need some help with cars

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Learn to drive manually... leave autos alone, you learn them, you can only drive them. Theres lots to learn in general and specifics for every car. I had a junk pile, bought the manual, and tinkered around. Think its one of those things where doing helps you to learn more.
 
hayden;1067565; said:
dont start out with a civic get something American's it will be much easer to learn about as you work on, American cars are huge so there is a ton of room to work under and in them civics are small and every thing is under a plastic panel or just glued on.
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I disagree unless it's an old car (pre smog). I had an aurora and you had to remove the engine to change an idler pulley.

Each car is different.
 
davo;1067648; said:
Learn to drive manually... leave autos alone, you learn them, you can only drive them. Theres lots to learn in general and specifics for every car. I had a junk pile, bought the manual, and tinkered around. Think its one of those things where doing helps you to learn more.
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uhhhhh oops, my truck is an auto :(

its ok i want to learn manual anyways, shifting gears, how fun :D
 
rallysman;1067679; said:
I disagree unless it's an old car (pre smog). I had an aurora and you had to remove the engine to change an idler pulley.

Each car is different.
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Yeah, I agree. Japenese cars are the easiest to work on (for the most part). They just seem to be thought out a little better. Americans are second. If you are working on a newer american car, you will find yourself asking yourself "what the hell were they thinking when they designed that?" quite a bit. European cars will bring the curse words out of most technicians. They are built for driveability, not serviceability. I would say a european car is an "advanced level" car for servicing.
 
Car and driver mag and road and track mag were what i grew up reading...and i think i learned a bunch!!:)
 
German Engineering will bring out the curse words the most lol. Great production cars but so hard to work on. I find old american muscle the easiest to work on. Try picking up a 1970's AMC Javelin or an AMX. Great cars to work on. I think you should start with engine basics. Like parts and stuff like that them move on to how they work together to make functioning engine. Then learn your electrical systems and fluid systems. Then move on to steering components, axles and transmissions. Then after most of the basics are covered move on to detail on each part and different adjustmeants to gearing, anything to do with camber angle and toe for the strut and axle assembly and how all these different adjustments will effect performance and how it counter acts with other adjustments. Then after that you can probably move on to fine tune and high performance parts and how they increase or decrease your cars functionality. You should always read up on every part you come across and make sure you know why that part is there. Todays cars are more detailed than most think. The slightest adjustment and you could do alot. I say buy a big textbook on engine basics and another text of exterior parts. Buy as many car magazines as you can. Lucky for me I had my dad to teach me about everything as he is a Auto Collision/ Mechanican Technician. Though I am going to school now for Auto Collision to get an my ASE licenses.
 
Take an introductory auto shop class at your local community college. It will provide you with the basic understanding you'll need. The rest you can learn by working on your car or truck, through shop manuals, and from online sources. It surprises me how many people spout off knowledge about the virtues of aftermarket goodies such as strut braces and cold air intakes but have no idea of how the various systems of a car function.
 
icthyophile;1068847; said:
Take an introductory auto shop class at your local community college. It will provide you with the basic understanding you'll need. The rest you can learn by working on your car or truck, through shop manuals, and from online sources. It surprises me how many people spout off knowledge about the virtues of aftermarket goodies such as strut braces and cold air intakes but have no idea of how the various systems of a car function.
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Yeah they think it's just going to make their car a drag car but in all reality you have to know how it will function in your car and what processes and adjustments to acheive more power and performance.
 
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