Honda Oddysey, the drivers side headlamp is easy but the passengers side, better just take it to the shop and pay $30.
Mark II. Somehow, knowing someone else suffers my pain makes it more bearable.
[sub]Not really. It still sucks.[/sub]
I have a Mark II, also.
Once you know the trick, it’s not so bad…
Re: toilets, I wish I could go back in time and apologize to all the folks who I talked into installing banjo tops. That’s the name for those counters that extend over the toilet. Piano hinge is a great idea but I eventually went to Soss hinges so they would not be visible.
Once you have access, they are remarkably easy to service though.
Bmw E36 cooling system is…finicky and any of the plastic connectors are well buried. My old BMW K100 bike was a joy to work on, probably because of the French designed Peugeot engine 
I’ll add in Honda Goldwing carburetors on the GL1100 and gl1200 series.
FIX YOUR RUGER Mk.2 USING THIS ONE WEIRD OLD TRICK!!!
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
What’s the trick? I have one, too.
It’s been awhile, so I don’t remember the exact steps, but at one point, you have to flip the gun upside down to re-assemble it.
I once owned a 1971 Plymouth Sport Suburban station wagon. I’m pretty sure that the engineers who designed it did so over numerous bottles of tequila while laughing their asses off about the problems the poor sods who do their own maintenance were going to have. There was almost nothing on that engine that could be accessed from the top, including the spark plugs. I could get to the #1 plug, but it required an extension and two wobblies. I had that car for 13 years and danced naked under the moonlight when I got rid of it.
Some things are damn hard to fix because they are just so flimsily built. I had one of those portable 1500 watt electric heaters which quit working. I took it apart and saw it was a wire at a connection which had burned through. But the wire and connection were so flimsy I gave up on trying to repair. In fact I was totally amazed it had lasted 6 months.
Toasters. Fuck toasters. Fuck them right in their gaping slots.
Yeah, but when a toaster typically lasts for quite a few years, and a new one costs maybe $15, why bother to fix one?
You think you got troubles…on mine the lower half had stripped threads and wouldn’t engage at all! But my optometrist was real nice and repaired it (with an eentsy-weentsy nut) for free. 
Try to FIND the spark plugs on a '92 Ford Taurus (V-6)!
me, the brain, the mind, relationships, the past…
Rolls-Royce is hilarious about this. The assumption is the owner will never repair anything himself or care about the cost required to fix anything so hey, engineers, do what you want. The Silver Cloud started with a straight six engine and switched to a V8 towards the end of the run. This meant that to reach 4 spark plugs on the V8 you have to put the car on a lift, remove the driver side tire, remove a panel in the wheel well, then you can get at the plugs. And this wasn’t in the days when plugs lasted 100k miles.
My BMW Z4 had the same quirk but with the headlights. To change the bulbs, you had to remove a panel in the wheel wells; you could leave the tires on if you were 1) limber and 2) about the size of a slender 12 year old. To change the entire headlight? You’re looking at removing the entire front bumper.
And talk to a Boxster owner about replacing a dead battery - it requires a working battery to access the compartment.
Chrysler Concorde: step one for headlight replacement–Remove front of car.
WTF???
Get that on a diagram!
I know people have mentioned Apple phones, but I’ll also nominate Apple computers in general. Suction cups, pentalobe screwdrivers, tri-lobe screwdrivers, torx screwdrivers, plastic crowbars and more needed to work on their products. How many screws do you have to take out to get into one of their laptops? It’ll make your head hurt. And good luck getting that sucker back together.
EXACTLY! I don’t shoot it enough to remember all the steps. Miss that step and it will go back together, it just won’t work…
Step the first - unplug toaster
Step the second - allow to cool. Alot.
step the last - thoroughly brush off crumbs
Step after the last – plug toaster back in. Use. 