With more and more people in this country making their living through computers, it’s interesting to observe those that still work with their hands.

Mechanics, painters, and carpenters seem like they make a living with forgotten art forms. It wasn’t that long ago that people would rally around someone’s well stocked garage to add some extra horsepower or repair a lame care or motorcycle.

A group would figure out the problem and begin tackling it. You’d also have those that would stay up late into the night because they were so driven to get the project wrapped. You don’t see that too much any more. People simply drop off their vehicles to some anonymous repair place and away they go until it’s time to whip out their credit card with no interest in what is being done.

Sometimes it’s interesting to wander around someone’s garage (granted, it’s someone you know!) and you will notice that either everything is in it’s place or, not so much and a bit messy. If it’s someone that is a hard-core enthusiast or actual professional, you’ll see such unusual items as as Spring Compressor which is a contraption that is needed when work on the struts on a car is performed.

Other gadgets that a layperson never even knows is in existence would be brake rotor hones, bleeding tools, and borescopes.

With the economy hitting so many people hard these days, it would be interesting to see if more people start rallying around their neighbors garages again for camaraderie and auto repair.