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Good morning, friends. 
9 March 2025
There was a time in my younger days when I could jack up my car, set it on a stand, crawl underneath, and replace the clutch. I used to handle my own tune-ups, oil changes, and more. Those days are behind me now, and even if I still had those skills, I’d probably take my car to the dealer for maintenance anyway. Just a couple of weeks ago, I realized I didn’t even know how to open the hood of my car. I had to look it up in the manual—which, by the way, is digital and on my phone. Eventually, my wife came to the rescue, figuring it out in about ten seconds. She used to supervise mechanics in the army; now, she supervises me! ;-).
"Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus." - Francoise Sagan
@Swede1952 I live in both of these worlds at the same time. I have a project car that consumes basically all of my free time and money and half of my thoughts. I also absolutely will not do anything to the car that I depend on for transport. The most dismantling I've done on that was changing a brake light bulb.
Changing a taillight bulb on a newer car can be challenging.
@Swede1952 Far more time-consuming than I was expecting! But still slightly less time than driving it to a garage and back.