If you don't know that much about cars but want an automotive major in college what can you do to better prepare yourself?
2006-07-23 16:32:20 · 6 answers · asked by dayzdreamer 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
We humans learn a lot by reading. So, better start reading everything you can on cars. Get shop manuals for the family car and read that sucker a zillion times. Car books; car magazines; watch car shows on cable if you have it. Take driver's ed in high school. Find Car talk columns archives, and read everyone, back from years ago.
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Also, see if you can learn to change oil and check tire pressures. Change air filters.
If you have garage space, save your bucks and buy an old engine from a junk yard, put it in the garage or some other place out of sight, and tear that sucker apart, don't worry if you can't put it together again, and read the manual for that motor so you understand everything.
Look under the hood and try to find out what everything is.
If you are 12, you have plenty of time. If you are 19, it's gonna' be tight, I guarantee you. Still, at my house when the kids were small, we talked a lot about Demosthenes, so if you want something bad enough, you can probably do it. My daughter is dyslexic, and so she had to study all night in college. Now she is almost done with her second Master's Degree. Study automotive, no asking here how to get laid; no drugs; no booze; work at your goal.
2006-07-23 16:47:12 · answer #1 · answered by retiredslashescaped1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think if you got a junker and started to practice on it that would help. Maybe you have friends who are good at working on cars and you could help them. Is there a local garage you could get a job at?
2006-07-23 23:37:32 · answer #2 · answered by aggie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take some classes at community college. Study mechanics, study books, anything really. It's just like studying for math, science, or any other subject.
2006-07-23 23:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by Hen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would start with the basics. Change a tire, change the oil, check air pressure, check fluid levels, such as that. Good luck!
2006-07-24 00:11:46 · answer #4 · answered by music 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start learning about cars.
2006-07-23 23:41:50 · answer #5 · answered by vintagejbass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Become a mechanic...
2006-07-23 23:35:49 · answer #6 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋