You've "gotten there" when you have enough confidence in all the car's systems and in your own work to not feel the need to carry a garage full of tools everywhere you go. 

This is entirely different from carrying around known high failure items "in case" along with the tools you need to change those items.

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Dan N
Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 1:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: How to look competent when working on your Vanagon instead of a loser with a 30 year old car

well... I do fixing things on my vanagon... lots of things... I became a back yard mechanic 2 months after I get my first '74 bay window in 1976

on campsite I don't open up anything to fix or "improve"... unless I have to do it... but thanks to my luck I never fix anything away from home...

I am scared to get stranded out of nowhere ... I really am...

:-)
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