$1,900 Later
#11
Originally Posted by Cheers!' date='Apr 6 2004, 09:04 PM
whatever happened to the satisfaction of doing work youself. Atleast then you know 100% just it is done right and it was made/fixed with the best possible material/part/system possible
#13
I dont replace trannies or rebuild motors, but id like to start! I look at it this way:
I dont exactly know what im doing, and i dont have the money to re-replace the new tranny i just fucked up trying to install it in the car...or the fender or the exhaust.
I dont exactly know what im doing, and i dont have the money to re-replace the new tranny i just fucked up trying to install it in the car...or the fender or the exhaust.
#14
I have installed my entire suspension and diled it in myself. After of couse some direction from my mechanic.
I have installed a lot of things in my car over the years. As time has passed I have has less time to "play car" in my garage. So the decision had to be made, work on car or race car one or the other.
Guess which I choosed.
I have installed a lot of things in my car over the years. As time has passed I have has less time to "play car" in my garage. So the decision had to be made, work on car or race car one or the other.
Guess which I choosed.
#16
Originally Posted by Eyxom' date='Apr 6 2004, 11:16 PM
I save up for years to find a good deal and buy an FD, so that apparently means I'm rich... Thanks, I appreciate you placing me in the "rich guy who doesn't know anything about cars" category. Just because I'd MUCH rather keep my car running then try to take it apart myself with the limited knowledge I have, and potentially break it, doesn't mean I'm an idiot. I just got stereotyped by a moderator because I drive an FD. I guess I should get used to it... But when I get it from a fellow rotary driver... Something's not quite right.
I would do all my own work on every car I have if I had a choice. I have seen way too much expensive, incompetent work by shops of every description, from corner gas stations, to specialty shops, to dealers. Nobody else has an interest in doing the work carefully and correctly. They just want your money.
Unfortunately, the maintenance on five vehicles, four of which are well over ten years old, forces me to consider paying someone else to do the work. I just don't have the time.
#17
A shop like Pettit Racing did not get the excellent reputation it has doing shoddy work.
You get what you pay for in my book. There are only 2 shops I will trust my car with Pettit and a local mechanic that treats my car like it is his own. BTW- He has been working on Rotaries since the RX-3 RX-4 days.
Yes there is great joy in doing a job yourself. I love working on my own car. Unfortunatly I dont have the time. So I have to find shops that I can trust to do a better job than I.
You get what you pay for in my book. There are only 2 shops I will trust my car with Pettit and a local mechanic that treats my car like it is his own. BTW- He has been working on Rotaries since the RX-3 RX-4 days.
Yes there is great joy in doing a job yourself. I love working on my own car. Unfortunatly I dont have the time. So I have to find shops that I can trust to do a better job than I.
#18
Originally Posted by Jims5543' date='Apr 7 2004, 08:45 AM
A shop like Pettit Racing did not get the excellent reputation it has doing shoddy work.
You get what you pay for in my book. There are only 2 shops I will trust my car with Pettit and a local mechanic that treats my car like it is his own. BTW- He has been working on Rotaries since the RX-3 RX-4 days.
Yes there is great joy in doing a job yourself. I love working on my own car. Unfortunatly I dont have the time. So I have to find shops that I can trust to do a better job than I.
You get what you pay for in my book. There are only 2 shops I will trust my car with Pettit and a local mechanic that treats my car like it is his own. BTW- He has been working on Rotaries since the RX-3 RX-4 days.
Yes there is great joy in doing a job yourself. I love working on my own car. Unfortunatly I dont have the time. So I have to find shops that I can trust to do a better job than I.
#19
Originally Posted by Jims5543' date='Apr 7 2004, 08:45 AM
A shop like Pettit Racing did not get the excellent reputation it has doing shoddy work.
#20
when i start driving the fd im gunna do some mechanical stuff..but i will prabably ask my brother...he's a mechanic and knows his stuff...if he can't do it i'll bring it to judge ito...only about 10min from me