Growing up I always liked cars and trucks. But back in the day I was more of a off road kinda guy. That all changed once I saw a 300ZX in 1990. When I was 15 I started getting into cars but never knew how to get access to information to modify them. So I took it on myself to learn cars. No FSM no tools no nothing, I just took apart my car and tried to see how it worked and see what I could do to it. After I somehow came across the 240SX when I was 15 I bought it the second I saw it. Owned it for about 1.5 years and only found mods like the strut bars and intake. Sold it off and by then I knew quite a bit about cars from reading online stuff and magazines. I bought my 300ZX and began to really mod cars. I did every insall on the Z myself, even the headers (which is about as ez as pulling the engine). About that time I got a chance to go to a Mechanic School for some time, but even though I got hands on and did a whole lot, I quit after 2 months because they didnt teach me anything. I was the only import guy there too. It was a bunch of rednecks with mullets. My last day there this one kid decided to be funny and punched my 89 s13 and dented it, so I got out punched him in the face and then kicked him in the face and took off after he started to cry. But anyways, I have learn by curiousity for the most part. Cars arent really that hard once you get the basics down.
My advise to you, Get a FSM, do some work yourself, dont be afriad to fuck up your car because just just about any bolt on is pretty staight forward, and if you mess up you always have the forum to help you with your problems. Learn from the forum, read the Tech section and the more you do the more you will know and the cooler you will be <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>