Only times I took my car to shop was: 1.Soon after I first bought car, had some bad pulleys, I bought pulleys and told the shop to replace them, problem fixed. 2.Took it to a shop because of a recurring CEL I couldn't figure out, well neither could they, I since made it disappear and am surprised it hasn't occured again (yet) 3.To have my cam gears installed, I didn't have all the tools nor did I want to do it