Mechanical Alchemy ? ( stop laughing at the back )

Having just finished reading The Alchemist, im dwelling on the idea that metals can only change their make up when a person has acquired an equivalent mental change to match. So our mindset can effect such stable things as inanimate objects then ?  I have also read in the past that people such as Madame Blavatsky believed thats all objects had a soul.In fact she was said to spend many hours taking with objects such as pebbles !! This ties in with the whole idea of Alchemy too, that ALL THINGS are connected.
   Ive had my suspicions that something can effect inanimate objects, as a certain mechanical problem can occur in several vehicles or machines over a short period of time. Ive hardly dared suggest that some force seems at work as up until now, as  ive heard no theories regarding such things. When I consider that a persons character, or mind may be responsible for some input into these " occurrences " then what I learnt in The Alchemist seems quite transferable to my experiences with things breaking. For example I am plagued with tyre and wheel problems...I have friends who also get the same specific problems with each vehicle they own. It rather become a joke in my family.
   Can an object be more than the sum of its parts ? Can a car be conscious ? Thats a running joke in my family. If a person pours a lot of effort, mental and physical into say a car, can that car benefit ? Can something extra appear beyond its mechanical make up ? Is perfection mechanical ? Or has a mental add on got to be in the mix to achieve that satisfaction all car enthusiast crave ? I believe that the way a car drives is affected in at least in some parts by our mindsets.
   A few months ago I added some seats from a sports model to my car. After 2 months I still couldnt get comfortable. This was infuriating. When I returned from a holiday recently they fitted me like a glove. I am baffled as to what had changed in that time I was away. Maybe my posture was more relaxed after a holiday ? Either way my mindset had changed an object or the way of its apparent ergonomics. In fact my whole car feels better since ive been away, and its continuing to do so, its not the novelty factor of returning to it. Some states can not be reached by physical actions alone, or even mechanical ones. This is something ive learnt over the years, and it puts me off swapping my car for a newer one. I cant be bothered to go through the whole " mechanical alchemy " malarky with another car. It can take years to attain !!!