About Cars

[-Smoke-]

How did you learn about cars?
How did you go about increasing your knowledge about cars?

[tha_new_guy]

Originally Posted by -Smoke-

How did you learn about cars?
How did you go about increasing your knowledge about cars?

By reading thousands of posts on AF of course. And if I had no clue wtf they were talking about, i figured it out in Howstuffworks and random searches.

[90Stangjc]

Well, my whole family is into hot rods and always was. My uncle had a tire lifting nova, my grandma a SS 454 Chevelle, my mom a 305ci Monte Carlo (eww...slow), my dad had so many hot rods cant name them all (range from a pathetic 175 hp Camaro to a high 700's Cuda). My stepdad has 3 fox-body mustangs. So i pretty muched learned alot of what i know from my parents. And i used to order summit racing magazines and just see how many parts i could remember. Started when i was 12, now 4 years later i end up with alot of knowledge. I also have taken auto mechanics classes in 9th,10th, and this year. I've had 2 project cars to learn with also. And i still dont know probably 10 percent of what you can learn about them.

[Mediocrity]

When I was 3 I used to be able to name every single part to a Cola Carbeurator.

I lost that interest due to my own childhood whims...

but now I'm back and trying to relearn

[Bunta]

Getting free back-issues of Road & Track from the library when I was younger. And reading them all. That and hanging out/working at PM Auto, a local BMW shop that has become my second home. Yes, I've even slept there. I get to ride in/drive/clean/ talk about all sorts of cars. I've also learned much about food there.

[-Josh-]

Hanging out around the service shop my dad runs, working on his Camaro, and listening to the techs around the shop. And most recently, i started my associates degree in automotive technology: with management concentration...Where i've learned more in depth aspects of cars...Like working on them, diagnosis and repair, and in all categories. Plus i've worked at a dealership for five years this may(i'm 18) so basically my entire life has revolved around cars(with everyone and thing else coming in second)

[Cbass]

I learned about cars and driving because I had to deliver the tofu to the top of Mt Akina every day for the last 5 years....

[civicHBsi91]

watching horsepower tv and those shows for years, my unlce, workin on family cars starting out, lots of magazine and article reading, working at a bodyshop.. still dont know much but know enough to get by

[Hypsi87]

I was born in the shop. Started pulling Small birggs and Stration engines apart and putting them back to gether. Then just gradually just started moving to the bigger engines.

[Polygon]

I started learning about cars from my dad and by fetching tools for him when he worked on our cars. I also read a lot of books. When I was able to get on the Internet I began reading information from a lot of websites. I also worked on my cars when I started to drive. Then I came across these great forums and they have been the greatest well of automotive knowledge for me since.

[carrrnuttt]

Everything I know about cars, I learned from watching The Fast and the Furious.

Everything I knew doubled when I watched 2Fast 2Furious.

I be smart.

[youngvr4]

my dad, magazines, friends, car shops. mostly magazine's, and getting into what car is faster debate's.

[Max Boost]

In all honesty, I got intrested after the first Fast and The Furious came out. I wanted a Civic soooo bad after seeing that movie. To learn about that kinda stuff, I went out and got lucky, buying a subscription to SCC instead of Superstreet or some crap like that. I learned about classy imports, and lost my intrest in the Civic...now I'd kill for a MkIV Supra...all black...maybe some tastefull wheels (Volks), keep it externally stock, and just go balls out on engine modification, transmision, suspension...etc...

[Polygon]

Originally Posted by Max Boost

In all honesty, I got intrested after the first Fast and The Furious came out. I wanted a Civic soooo bad after seeing that movie. To learn about that kinda stuff, I went out and got lucky, buying a subscription to SCC instead of Superstreet or some crap like that. I learned about classy imports, and lost my intrest in the Civic...now I'd kill for a MkIV Supra...all black...maybe some tastefull wheels (Volks), keep it externally stock, and just go balls out on engine modification, transmision, suspension...etc...

Thank goodness for SCC!

[-Josh-]

Yes we should pass out SCC and Hotrod magazine to all aspiring automotive folks.