Kind of is about as good as it gets when working on vehicles I suspect. I enjoy doing that sort of thing too but the complications that seem to invariably arise offset that somewhat. Context makes all the difference I suppose, fiddling with an old Firebird is almost relaxing, swapping out a fuel pump with no lift is anything but.

We always called it shade tree mechanic-ing, is #drivewaymechanic just a tag or how yall refer to it out thataway?