I have been a proponent of just spending the money to get it done professionally ever since someone somehow fucking up a DIY oil change just before a road trip left me stranded with a smoking engine in the Appalachian foothillshttps://twitter.com/IgneousSigil/status/1337209719002370054 …
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(People really don't game out high-impact low-probability events enough when making these calculations You don't buy title insurance when closing on a house because running a title search is that hard You do it because on the off chance of something weird, you lose the house)
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Anyway I don't fuck with car stuff because the stakes are pretty high and your car unexpectedly failing on you doesn't just endanger you but everyone else on the road
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Driving, in fact, falls into that category of things that don't seem that hard but if you fuck it up one time you can instantly kill a dozen people I think a lot about how US DMVs probably make it way too easy to get and keep a license because our infrastructure requires it
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If I could take public transit everywhere, I would, but alas
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For $20, I’d be suspicious about the oil. The local shop will do it for $25 if I furnish the oil and filter, and I’m OK paying them for that.
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