Another example of just do the work yourself..

[John Z]

they ran the dorman clutch line onto the brake line and it rubbed a hole into the brake line. Hate these damn shops! Pedal went to the floor when driving.

I guess this should be in an off topic section. Not in technical

 

[michael67]

I hate taking my cars to be worked on by a shop - it either comes back with something wrong, something broken, or something fails soon afterward (exception - I've always had a decent experience at Discount Tire because they only install tires). I think the shops are getting worse, too, especially if you have a car made when the mechanic who is working on it was still in elementary school (or younger). So I end up doing most of the work myself. Only problem is I've got four cars to take care of, the newest of which is a 2012 LR4.

 

[rover4x4]

lol. Discount Tire, last two times Ive been there Ive had to replace wheel studs.

 

[Shearpin]

Lack of experience - especially working on trucks that get used off-road - I find is often the difference between “looks nice and tidy” and considering what’s going to happen during 4 hours of washboard road.

I consider one of the primary benefits of doing the work myself to be the reduced anger level when something fails. Without a paid professional to focus my anger on - all I can say is “damn - that was stupid” - and get on with fixing it.

 

[UnfrozenCaveman]

...they ran the dorman clutch line onto the brake line and it rubbed a hole into the brake line.

Oh boy, I'm going to look at mine when I get home ... I'm pretty confident the installer (me) paid attention to that

 

[John Z]

 

[havens51]

Amen, I've had some doosies. Last one....shop replaced a rear half axel on my '66 109. I got about 5 miles when the c clip on the spider gear in the rear diff came the rest of the way undone, and bam..frozen rear diff. Not a fun time.