Most people would simply take their vehicle to the garage to be checked but Matt refuses and uses his feet to do the job himself in just nine minutes.
In the Iowa resident's own home video he does every part of the job starting by carefully raising the car using a jack before loosening the wheel's nuts one by one with a tool held between his toes.
Then removing the wheel, he deftly takes apart the brake and checks it before putting it all back together without any help.
The car-lover, who is one of very few children born without limbs each year, was desperate to drive at 16 like all his friends but his local public school system refused to cooperate.
But after two years of fighting the system, he finally got his driving licence.
He uses his left foot to operate the brake and accelerator pedals, his right foot is used to turn the steering wheel, put the car in gear, turn on the indicators and adjust the lights.
His proud mum Jean says her son is uniquely talented.
'Matt had become increasingly irritated at being treated as a disabled person by people who didn’t know him. You see Matt does not see himself as disabled,' she says on his official website.
'He likes hunting, fishing, and camping, boating and spending time with his family. The usual - just doing it all with unusual abilities in unique ways and a desire to experience life.'
But Matt, who is married with two sons, is no one trick pony as he is already getting international attention after he qualified for the National U.S. Paralympic team in archery.
In July he will travel to Italy for team trials and if he qualifies then he will represent his country at London 2012.
Speaking to KCCI.com he said: 'The first time I got a bow and arrow, I was 16 years old.
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'I'm going to live life to the fullest, and I'm going to do what everybody else does. I'm not expecting handouts. I'm just going to be me.
'I'm going to be in it. I'm really confident about that. I want to be the best in the world. Not just the best with no arms or disabilities. That's what drives me.'
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