I think I’m old now …

[bowtiejunkie]

I'm pretty handy, so tackle most auto, home, landscape repairs/maintenance myself. But, lately, I can't seem to keep up with the constant maintenance / never ending repairs. Motivation is in serious decline as well. Not to mention nothing ever seems to truly be "fixed." Condenser had a leak on wife's 14 yr old Accord. Add up the OEM part $, evac/recharge cost, the labor for R&R was only $250. Just had Honda dealer do the work. Dealer wants $950 for the power steering pump (OEM part is $600+ at discount pricing+tax). Dealer only wants $150 labor including flush old system. All told, extra $300 as dealer list for part is $750. It's these type of repairs, I'd rather just pay the reasonable labor than *think* I'm saving money doing it myself. When labor is big, part cost low, and difficulty low/moderate, I do the work myself.

 

[DILLIGAF]

If you think it you are.

 

[brgrcru]

A job that’s suppose to take a few hours . Ends up taking all day . And I’m contemplating life !

 

[Badchoices03]

You are more than welcome to borrow ours. Bad pictures, but it’s in a corner.We are in the chino area View attachment 1418712 View attachment 1418713

I just saw this, thats awesome, I may just take you up on the offer @Socalx09

 

[Socalx09]

I just saw this, thats awesome, I may just take you up on the offer @Socalx09

Of course, just message me if you end up wanting to use it. It has been sitting in the garage and we have no plans to use it anytime soon.

 

[the510]

That’s ludicrous ! Nobody mows their lawn

I do

 

[Vib]

Wife and I built an rv park from raw desert. Trenching, sub grade, land clearing (I hate tamarisks), water system, all distributed lines about 2 miles worth, planted 200 trees, laid 2 mi of sprinkler line, built a 1,300 barndo, water bldg for the reverse osmosis system and distribution pump skid, septic leach lines and fields, oh yeah leveled and spread about 7,000 tons of road base, built berms for flood control, cleaned about 500 large cottonwoods w the chainsaw along the river, etc.

Saved about $1.2m from the bs we were quoted. Plus we did a better job because we cared.

But now that we are selling the place, all that sweat equity is paying off.

I need a vacation