Simple things you hate doing?

[Grumpaw]

Even if the vehicle had to be towed from an Arby's parking lot after you were arrested for rubbing your junk on all the packets of horsey sauce?

Damn, now everytime I go to Arby's I'm going to have that image....

And, it only took 29 posts to go from the original post to Dirtman sexually molesting something.

 

[sheep herder]

This should about cover it.

 

[black_demon69]

Yeah, those are nice,
BUT...
Without dropping pan, can't clean pan or change filter...
Unless someone's come up with a way to do those thru that itty bitty dipstick tube.

evacuate from the dipstick then drop pan and change filter with no or very little mess.. thats how i do it

 

[Eddo Rogue]

Horsey sauce is yucky.

 

[.38spl]

Wiper blades. And I never change them unless it's raining.

Masking before paint.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Wiper blades. And I never change them unless it's raining.

Masking before paint.

Yeah... I'm gonna add wiper blades to my list too... but it seems I always change them when it's like zero outside temp.

 

[Dirtman]

Cleaning up clam chowdah...

 

[snoranger]

Cleaning up clam chowdah...

Sooo....

Routine maintenance?

 

[adsm08]

Sometimes I would gladly trade all those tools and times and struggles and crap to be the regular Joe Blow with a AAA card, a warranty and a lease.

Why in the world would you ever sign up for a lease?

Except in a very few very specific circumstances leasing a car is one of the dumbest things you can do with money.

 

[Dirtman]

Leasing a car is one of the dumbest things you can do with money.

I constantly bet on the Washington Generals to win...

 

[Eddo Rogue]

Nevermind. You guys are taking it too literally. I just meant like people that never once popped the hood, or had to do anything beyond their basic roles. It would be nice to be that guy once in awhile. Just drive the thing. Or whatever else. Just do regular Joe Blow/John Q Public stuff...Not be self reliant so to speak.
It would be nice to be ignorant enough to not feel the need to be so self reliant with everything. Not have to fix everything myself. Trust the system or whatever, be a sheep lol.
Anyways please don't take this the wrong way, Im just venting. Maybe I'm just overwhelmed with projects and burnt out on wrenching at the moment, a tinkerers slump or something...

I think it was Elon Musk that said life should more than just solving one miserable problem after another....

What if you had more money than time? Then a lease is a steal, and a tax write off....Just sayin....

Its amazing how people mind their money so much more than their time. Time is gone forever once spent, money can be made.

 

[Dirtman]

Time is gone forever once spent, money can be made.

Very very true, but the secret service frowns upon that sort of thing....

 

[adsm08]

What if you had more money than time? Then a lease is a steal, and a tax write off....Just sayin....

Nope. A lease is a rental. You never own the thing, just pay to use it. At that point it would be better to buy it outright with cash and trade or sell it when you are done with it.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

My luck tends to be a buncha problems on the whole fleet all at one time...then its down to priotizing which ones can be put off (like, the ranger needing wheel bearings took precedent over the F250 needing shocks)

Then i get the stuff fixed and everythings good for a few months. Then its right back to it,

 

[ericbphoto]

Never had enough money to seriously consider not doing my own maintenance. But I'm naturally a bit if a tightwad, too. So i hate paying someone to do something i can do myself.

I did lease cars for a while. But that was a special situation. It was the employee lease program here at BMW. No down payment. They took care of all taxes, insurance and maintenance. AND I was driving 30 miles each way to work. It just made sense to put the miles on somebody else’s vehicle. It was still expensive and I got out of the program after a few brief years. I definitely enjoyed always having a brand new BMW in the driveway.