I mean like what the different parts are called and how they work...the works you know? Thanks.
2006-08-04 09:52:07 · 18 answers · asked by wreckless_angel 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Take an auto mechanics course. Some high schools still have them and they also offer them at community colleges. As far as finding out which cars are better and safer, Consumer Reports Magazine is a great resource! Auto Club also offers some basic automobile courses. You can also go to the library and look at repair manuals for any given car. The parts will be labeled in those.
2006-08-04 10:00:45 · answer #1 · answered by runningviolin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what I did. I got a 1993 chevy cavalier when I was 18. I bought a repair manual and started studying that book from front to back. When I wanted to replace the part, the experience helped lme learn even more. Then I got a 1997 stratus, a 1990 f-150, then a 1977 Dodge w200 HAND MADE. I can now work on anything.
2006-08-04 09:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
find someone who knows about cars and ask them all of the question s you want to know and what certain parts do and how they work. Before you learn how to fix something, you must know what the part looks like and acts like when it is working correctly, then you will know that there is something wrong when you come along to it.
2006-08-04 09:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Samantha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the best ways to learn is by doing - get a cheap car with some potential for coolness and try fixing it up.
Other sources:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ - has some cool animated pictures of engines and the like
http://www.grassrootsmotorsports.com/ - magazine with an online forum where a lot of car guys hang out
2006-08-05 03:28:30 · answer #4 · answered by Mad Scientist Matt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of hands on will work, also take a few trips to some salvage yards, you will be seeing vehicles at various stages of dismantle. Look into various internet threads, there is always a lot of information bouncing around the sites. Look at various Haynes and Chiltons manuals, they give descriptive procedures to dismantle and install parts, along with pictures. And last, but not least, look at various automotive magazines. If you can, find a friend who happens to be tinkering around with his vehicle.
2006-08-04 09:58:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can read auto magazines on line. Try Motor Trend and/or Car and Driver Magazine. In both cases the web sites have an endless amount of information.
2006-08-04 09:55:47 · answer #6 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Browse Wikipedia.
2006-08-04 09:54:26 · answer #7 · answered by Stryker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've only just started to get in to cars? What a sheletered life you must have led. I was getting in to cars before I was born, but I have to admit to needing a bit of help from my mum then.
I can of course get in them on my own now, but getting out on my own took me a lot longer to learn, although I'm getting better at it. I'm going to have to stop crashing them.
2006-08-04 09:58:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to a place were they sell cars and they will give you great tips
2006-08-04 09:55:47 · answer #9 · answered by CHELS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to u pull it junk yards and take stuff apart and save money on parts, then go to detroit
2006-08-04 09:57:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋