Well Chip ;
I saw an old car rattle & wheeze past in a cloud of blue smoke when I was in diapers and that was that , I never finished High School and skipped College so I've been wearing The Blue Collar since I was a pre teen , this is a " failure " to most people .
On the other hand (in addition to different scars and broken fingers bent differently) I managed (so far) to not wind up living in a raggedy trailer next to a swamp or other typical Middle Aged Mechanic's foolishness .
I also raised up a good son even if I do live not only in the Cultural Wasteland of Los Angeles but also in The Ghetto .
I break stuff all the time although I try hard not to , it's part of the job , along with poor health .
The satisfaction of fixing things with my own two hands , that's what keeps me going and makes my days complete .
I hate being idle or non productive .
FWIW , to - day I decided to sort of inventory the collected junk in the trunk of my Sports Coupe and discovered it's all covered in Diesel Exhaust Smoot , prolly more than any other filthy trunk you'll ever see but at least I found some 1990 + dated door actuators and two trunk actuators and two gas flap actuators so there's hope for SWMBO's 240D's central locking yet and who knows ? maybe I'll keep on working and do the dead central locking in my Beige Coupe , I fixed it in my red (for sale !) Coupe long ago .
I'm always a bit amazed when I hear you guys like to read my trials and tribulations , for me it's a good learning tool but I always think you alls must know better...
I hope this cheered you up ? .
=8-) .
-Nate
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> You know, sometimes I just hate to read your post. Most of what you write about makes it all seem so easy and simple. But not for me. I frequently take months in search of a leak and when I take things off of my doors or trunk I almost never get them back together without breaking something else.
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> So I end up feeling stupid and clueless trying to leap off tall buildings in a single bound, leaps that you make every day with ease.
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> I am glad you have the feelings of accomplishment almost every day. But me....if I can get tree sap off my hood I've had a good turn of events.
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> Please post some of your failures, it might bring me hope.
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> Chip
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