vehicles.  I like mechanical things. 

But these days time is more limited. I work more hours, and want to spend my free time with my kids doing fun stuff.  I still love building projects, and so do my kids, so rather than spend time changing my own oil and and various other auto-related tasks, I just let the auto mechanics do it.

The two exceptions are, I always do my own brakes because it's easy and I can save several hundred dollars, and I also can de-cloud my headlight lenses in about 20 seconds using aluminum polish, and my Makita buffer/compounder.  My next door neighbor paid a shop $100 to do that, and cursed like a sailor when I showed him how to do it in 20 seconds.

Other than that, though, I'd rather spend my "home-engineering" time building things with my kids.

I used to do all the work on my vehicles.  I like mechanical things.

But these days time is more limited. I work more hours, and want to spend my free time with my kids doing fun stuff.  I still love building projects, and so do my kids, so rather than spend time changing my own oil and and various other auto-related tasks, I just let the auto mechanics do it.

The two exceptions are, I always do my own brakes because it's easy and I can save several hundred dollars, and I also can de-cloud my headlight lenses in about 20 seconds using aluminum polish, and my Makita buffer/compounder.  My next door neighbor paid a shop $100 to do that, and cursed like a sailor when I showed him how to do it in 20 seconds.

Other than that, though, I'd rather spend my "home-engineering" time building things with my kids.

I'm in the same boat for most of that (minus the kids and brakes). And these days, when you open a hood, you see nothing but a shroud covering up everything the manufacture doesn't want you to touch. I opened up my hood when I got my latest car, saw this, and said F it:

I used to almost enjoy working on my first cars and trucks.  1970 nova, 1968 Chevelle, 1972 El Camino, 78 Chevelle, 81 chevelle, 78 Ford F250, 74 Chevy 1500

not any longer

I had a 1973 Nova with a 350 in it.  Changing the 6 and 8 plugs was a bear.  Those cars were not very well designed for the home mechanic.

I always wanted to "hot rod" it with headers and a higher lift cam and a larger CFM carb but never did.  That engine had a lot of potential unused, I think it had 185 stock hp, from 5.7 L.  

and then I shudder when I hear my language coming form my daughter's mouths

oh well, I saved enough money bloodying my own knuckles instead of paying someone else to cover both of their college tuition's

Did a few exhausts and sets of shocks.Bloody & burnt knuckles,rust & sediment in my eyes.Snow & slush running down my neck and back into my coveralls.Pretty sure I burnt my Chilton's manuals to keep warm

I guess I was late to the Nova party - had an '88 with 4 hamster wheels under the hood.  Was my 2nd car.  

I think I'll stay off the grid