I do as much shit as I am financially capable of. Whatever I can't do (because of lack of proper tools or money), I put off until I can.


In general, I'm not comfortable having other people do work on my stuff (this goes beyond cars) unless I'm right there observing/helping, and I damn sure don't want to drop my car off at some shop and have people I don't know working on my car without me around.

It's part paranoia, part not wanting to be dependent on other people to do stuff.