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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jrgunn5150" data-source="post: 259934" data-attributes="member: 9682">You missed the point Trav...It's not about young guy's, are guy's are don't know. It's about guy's who don't care. They don't care how to change an alternator, or replace a clutch. They don't care how to file fit ring's, they don't know and they don't want to. They remain willfully ignorant, they simply give up when they don't understand and pay someone else, who may or may not do it right. They never get in there and attempt to learn. For no particular reason, this bother's me, lol. I mean I know damn well that Walt could have put his own goddamn shifter on, but when I started telling him how to do it, his eye's glazed over and he just called his "mechanic" and paid him 200 (yes 200) to do it for him...I'm not saying that everyone can or should port their own head's. But anyone with half a brain can learn, so don't be afraid to try, especially if you can get a second set, or have another driver. Same with tuning, or anything else for that matter, people are just too afraid to get in there and get their hands dirty nowadays. Not only that, the big myth surrounds the car culture now that we need "pro's" to do everything. We really don't, yes of course someone with 30 year's experience should be able to do a better job than me or you at whatever he does, that doesn't mean that you can't learn.And I appreciate those of you who DD your car's, but for what some of you are paying in labor, you could have bought a beater to drive while you did it yourself, and still had the beater for next time...It's more about the unwillingness of car people in general to attempt to do anything nowadays. They just regurgitate what they read, no one pioneer's, no one takes anything on. Everyone want's to follow (can you give me a write up with pics and a part's list please?).It's just an observation, so no one take it personal please.</blockquote>