If you are constantly bored I have the perfect solution for you. Buy an domestic car and do the maintenance yourself. If you can find a 1996 or so blazer go for it. You’ll have to take the whole grill off to swap out head lights. You will also have to remove a cross brace just to change tranny fluid and filter. I’m pretty sure I know why the American car companies are doing poorly. When you only have a little money you aren’t going to throw it away on something that gets bad gas mileage and will have huge maintenance costs. If you’re thinking, hey I have a domestic vehicle and it’s not expensive to maintain then go read your owners manual and tell me when the last time you did any of the required maintenance is.

The problem is most people only worry about things when they break. It’s more expensive that way. Also figure out how much money you throw away paying someone else to work on your vehicle. I called around just to see. New brake pads somewhere would cost about $90 installed for a 96 Blazer. My cost is $15 and 15 minutes. There is not only finical savings but time. Think about it, you have to drive to the garage. We’ll say you have a mechanic 15 minutes away. That 30 minutes there and back. That time alone you can more than switch out some pads. And who wants to waste their off time sitting at a garage? Plus the $75 in your pocket is nice. That’s why it gets me when you hear someone pulling up to the mall with there breaks sounding like junk.

What brings all this up? I did a tranny flush and fill with new filter. My cost was less than $50 and that includes an $11 bottle of lucas. Cost at a garage is about $140. What should I do with my $90 bucks?