I don't have the tools to do the repairs and apartments won't let you work in the building parking lots," said Denny. He's learned the repairs by watching YouTube videos, he said. People can rent tools, too.ĭenny's doctor told him about My Mechanics Place, so he started coming earlier this year, typically once a week, spending five to eight hours on each visit working on his car. To rent a bay with a lift costs $25 an hour one without a lift is $12. "It can be a pain do it yourself, but it's worth it to save $1,500 to $2,000," Denny said.ĭenny is a regular customer at My Mechanics Place in Livonia, a massive garage on Plymouth Road with 22 service bays, a paint booth, a machine shop and U-Haul distribution. He grins when acknowledging he's paying to fix his own car, knowing he'll end up saving a lot. Rented tools are splayed out on the concrete floor around him.ĭenny, 24, has replaced brakes before, but he now faces a new challenge: Replace the shocks and the trailing arm bushing in the suspension. View Gallery: My Mechanics Place in Livonia, a do-it yourself garageĭetroit resident Patrick Denny shimmies out from under his jacked-up 2006 black Ford Focus sedan.
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