One of my inherited nephews once destroyed a perfectly good car, because it didn’t occur to him that the oil should be checked once in a while
Weird thing was he knew about other very technical subjects outside of physics. He ground his own mirrors for decent sized telescopes and handloaded ammo that he used to routinely win benchrest matches at the gun club.
Guess the point is that these people have existed for a while. Everything I know (which isn't that much) about working on my house I learned on my own. My neighbor was amazed that I had hung my own TV on the wall. What is that, about a 20 minute job, where 15 minutes is looking for the tools?
If you check your own oil someone might think you’re a redneck!
I actually blew my brother’s VW bug engine that way. In fairness it was low on oil when he loaned it to me, and the oil light was a plain 1/8 inch red dot. I thought it meant the battery was low.
Back in the day a friend of mine bought a Dodge Dart for a song because it needed a new transmission. Prior to replacing the transmission he changed out the fluid. very little came out and it was filthy. the fresh stuff went in and the transmission worked just fine for the entire time he owned it.
Haha.
For me it was not checking the radiator. There was water in the reservoir, but none in the radiator. the reservoir had gotten clogged.
Is that his fault or that of his parents?