Our 13 year old Miele dishwasher broke last week. I had a service call booked but cancelled because it wouldn't be worth the parts and labour costs of multiple hundreds (good chance something else will break next year).

I had a lot of fun tearing it apart and seeing how it's made and as a longshot to fixing it myself. I think I could have fixed it myself if I had access to parts and some blocks to put it on to look underneath when it's running, but alas I don't have any of that so it's probably going to be tossed. But the nice thing is, it was always an option to spend the time to fix it. I feel like I learned something and if anything else breaks I'm more confident.

At least I learned something, enjoyed myself despite a cut finger or two, and saw all the general wear and tear in various parts which made me feel better about replacing the whole thing.