Jeep 4.0 in 69 Barracuda

I couldn't afford to have someone work on my vehicle if I had to let alone if it wanted to.
And I just sold a 99 Dakota a couple of months ago that I was originally impressed with because it's the 1st vehicle I ever bought that had a pile of recipts from the past owner. He had them going back to 2002, til I got it in 2019. I was impressed with the fact it seemed to have been well maintained. It was among the bigger mistakes in vehicle purchases I have ever had. If I lived close to the shop the ol boy took that thing to so regularly i'd go punch someone there for as bad as they took advantage of the poor ol guy.
And most of what I had to do to that truck while I had it was repeat of what they already ripped the guy for, some things more times than 3 vehicles should need in a lifetime. .
And another thing 1200 miles before I got it he took it to them for an alignment "pulls left". A month later (like 300 miles) he took it back for another alignment, and they charged him again.
When I bought it, All the way home it pulled right. HARD. As soon as I got home I jacked up the front end. 3 of the ball joints were ready to fall out!
You cannot align slop. I was an alignment guy for around 20 years. I replaced the front end took it for another alignment and no more pull. Now there is no justifiable reason that truck should have needed 3 alignments in that few miles. Besides incompetence that is. And just how many belts and tensioners should 1 vehicle need before it reaches 105k miles? Cuz that's what it had when I got it.
Now they can take his money but leave him with an unsafe ride...and there was nothing on the bill to say there was a problem. I don't need no more reason to do my own work myself than that.
Ease of someone else working on something would be my last reason for anything I do to a vehicle.
Now ease of my remembering what kind of vehicle the parts were originally for, easy (self) serviceability, easy access to common maintenance parts now that's different.