Fixing cars annoys me. Starter motor went on my Golf, and had to replace it. “Unbolt it, buy new one, rebolt it!” I hear you all cry (stop crying), but no no no! its not so easy. A rusted bolt you see, thats whats causing it. I sat in the rain for a whole morning, in the POURING rain, in puddles, freezes my geeky little ass off (honest its little). In the end had to angle-grind it off and buy new bolts. THEN it wouldn’t go back on cos the same bolts that hold the starter motor on are also engine mounts, so the engine moved 3cm stopping the bolts going in. Finally got it all in and battery was flat! Then I cleaned my spark plugs and now one isn’t firing! DAMMIT!
I was gonna end this entry saying how much I wish fixing cars was like fixing computer problems, as there are less variables (no rust, rain, gravity etc.etc.), but after my recent escapade of installing Evolution for xwin, I realised the procedure is almost exactly the same, just with less oil.