A&Q about 350Z
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Hey Lancaster, my least favorite place... Haha... Oh Pennsyltucky. Howstuffworks is awesome! I like it!
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find a local shop, it was easy for me... one was right around the corner, and even if I do a lot of oil changes, and a lot of tires, I also get to help out with brakes, alignments, engine problems and so on. Just find somewhere to work and soak in as much knowledge as you can. I've learned so much more than I could have ever imagined.
Chris
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There's nothing like experience...
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Hey Chris, thanks foryour repky.
How old are you? 'Cus I'm only 14 so that plays into the apprenticeship.(Sp) I just asked my mom and she said there is an independantly owned shop about a 2 minute bike ride from my house. I'm gunna see if they would tech me some stuff. I never really thought of "Jones Automotive."(Car place near me)
Thanks Chris! Ill keep you all posted on how it turns out. I'm crossing my fingers allready haha!
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I'm 18 and the 2 minute bike ride is what I do every day. Its truly worth going there, even if you don't make a lot, knowledge is priceless. That sounded like something that would come out of a fortune cookie, but its true. Unfortunatly my shop wouldn't allow me to get a job there till I had my license, so that held me back. But now that I do its great, when I finish up the cars that I get, I just go up to the guys and ask if I can watch, and 8 out of 10 times, they will not just let me watch but they'll tell me to actually do the work with them. Good luck with the job and I wish you the best.
Chris
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My dad is a gear head and worked on his own cars as long as he had the tools. Since I could walk and recognize what each tool was I was fetching them for him when he worked on his cars. He taught me a lot about cars and is the reason it is my number one hobby. After that I kept learning by reading books, talking with people who knew more than me, talking on various car forums, and I've actually learned a lot reading Sport Compact Car.
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Thanks Chris!I can't wait until I get back to go talk to Jones.
Polygon, could you suggest me some books please? Someone suggested "car hacks and mods for dummies" and I was gunna pick that up today. I used to really be into cars about a year ago and took a break(wet through a lot of shit for a kid... That's all u need to know) anyhow but I learned what little I know right now from Super Street magazine. It focuses a lot on drifting and Japanese street stuff. That's where my interests lie mainly.
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I would get a subscription to Sport Compact Car. They have technical articles that are just amazing. Lately they have the making it stick series which is all about the cassis and suspension. I have learned a lot of things I didn't know about the suspension. As for books, here are a couple I like:
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Thanks polygon. I will check out Sport Compact. I bought an issue of Super Street today. I really like it. I used to read like the bible about a year ago. Its 24 issues for 30 bucks... I think I'm gunna take the plunge. I'm gunna check out those books right now!
Thanks
-Dylan
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I learned everything from Automotive forums.
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I got most of my knowledge online and from a few friends. the friends didn't really give much good info, good for beginners, then once i learned more i noticed it was complete bs lol.
I've learned most of what i know from here and howstuffworks.com. Most of the really technical stuff, however, i'll learn from university. I'm in electrical engineering at carleton university for now, trying to switch to mechanical (long story but my advice is apply to the course you really want in every university that you apply to, it might come back to bite you in the ass) and if i get stuck in electrical i'll just spend the extra 2 years and get my mechanical engineering degree after my electrical.
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Wow 534BC, everything from AF. That's good to know actually. AF is now on my toolbar. This place is awesome!!!!!!!!
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How do you go about putting it on your toolbar ?
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i think he meant to say bookmarked
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Nope, toolbar. If you do not have firefox I HIGHLY RECOMEND(sp) getting it right now. Once you get that heres what you do. Find the page you want to save and as opposed to "Bookmarks" click it and a list will appear. Click "bookmarks tollbar" and BAM!
simple as that.