How did you guys learn about cars?

[2xSSRS]

Trial & error and good common sense.

[Angrybird 12]

I learned a lot from my dad starting when I was 4 years old watching him work on his 56 Chevy 210 with a 265 V8 power pack with police pursuit package. I remember that car would fly! My dad would do all of his own maintenance work from brakes to adjusting the solid lifter valves in the 56 to replacing a cam in my brothers 65 Biscayne right in my grandmothers back yard. He could tune a engine just by listening to it run. Man I miss him... Rest in peace. Dad

[cmb74656]

My family has owned a salvage yard since the mid-50s.

[MikeSVX]

My father was a mechanic and amateur stock car racer. My grandfather and grandmother also raced. I learned the basics from them. The modern stuff I've learned by researching and doing.

[lgKido]

I don't even have my Camaro (12 months hopefully) and I already have over $10,000 allocated in mods. And every mod has been changed at least 3 times. So don't be too hasty. Allow yourself time to change your mind. But the best advice is to scour this forum for information. However, the search thread in this forum isn't the best. I get better results using the Google option. Finally, don't stop asking questions and learn from others mistakes and successes.

[Bonanza7]

I learned by reading manuals and turning a wrench. Mistakes provided good practice

[lgKido]

Originally Posted by BowtieBelle

Dude. I was joking. I was banned like 11 days ago and just got back; it had nothing to do with you. Even mentioning those forums in PM could get you banned here, thus why I said "dude you're trying to get me banned again." Simmer!

I also noticed your account suspension. Welcome back! And were you serious about mentioning another forum in a PM being grounds for suspension? I didn't know PM's were monitored.............

[Plexus]

Originally Posted by sam.u.el

Not too long ago (about 3 years) I fell in love with classic american cars mostly from the late 60's early 70's. In that time I took a few classes at the community college and started my journey to learn more about cars. After the few classes I took I wanted to learn more so I bought and read magazines and books and researched a whole lot online and learned a bit from those that were car literate. All my knowledge (which isn't a lot to be honest) mosty revolves around classic cars/engines. Luckly for me, todays engines still operate the same way only with modern technology molded into them. After buying my camaro almost 4 months ago, I got to reading and researching everything camaro. I learn something everyday about these cars and the folks on here have been very helpful!

Sorry for blabbing.. I get carried away sometimes haha

Community college classes, I'll have to remember that... Thanks! I also don't know too much about cars... I don't have my camaro yet but will definitely want to learn to work on/mod it once I do get it.

[BiG_TiMe]

i knew nothing about cars until i found about this site

[Heaven_is_inferno_orange]

Grew up in my dad's garage. I loved camaro's since I was a kid and he loved muscle cars. I can remember being about 4 years old and staring at the 3rd gen camaro from my dad's 70's thunderbird and knowing what it was and that it was "fast". My dad had a 1985 El Camino in the garage he worked on for about 20 years until he passed away that i can remember being out there watching him work on it learning everything. The two of us always did all the work on my 91 RS and 96 Z28 together. I learned it all from him up until I enrolled in college and he left for heaven. Now I learn from my professors, fellow techs, and from trial and error.
There is so much in this field to learn that no one knows everything. The technology is always changing so it's constantly a learning experience.

[Ozzie RS]

I know you are very thankful for the car. I say first of all sit down with your Dad and ask him what kind of mod's he would recommend. Definitely get him involved with modding the car, he did buy it for a reason if you know what I mean. If he doesn't have any ideas which I'm sure he will you might suggest both of you sit down in front of the computer screen on "Camaro 5" and look at some of the posts. Trust me, your Dad will be gone before you know it and this is the perfect time to bond with each other.

[Kite31]

I wasn't fortunate enough to have someone who was a car nut in my family or liked cars. So I started off by playing video games such as need for speed and gran turismo. It's not until I got my first car when I was 17. That I started to absolutely love cars. Now I learn whatever I can. Still learning a lot.

[2SSJIM]

Originally Posted by Heaven_is_inferno_orange

Grew up in my dad's garage. I loved camaro's since I was a kid and he loved muscle cars. I can remember being about 4 years old and staring at the 3rd gen camaro from my dad's 70's thunderbird and knowing what it was and that it was "fast". My dad had a 1985 El Camino in the garage he worked on for about 20 years until he passed away that i can remember being out there watching him work on it learning everything. The two of us always did all the work on my 91 RS and 96 Z28 together. I learned it all from him up until I enrolled in college and he left for heaven. Now I learn from my professors, fellow techs, and from trial and error.
There is so much in this field to learn that no one knows everything. The technology is always changing so it's constantly a learning experience.

I always loved a girl that's a gear-head! My dad taught me too. I will never forget the first engine rebuild we did on a '72 impala, then the '66 VW bug and the restoration of a '72 Cutlass. Those were the days.........

[Camaro_hx]

4-years reading Bachelors of Science in Motorsports Engineering and a career as a Technical & Training Manager at Porsche.