Yes! You'd be surprised how easy it is to learn to change the oil and air filters on your own vehicle-- and since that's a thing you typically have to do a few times a year, the savings is substantial.

There are a surprising number of things after that, you might watch the YT tutorial on and decide... you know, I could probably do that...

For me, that has included, replacing the distributor cap and spark plug cables, replacing the fuel filter, replacing a clutch cable. Have stopped short of trying to replace a starter or a belt tensioner by myself. I called in help for those, but still managed to avoid taking it to a mechanic -- it's also good to have friends who know about cars ;)

This week, will be troubleshooting noisy power steering... wish me luck!