View Poll Results: do it yourself compared to a speed shop
do it yourself
22
84.62%
speed shop
4
15.38%
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poll do it your self or a shop
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From: jefferson city MO
poll do it your self or a shop Im just looking for the % of people that enjoy working on their car at nights and weekends compared to letting a speed shop doing it in maybe half the time working on it threw normal bussiness hours
I prefer to work on my own stuff, but I will have a shop putting my car together for me while I'm deployed, only because my best friend works there, I'm friends with the owner, and I know that they are the absolute best around.
i like doing it my self an how much money i got into my car i dont know if i could afford a shop to install everything pretty sure install prices arent cheap. if i was rich then id have a shop do it.
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Many reasons I do it myself. I love tools, so I can justify purchasing them if I'm not having to pay for labor. I have ~40k in tools now. 
Next reason: I have been screwed countless times over the last 25 years and started figuring if I wanted it screwed up, I could have done it myself, saved the money on labor, learned something, have some gratification only gotten by doing it myself, and got out from in front of the TV. For what labor costs these days, I could break a bunch of **** before reaching the break-over point.
Next reason: I have been screwed countless times over the last 25 years and started figuring if I wanted it screwed up, I could have done it myself, saved the money on labor, learned something, have some gratification only gotten by doing it myself, and got out from in front of the TV. For what labor costs these days, I could break a bunch of **** before reaching the break-over point.
I try to do as much as I can, its fun and I can say that I have done the work myself. I of course have friends with more experience than me that I refer to when I need help. I am even going to tackle my first engine build in about a year when I am done with school. If I blow it up, I blow it up. But if it holds together then I can say I built my own engine.
Of course if I blow it up I sure wont be able to afford a new setup for a long time...LOL
Of course if I blow it up I sure wont be able to afford a new setup for a long time...LOL
i try do do as much as i can myself, but most of us average guys will not be able to do everything. i had to get my car tuned, and that is not something i can do myself or something i would like to try to do on a very expensive motor.