The Sound of Turning Wrenches

It’s been a while since my last post and since i have a few moments…

Today was an unusually warm day for November, so I decided to wash my M3 before its winter hibernation.   For every car enthusiast, there is a certain amount of car wash gear needed to correctly wash your pride and joy.  After hauling out everything on the front lawn, I pulled the car up to position and got to work.

In the distance I heard faint noise… it sounded like a wrench turning.   As a car guy, a wrench turning is music to our ears and being curious I looked around to find the source.  Low and behold, it’s a neighbor changing the oil on his wife’s Toyota.  Doesn’t sound like anything strange, but my neighborhood is filled with full time professionals who don’t seem to do any manual labor.  It got me to think why would this guy be changing his own oil?

With a manual in one hand and a set of what looked like a brand new Sears “mechanic’s tool” set, the neighbor looked seemed to try his best to finish the task at hand. I never thought this deep before when it came to oil changes, let alone someone else doing their own oil changes. But I guess I started to think, is this the result of a bad economy? Or was this the birth of a new car enthusiast joining our population?

In any case, probably too deep of a thought to stop washing my car. Back to work…

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