Skill level ?

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What's your skill level?

Professional Mechanic - work in the trade
4
15%
Talented amateur - can tackle most/all jobs
11
42%
Learning - want to do more - garage does the big stuff
6
23%
Happy just to do basic stuff
4
15%
Not interested in getting hands dirty
1
4%
 
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Skill level ?

Postby scottydog » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:47 pm

Thought it would be interesting to find out the mechanical ability of club members. Reading the forums there seems to be a good spread of skills and some real experts.

How much work do you do on your car?
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Postby 2P5T » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:57 pm

Learning a little, albeit slowly. :roll:

Should have done it years ago! *regret*
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Postby Juzzblack » Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:41 am

My dad was a qualified mechanic in his earlier days, so my brother and I grew up with our dad always tinkering on cars, which rubbed off on us. He has a MkII Escort RS2000 and I have my GTA. We both do all the mechanical work on our cars as much as possible. It's all only nuts and bolts! :D The only limiting factor is having the tools and facilities for certain jobs.

The only jobs I've had done for me are a clutch change (engine out job I don't have the space to attempt) and cylinder heads reconditioned when the head gaskets went - although with hindsight I probably could have done that better myself, It came back with the timing chain out by one tooth!

And I don't bother on modern cars with anything to do with electronic gizmos. But then garages don't either. They just plug a new gizmo in and charge you a fortune!
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