Guys...Car...me newbie

tea217

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Hey..everyone..!!

I wanna learn about car man...like...the engines and stuff...
any good sites that teaches you??
 

Jerboy

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Hit the largest library in your area if you don't have much time. I recommend taking fundametal automotives class in your local community college. You'll have some hands on experience on top of book work. I thought it was quite fun.


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All those sites sucks. This is 'da bomb

AJ and your creativity.
 

amnesiac

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Don'tcha love how Jerboy's always so goddamn serious about everything?

Oh, I found this AWESOME site.. check it out Here.
 

Zenmervolt

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Subscription to Road & Track is a good starter. R&T does the best testing IMO, and their engineering editor, Dennis Simanitis (SP?), is a member of the S.A.E. and also quite knowledgeable. The "Tech Tidbits" and "Technical Correspondence" sections of R&T are quite often especially informative. Also, R&T has columns by Peter Egan, who happens to be my favorite atuomotive writer. Strike up a relationship with your local mechanic(s) if you're in a small enough town, they can be a goldmine. There's no good way to "learn" how to be a car guy, you just have to immerse yourself in cars. I have no idea where or when I learned how to tell apart all 3rd generation Honda Accords (1986 looks very different from a 1989), I just know. I can pick out a 7-series Bimmer at night just by the headlights, but again I don't know quite how. Just start paying attention to cars, you'll get things firgured out quickly.

ZV