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In many cities in Germany, a hobby screwdriver has the opportunity rent a workshop or in a so-called Do-it-yourself workshop (DIY) tinkering with his car. It's pretty easy: The workshop is usually rented by the hour and the landlord provides it lift and tools and you can work yourself. The advantage: You can save money and have fun, you meet like-minded people, you can exchange ideas with them and you can improve your own knowledge and skills. The greater the work that needs to be done, the greater the potential for savings if you carry out the repair yourself in the rented workshop. In a specialist workshop, wages are usually the largest item on the bill, with hourly wages often contributing +100 Euro lies. However, you should keep in mind that you sometimes have to plan a lot of time. Even with small problems, as a layman, you often have to work on the vehicle for hours.
Costs: Rent & use of tools
Proven deals close next to one hydraulic ramp and a standard equipped one tool trolley, in winter a heated hall and specialist staff for tips. Some owners of such workshops also offer a space for painting work and large lifting platforms for mobile homes or vans. These offers cost an average of about ten euros an hour on. Some of the rental workshops also offer a membership for one year (also shorter or longer) for the use of their workshop. When working on a project takes a long time (e.g. a restoration), you can often rent a parking space in the garage so that the workshop lifting platform is not manned permanently. Of course, you should not use the rental workshop as a warehouse.
There are usually additional costs for special tools. You pay between 50 cents and five or more euros to rent such a tool. The use of a welding machine costs about 20 euros. The same applies, for example, to the use of a spring compressor. If waste oil or a battery has to be disposed of, that also costs a few euros extra. However, it is worth it, because if you have to dispose of used oil or a battery yourself, it can sometimes be very difficult. And special tools are pretty expensive to buy, especially if you only need them once or twice. Of course, you can also bring your own tools to the workshop and save money on renting them. The rental workshop also often hires diagnostic device for reading error codes via the OBD-II interface is available for storage, management and analysis.
Beware of parts that are important for safety!
Experts warn against working on parts yourself which are important for the safety of the vehicle or to overhaul the entire vehicle on your own. A lot can go wrong. If about the Brake pads are not installed properly or screws are not tightened properly, there is a danger to yourself or to others on the road. In the event of an accident, the insurance cover could also expire because you acted with gross negligence. smaller Dents, Glass damage or scratches in the paint however, you can remove it yourself without any problems. Also a oil change in the rental workshop is no problem. The profound tinkering with parts of the brakes, the exhaust, the chassis or the Tire repair however, yes. And even with work on the vehicle electronics, most hobby mechanics are overwhelmed and should rather rely on the professional. Especially since a DIY workshop, especially for newer vehicles, only in the rarest of cases the right diagnostic tools has on site.
If you are not completely sure that you can carry out a repair yourself can perform properly, you should refrain from renting a car workshop and have your car repaired by a specialist workshop. In any case, working on your vehicle requires maximum concentration from you so that you don't make any mistakes. It helps to study the repair or assembly instructions in detail. You can find them on the internet, on forums, in Blogs or in wheel encoder books for the different car models. It is advantageous if you have a car mechatronics technician among your friends who can help you. Otherwise, you can often turn to the specialist staff at the rental workshop, who will advise you. However, if the consultation becomes more extensive, additional costs will certainly be incurred.
Spare parts and warranty questions
What you should definitely know: Of course, you will not get any guarantee or warranty on your own work. If you make mistakes during assembly, you are responsible for it. In addition, such failures could affect the warranty of other parts if damaged as a result of assembly at the rental shop. You should think carefully about this point. However, there is always a manufacturer's guarantee on the spare parts themselves. As for the spare parts, you bring them with you to the rental workshop or you can buy them in the workshop. The rental workshops have different Standard spare parts often in stock.
However, large and special spare parts are rarely kept in stock. However, these can usually be ordered for you by the workshop. You can also make an appointment when you place your order. It is better to make a fixed appointment than to spontaneously drive to the workshop. After all, all lifting platforms could be rented to other customers at the time you want to work on the car. By the way, you should make sure that spare parts are of good quality. But it doesn't have to be the expensive original parts. There are often approved replicas in OEM quality from various third-party suppliers.
Advantages of renting a workshop:
- Saving of costs, since the wages in a specialist workshop are high.
- Access to appropriate tools.
- Help from professionals.
- Spare parts can be obtained quickly and easily.
Disadvantages of renting a workshop
- You could lose your warranty and insurance claims.
- Doing the work yourself takes a lot of time that you could perhaps use better elsewhere.
- If you make mistakes, you could endanger yourself and/or others on the road.
- Many repairs require specialized knowledge, which limits the ability to do them yourself.
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