Subject	Reading, lots and lots of reading.
Posted by	KILLR300ZX on September 24, 2004 at 5:29 PM
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In Reply To	How did all of you learn to build/work on cars? posted by RaBBiZ(philly) on September 24, 2004 at 10:03 AM
Message	Until I got old enough to actually turn a wrench, and then I just experimented and pretended like I knew what I was doing. I fucked up a lot the first few times, but I learned every time I did something wrong and now I'd say on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being jacking up your car and 10 being rebuilding an entire car from scratch I'm about a 7.5. "It's been my experience that straight-line acceleration is probably the first aspect of automotive performance that any intelligent driver gets bored with." - Peter Gregg
Follow Ups	How did all of you learn to build/work on cars? - RaBBiZ(philly) 10:03:47 09/24/04 father + trial an error (n/m) - Z_animal 10:08:59 09/24/04 2nd (n/m) - Marshall 10:17:19 09/24/04 3rd + tt.net (n/m) - mousersix (San Antonio) 12:32:35 09/24/04 4th + tt.net (n/m) - pilotgod404 14:09:50 09/24/04 Dad got me started on the basics. - Guapo 10:11:18 09/24/04 2nd (n/m) - JRH(KY) 10:17:40 09/24/04 3rd (n/m) - Kez43 10:34:43 09/24/04 4th (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 10:57:57 09/24/04 5th, and im only 18 (n/m) - volcomstone550 11:31:36 09/24/04 6th (n/m) - Kovo 11:33:47 09/24/04 7th (n/m) - Southern_Z [IL] 12:28:26 09/24/04 My dad kinda did... - KaZ (VaBch) 13:01:20 09/24/04 too poor to pay any one else to do it! - HKS 2835 10:13:42 09/24/04 That's how I started... =) - KaZ (VaBch) 13:03:41 09/24/04 The Z and a friends 68 Camaro - College Boy 10:17:39 09/24/04 trial and error w/the Z. this is the 1st and only car i've - takirb 10:30:26 09/24/04 twinturbo.net tech section. (n/m) - PIRANHA 10:32:15 09/24/04 2nd. never did oil changes B4, 2 years after owning a Z, - Halo Z 10:37:22 09/24/04 Helped Dad some, then it became a necessity if I ever wanted - boileralum 10:41:41 09/24/04 Dad + bicycles + RC cars + motorcycles >> - my91z 10:44:36 09/24/04 you and Robo are going to get along GREAT at the ECZA meets (n/m) - Guapo 10:45:41 09/24/04 Hey, don't forget about the of us gear heads on the east >>> - KaZ (VaBch) 13:02:52 09/24/04 A friend of the family made me an offer... - ZEngineer (TT) 10:49:45 09/24/04 Shoot me an email, my dad is rebuilding a 1963 Healey (n/m) - my91z 11:27:43 09/24/04 Dad bought me a 1989 Audi 90 when I was 16 - ZEngineer (TT) 10:44:58 09/24/04 that's a great idea... - BradZ (FL) 11:54:22 09/24/04 Started out with lack of money to pay for repair. - Z=MCSQD 10:46:21 09/24/04 My father got me started me. The TT got me real hands on >> - SniPer SR71 (Dallas) 10:47:28 09/24/04 I bought a DSM - aggiez32 10:50:34 09/24/04 Friend/his dad were restoring a 65 mustang from 2 junkers - MedManZ 10:59:11 09/24/04 i read alot of technical books - Ted(Snowflake Customs) 10:59:15 09/24/04 My father had a Boss 302.. - Maximamike 11:10:25 09/24/04 My girlfriend got me started on it - Technomancer 11:12:55 09/24/04 sounds like my x-gf, i was into cars before her, but the.... - Southern_Z [IL] 12:27:42 09/24/04 Nice job on the girlfriend - tommunist 01:45:01 09/25/04 Run's in my blood so to speek. Dad has been a mechanic - PiotrC70 11:23:52 09/24/04 damn i want a girlfriend like technomancer's, imagine - 300MPH 11:35:12 09/24/04 dad was always handy. then i bought a Z and it broke... - schuss 11:28:52 09/24/04 my dad was clueless - aliaZ 11:30:21 09/24/04 when my 1st clutch shattered - HalfnHalf702[HJC] 11:34:38 09/24/04 The need to fix my first car, 84 corolla - ImTheDevil 11:53:13 09/24/04 Now a days is mostly boileralums car giving me grief :) (n/m) - ImTheDevil 11:54:04 09/24/04 Dad...Grandfather...interest in cars growing up... - BradZ (FL) 11:59:47 09/24/04 Complete randomness - Z32Nizzan 12:53:31 09/24/04 Just did it... replaced my clutch on my 85 Turbo Z - KaZ (VaBch) 12:59:54 09/24/04 Harry, Jon, Phuong and a bit of learning on the fly. (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 13:02:17 09/24/04 Don't really need me around too much anymore... - KaZ (VaBch) 13:05:22 09/24/04 Let's not forget all that we learned from Der... - YugoBernie (NoVA) 13:12:01 09/24/04 Yeah that one... when we were in that cramped 1 car garage - KaZ (VaBch) 13:14:10 09/24/04 That wasn't a garage, it was a cardboard box. (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 13:20:45 09/24/04 Very true... I wasn't gonna say it... but since you did... - KaZ (VaBch) 13:23:40 09/24/04 I still like this one better: - YugoBernie (NoVA) 13:53:05 09/24/04 Yeah, that is a fairly common "Weekend @ Bernie's" right? - KaZ (VaBch) 14:04:47 09/24/04 ...and Wui bending over :-) (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 15:30:05 09/24/04 My parents made me pay for everything - Chip(GMS Racing) 13:05:28 09/24/04 same here, one time my birthday present was - mousersix (San Antonio) 13:31:32 09/24/04 Dad started it, but mostly self-taught (n/m) - RSR 13:05:31 09/24/04 2 years vocational training & 1.5 yearsat the dealers - 3 double-0 ZX(Va Bch) 14:12:28 09/24/04 Twinturbo.net & Shawn @ PSR (n/m) - NAZTTy 14:52:10 09/24/04 self taught..mostly by reading books and tt.net =) (n/m) - Zeus 14:52:48 09/24/04 Re: How did all of you learn to build/work on cars? - IJUMPMAN 17:15:23 09/24/04 Reading, lots and lots of reading. - KILLR300ZX 17:29:44 09/24/04 Re: Reading, lots and lots of reading. - Vividkid82 20:15:48 09/24/04 Mostly because of the Z and tt.net - bassplayr 22:42:27 09/24/04
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