Who taught you about cars?

Question

No one taught me. I know nothing about cars. Daddy taught me to hunt, and make love, but he died before he was able to teach me about them cars.

So where do you people know so much about the basics of cars? Do you take classes? Maybe I should, because how can a man not know a thing about cars?

Answer 1

i learned by working with my dad when i was about ten years old,he owned a shell service station in Virginia,every evening after school i went to work until he closed,and on saturdays and sundays we worked also,after many years of this,you do learn a lot,and i also took every class i could on them,no one person knows it all,but anyone can learn enough to help them make a good living at it or enough to keep their own vehicle in good shape,it takes time,i been at it for 37 years,and every day they change something that i have to learn again,most of the time i watched what other people done so i wouldn't have to ask,no matter who you are it takes time to learn about them,lots of time,good luck ,hope this helps.

Answer 2

I learned mostly from my dad, who learned from his dad. My son is 2 and I'm already getting him started. I got my first car in college, a beater, and I had little money so I had to fix it myself. Start with simple maintenance stuff like changing the oil, rotating the tires and check pressures, change air filters, change spark plugs and wires if you can get at them, etc. The Haynes manuals are okay for the basic repairs, you can get one for your car. Got any friends that are shadetree mechanics? They probably won't mind a bit if you ask a lot of questions. Especially when your car is in fifty pieces laying out on the driveway and you need some advice.

It's good to know the basics of how they work, but don't get down on yourself. My college roommate was a mechanical engineering student and he knew nothing about cars. It took him three days to change 6 spark plugs on his car and even then I had to give him pointers.

Answer 3

iam sorry to hear about your dad, you have my condolences!. my dad taught me a little bit about cars, usually about the older ones, and what i didnt read, i taught myself, and i taught my nephew what he knows, and now he knows more then me.lol. but i look at it this way, the best mech. can be stumped on these cars today. you might call me a shadetree mech. i do all my work on my car and you might say iam the friendly neighborhood mech.lol. if your interested in car school, look into advance schools.alot of people have came out of there and some are pretty good mechs., but like i said, these cars today, you cant learn too much, they change every year... good luck friend.

Answer 4

I learned mostly from owning cars and living in Maine and Vermont for a time where the only person around to fix my car was going to be me. So I would say it was mother necessity who has taught me about cars.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 5

I grew up on a fairly large dairy farm in Up State NY. At an early age 5 + years old i wanted desperately to learn how and why farm machinery worked. I watched my dad grease and oil every piece of equipment before a day's use. Soon It was my job, changing oil in farm tractors, combines and anything that had a gasoline or diesel motor. It was imperative that we rolled up our sleeves anytime anything broke down. We ground welded and replaced with purchaced parts when necessary.

Answer 6

my dad got me into them but for the most part I learned the most by reading like general Haynes manuals and then taking shop class is nice because if your not really sure there is someone to explain how to do it. or if you can't quite get that bolt to line up. you know? then once I turned 16 the real education began buying my own truck meant it was junk and it was constantly breaking that will teach you more than anything.

Answer 7

Many men no little about cars-it's hardly a mortal sin. Everyone can't know everything.
My dad was a mechanic, and I know quite a bit about cars, but I'm very clumsy when it comes to repairing them.
Reading can teach you a lot. Start with www.howstuffworks.com and read all you can about cars. Reading service manuals like Chilton Guides is good too.

Answer 8

I taught myself. I've always took things apart and put them back together. When I got old enough to turn a wrench, I naturally turned to the most complicated thing I could find.

Answer 9

i just jumped in to it and did it when i was 8 years old now I'm 27 build show cars there is nothing like hands on and breaking thing to no how to fix it or ''gust fix it till its broke'' and fix it somemore but theay sell some good books that help a lot

Answer 10

My father; also in my training to become a driving instructor We had on going house training