Ever get sick of being the family and neighborhood mechanic?

Yeah, that has happened to me back before I put a stop to it. It is kind of flattering that people look up to you for your knowledge of fixing cars.......but basically, it's them saving money while you're losing your free time. My free time is very valuable......and I have a million projects in the works.

I just started telling people that any free time I had, I wanted to use to just kick back and relax. OR....if I felt that they were in a bind, like financially or really depending on that car to be fixed......I'd tell them "okay, we'll work on it together.....I'll show you the ropes, and you do the dirty work and turn the wrenches." If they balked, I knew they weren't that desperate. (not the women, of course...)