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Originally Posted by entwisi
People have been doing basic electrical wiring/car maintainence etc for years. In fact I'd venture to say it is less prevalant now than say 20 years ago as in them days people couldn't afford to get the spark/plumber/mechanic out. Nowadays people have more disposible income, are less likely to have learned how to do stuff or in the case of cars you can't do anything as you need computer X to be able to find out whats wrong.
My Dad taught me all sorts of stuff. I was rebuilding car and bike engines when I was 10, I can do basic electrical, plumbing, etc without any problems. I'm happy to have a go at most things as at the end of the day it is down to common sense. I also make sure I know about what I am doing so such as teh correct fuse rating I know that power = volts * amps. hence knowing a light is 500W I can easily work out that it will draw just over 2A.
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Its true is that; cars today are so complicated you don’t even have enough room in the engine compartment to put a spanner in so that you can remove a particular part from the engine, so you will probably have to remove all its gadget and stuff one by one so that you can gain access to the part that your are after, or even have to remove the engine from the chase to gain access. So I don’t do cars. hehe
The only things I suppose the DIYer can do for himself on their car are things like servicing and perhaps wheels and break maintenance but even breaks are more complicated than what they used to be but I bet some still replace pads etc.
I used to own an old BSA C15, 250cc motorcycle back in the late 70’s, I had it for two years. I had loads of good fun with that bike, brilliant it was, never run right but very easy to work on/ play with. Spent most of it’s time in my garage. hehe
I’ll tell you what thou, I don’t know about disposable income. I think it’s a case of…. Pay your bill with credit card and pay it back later, bit by bit syndrome (Debt). I don’t think anyone really has any spare cash.