any car buffs out there?

[XxArKoNxX]

hey im looking for a car and i found a really nice one... unfortunatly i have no idea what most of this stuff means... was wondering if anyone could translate it and tell me if this is a good deal or not. just leave a message here and ill email the stuff to u. thnx!

[Samurai]

Well I tune street racers in my spare time, so wassup?

[XxArKoNxX]

well this is the car that im thinking of getting

http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/93168481.html

i have no idea if the engine and all that stuff is good or not... and is it hard to repair a car like this... cuz id like to do my own repairs if it breaks down... and hopefully try to learn more about cars =P

[ZX7]

well this is the car that im thinking of getting

http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/93168481.html

i have no idea if the engine and all that stuff is good or not... and is it hard to repair a car like this... cuz id like to do my own repairs if it breaks down... and hopefully try to learn more about cars =P

If you're asking then you shouldnt be working on your own car.

[Samurai]

The posting got deleted Zaradon, and yea, car engineering is best left to people who know how to.

[XxArKoNxX]

bah i just wanted to learn -_- but thanks anyways

and what do u mean it got deleted? i still see it...

[Spiker]

Its telling us that the author deleted it. If you want to buy a car to learn how to do body/engine work then go ahead. It is not that hard to get a knack for fixing cars, it just takes a little time and studying. If you want to get something easy to work on buy a honda or an integra. Those are pretty easy cars for learning with.

[XxArKoNxX]

ahhh ty spiker the only thing is i really want a car like that one... an old camaro... dont know why but i started likeing cars and wanted to learn about them and work on them myself. ty for the help... too bad i lost that car -_- was really nice. well back to craigslist =/

since i still have no idea what some of this stuff means... is it ok if i list another car here and u could tell me what some of it means or could u tell me of a good book that i could buy that would explain this shit for me? and dont say autos for dummies >_<

[Samurai]

Well my old high school offered auto tech courses for juniors and seniors, and it was alot of very good hands-on experience paired up with a little textbook reading. I learned more advanced techniques and stuff from professional car tuners, not really from any car engineering manuals eheh.

[XxArKoNxX]

hmmm wonder if my school has that sort of thing... thnx ill look into that

[ZX7]

Imports are not the easier cars to work on...wtf?

American cars are generally easier to work on IMO.

[Spiker]

I didnt mean they are easier per say. Its just that with the imports you have much more shit you can do to them. They have all kinds of body/engine mods out there that arent that expensive. I'm sure working on an old Ford would be pretty easy, but you dont wanna pour money into a pile of crap.

[clownshoes]

get yourself a 500$ kcar (omni )to work on. do a little research then when youve put 4k~ into it have fun watching peoples jaws drop when they see what the turd on wheels can do.