I recently had a sudden intrest in car (WELL NOT SUDDEN I have been intresting i just didnt have the time to research)and I have decided to go to college for motor vehicle tech. and school starts in august but I dont want to be the only person in class that dont know ANYTHING about cars but that I would love to learn how to build, customize, repair, and etc cars. what info, tips, advice can you give me so that I can learn everything possible about cars. and I just subscribe to ur mag so that will help.

THANK IN ADVANCE  

The best thing to do would be to start reading up on car parts.  There is tons of info out there explaining how things work and why.  Hanging around and participating on car forums is always a big help.  And last if you have a car of your own, start working on it yourself.  

nothing helps like hands on .. i was a young boy when my dad showed me how to change oil in our minivan .. now here i am swaping motors.. hes regretting that oil change at 12 years old now .. im knocking on his door for help me finish my build funds.. grad that first issue of project car mag give that a look.. i agree that parts information is a huge help.. grad a autozone (chilton or haynes) manual for the car you drive and go thru it and kinda mock fix things on your car. get an idea... also go to howstuffworks.com check things out on there.. they have a great database of info on things like turbos and rotary engines that my mom can even understand... ( little asian lady rough on the english)  good luck man..  

the best way for me was hands on approach basically get in there and get dirty  

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take apart your engine and then try to put it back together- you might to buy another car just in case you flub up- but i agree with pirate and hawaiian - HANDS ON- she'll like that (your car that is)