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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting
My two boys (men, I guess...both in their 20's) would describe themselves as gearheads. They think it is a perfectly good use of a day off to spend it under their trucks, adding features, fixing things, "doing stuff".
They don't understand why I'm willing to pay someone $$ to do a simple thing like a brake job. They also don't understand been-there-done-that, or the perspective you get later in life that your free time should be spent doing things you love. In the latter case, they are...so am I.
It all depends on where you are in life and what is important to you.
Me, I'm happy to pay someone to prep my boat. Though I'm also lucky at this point to be paying one of my sons ;-)
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Well you can look at it a couple of ways I guess. What is your time worth and do you fully trust the person doing the work to do it right?
I get satisfaction knowing that I can do all my own work and that I know it's done right, if not overly done because that is the way I am. I have worked as a technician before I see the kind of work some guys will do keep in mind you're paying them a handsome sum of money to do it. Plus I like to know it how my stuff works and keep a close eye on everything so I am aware ahead of time what may need to be addressed.
Do save a ton of money, sure! It costs me about $200 bucks in parts\supplies to winterize my two boats and clean them. That would probably be close to or north of 1K to let somebody do it.
Speaking of brake jobs, I just did all four corners of my car, cost me about ~500 bucks, to have it done 1400.
That adds up... Can't beat free labor!