Fixing my car
During the holidays someone bashed one of the taillights on my car. From the angle of the scratches on the body it looks like someone tapped it backing out from across the parking aisle. Instead of paying $100 for the part and $200 for labor, I watched a video of a mechanic replacing one and decided to do it myself. It isn't hard, really... like changing a part on a computer. What was funny was the reaction I got from the auto parts store. I had to order the part and the men in there acted like I was trespassing on sacred man ground.
I fixed the car yesterday, but the video failed to mention a step--how to dismantle the wiring from the old fixture to attach it to the new. It wasn't hard to figure out, just frustrating that the video failed to go over that part.
I'm curious now as to how many things I could do myself on my car instead of paying loads of money for someone else to do for me.