I've done all the maintenance on my parents vehicles, since I was a teenager.
I used to do all the maintenance on my oldest sisters' vehicles for free. Often supplying any parts/fluids needed. She's a bit difficult to deal with, and thinks the world revolves around her.
A couple years ago while in one of her moods, she accused me of having some ulterior motive for working on her vehicles. I told her my ulterior motive was simply trying to help my sister and save her some money...
So now she pays full price from mechanics trying to beat book time with their impact wrench, while stripping fasteners as they go.
Then there was my cousin, who wanted me to work on his soon-to-be son in laws car for free. He stressed that if I agreed to do the work, I needed to be responsible and actually follow through on the commitment I had made...
This was just a little insulting as I was 30-something adult, and not an irresponsible 8 year old kid he was treating it me as. So the designated day came for me to work on his future sil's car for free. I sat around waiting for the call which never came. No calls of apology to me for failing to honor the commitment he made, even after his speech about responsibility to me...
A few friends will bring over food and I let them use my lift and tools to do oil changes. They appreciate the use of my tools/lift, and we have fun hanging out.
Bottom line: You can choose your friends, but not your family.
I used to do all the maintenance on my oldest sisters' vehicles for free. Often supplying any parts/fluids needed. She's a bit difficult to deal with, and thinks the world revolves around her.
A couple years ago while in one of her moods, she accused me of having some ulterior motive for working on her vehicles. I told her my ulterior motive was simply trying to help my sister and save her some money...
So now she pays full price from mechanics trying to beat book time with their impact wrench, while stripping fasteners as they go.
Then there was my cousin, who wanted me to work on his soon-to-be son in laws car for free. He stressed that if I agreed to do the work, I needed to be responsible and actually follow through on the commitment I had made...
This was just a little insulting as I was 30-something adult, and not an irresponsible 8 year old kid he was treating it me as. So the designated day came for me to work on his future sil's car for free. I sat around waiting for the call which never came. No calls of apology to me for failing to honor the commitment he made, even after his speech about responsibility to me...
A few friends will bring over food and I let them use my lift and tools to do oil changes. They appreciate the use of my tools/lift, and we have fun hanging out.
Bottom line: You can choose your friends, but not your family.