i do much of my own work for now, but farm selective things out--
i've come to the conclusion that people just don't give a fuck about your car like you do, and won't spend the time on the car that i would. so, if i don't have the tools, or technical know-how, then i farm the work out. i've been busy as hell this year in florida with my last year of training, but was still able to do all the general maintainence on the 5 cars i have here, as well as a ton of work on my '85 GT.
i'll probably start having a fair amount of my work done at a speed shop once i find a good one in wisconsin--just to save some time, and i can't afford to injure my hands.