[Paul240480]

Originally Posted by Oilydad

Really interesting this, and thanks for the input to my post. Obviously, by the number of voters, most of us do our own car repairs.

There are also times when we use a garage, and of course, there's always the MOT time.

So based on the above, do we do our own repairs because we enjoy doing them, or to save money? How competent do we feel about tackling work and diagnostic work on our Volvo's? I for one do enjoy it, now that I have the time. Confidence is building with the more I do.

Between us all, we have a great knowledge of our cars, and that's great. I personally always come away from anywhere but my local garage thinking:

Have they actually done the job? Have they overcharged me? What sort of parts have they used? All these sort of issues are reasons that I invariably do my own repairs. Are the staff trustworthy? (Once had a number of my own tools go missing from my toolbox, which were only produced when I threatened to call the police). Whilst living in UK, I wanted to service/maintain, but never had the time (that's UK life for ya!) But I trusted my Indie 100%.

Great information.

Good thead!