Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve
I couldn't save any money at all with a car and was making the auto machanic rich. (In fact, he was rich!)
Only if he was also the owner. I worked as an auto mechanic for quite a while and I can promise you that no one who works for someone else as a mechanic is rich. Whatever you're paying at the shop per labor hour, if the tech is lucky he's getting a fourth of it.