> TheCrow wrote: > Growing up as a car mechanic's son has made me a very well-rounded > fix-it-guy.
I grew up before the car computers and without any money so if you wanted a car you had to learn to work on them because a job as a busboy doesn't get you even a decent used car. So the funny thing is that in my neighborhood - every weekend, both days - everyone was working on their cars in their driveways and streets to keep them running during the week. Usually Saturday you'd ride with buddies out to the "bone yard" and then you'd plan on who's car you were going to work on since we had to pool tools and know how. I had this buddy who'd take apart his engine and just throw all the bolts into a bucket. Then somehow he'd be able to figure out which one he needed to put it back together. Anyway, by the time I could afford a new car I had spent a decade and a half working on junkers and never wanted to do it again so I've only bought cars with a maint program since. But now I've started getting into modding cars which has meant learning all the computer stuff and it's actually really cool because now you can tweak all kinds of things and monitor the effects in real time - without driving! - by just monitoring the computer. It's pretty cool. If I had more money and time I'd probably set up a garage, get a used Evo or STi, and build it into a 800hp monster. That would rule. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266479 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
