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I do a bit of my own work, I don't mount tires and have not had a problem with tires stores not wanting to sell me non stock size tires (165/70 R13 are impossible to buy around here) and I do not do alignments, any other work that is done is mostly dependent on how I feel about doing the work, how much time/money I have and if the work is going to be really hard to do without a lift or cherry picker, I swapped two transmissions my self but paid for an engine swap on my crx hf and a timing belt change on my vx, when I do take my car in to have work done I normally take it to a shop where all the work is done by the owner, he always test drives the car, gives free advice and gives a cash discount.
I tend to check over my car a few times a year, rotate tires, change spark plugs, check brakes, check exhaust mounts, set timing, check compression, change fluids.
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