I'm not a huge fan of vehicle and engine maintenance. I do almost all of the work that needs to be done on my truck including maintenance, basic repair, diagnosing stuff, replacing random sensors, etc. I can clean and rebuild a carburetor and I've done it for lawnmowers, pressure washers, motorcycles, all kinds of stuff. I've brought many 2-cycle and 4-cycle gas engines back from the dead just by cleaning them up and replacing a few parts.

I just really hate doing it. It's always so incredibly frustrating, especially trying to reach parts deep within my truck or rebuilding small parts. I'm not very dexterous, I have bad hand-eye coordination, my hands shake. I'm just not well suited physically or mentally for mechanic work.

But I do it because I want to be good at it and I like to learn new things. I also don't mind saving money, although I do tend to waste a lot of time by fucking things up over and over.

I won't touch my wife's SUV though. I was going to change the oil on it one day, bought the oil and filter, then watched a YouTube video on how to do it. Then I said "nope, take it to the shop". I forget the exact details but it involves crawling under it and undoing a ton of bolts and screws to remove a few different panels to get to the oil filter and there's some special tool required to remove it. Even with the tool it would take me over an hour, where I can do my truck in 10 minutes with no tools.