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Radiator replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Rogers" data-source="post: 950614" data-attributes="member: 60724"><p>Good point, Caymen.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It might surprise you to find out that my 17yo (soon to be 18yo) son and I wrench on his car together. Not major things mind you, because they haven't come up, but simple stuff like replace a side-view mirror; replace a worn out switch; fix a cig-plug outlet went bad, etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We do those things together because he can't afford to pay someone else to do them given what he makes. And, these are good skills to learn. More important than the skills is the confidence that you can tear into something, fix it, or at least make it no worse and put it all back together.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also worked with him to change his own oil, once, and he has done it alone since. I even change my own sometimes, because surprisingly even today, that's one thing I can do and save time and money doing (that is a sad statement, IMHO, about quick lube places...which can such anyway).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sounds like from your response you assumed I wasn't doing these things with my son???</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Rogers, post: 950614, member: 60724"] Good point, Caymen. It might surprise you to find out that my 17yo (soon to be 18yo) son and I wrench on his car together. Not major things mind you, because they haven't come up, but simple stuff like replace a side-view mirror; replace a worn out switch; fix a cig-plug outlet went bad, etc. We do those things together because he can't afford to pay someone else to do them given what he makes. And, these are good skills to learn. More important than the skills is the confidence that you can tear into something, fix it, or at least make it no worse and put it all back together. Also worked with him to change his own oil, once, and he has done it alone since. I even change my own sometimes, because surprisingly even today, that's one thing I can do and save time and money doing (that is a sad statement, IMHO, about quick lube places...which can such anyway). Sounds like from your response you assumed I wasn't doing these things with my son??? Tom [/QUOTE]
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