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As someone who works on road cars because mechanics are expensive and I have the tools, I’d still amazed if someone didn’t understand them but did understand F1 cars. Maybe they don’t want to, like I said before, but they’re seriously not complicated for the most part. For a certain list of jobs I’ll take my car to a trusted mechanic but that’s usually because they have the tools and I don’t have the time, otherwise it’s pretty easy to just follow the instructions.
Another consideration is that expertise in a domain highlights ignorance. I've known experts who refuse to dabble outside their expertise because they're keenly aware of how much they don't know and feel they'd be doing a disservice to the requester if they agreed to help out. Better to leave it to the right experts.
That's a certain kind of person. I'm not like that. I don't mind breaking things so long as their mine or it's agreed to up front. Some people are more anxious about these things though. I'd guess none of us know the fellow, so it's all speculative anyway, but it's possible this angle is the source of refusal.
For sure, when it comes to other people’s stuff at least. I’m at a point where I’m about to heavily modify a guitar into a different instrument but for other people I’ll only do very simple jobs. Still, I do it all on my own stuff.