Working on the Car at home...

[Dartz]

Oil Change at 173k.

I now realise how vanishingly rare it is to see cars being worked on by their owners in any capacity.  It used to be a lot more common - especially over the summer - you'd have people doing basic shit and not so basic shit.

It just stopped sometime in the last few years without anyone noticing to the point where being outside doing any sort of work you get people looking at you as if you're some sort of wizard.

Do people actually service cars anymore?

I know I had a neighbour who insisted I had to own the most unreliable piece of junk ever since I was always working on it every few months - while his new BMW never got a drop of oil since it left the factory. "Modern cars don't need servicing realy - it's just a scam"

Suffice to say, BMW didn't honour the warranty when the crank escapes and he's going around badmouthing them to anyone who doesn't want to listen but can't escape.