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Buy a semi-shitty car and fix it along the way. You'll learn to either turn a wrench real good or swipe your credit card more often than you'd like. Luckily maintenance on the twins are real easy and kind of spoil you. I've had cars with oil filters hidden behind exhaust headers (Pipes that come out of the engine that direct exhaust gases into the muffler out the back of your car.)
When you drive your car try to keep your music and other distractions to a minimum and 'learn' to listen to it such as how she likes to grumble at low speeds in a high gear and how hard she likes to push when in low gear at higher speeds. Get used to some of the drivetrain noises (Drivetrain = Stuff that moves the car such as Engine/Transmission) and try to remember that little 'thud' sound that she makes when you're taking that little turn you like going slightly faster than you think regular traffic takes it.
Fixing cars are very much like troubleshooting and diagnosing computer issues. It's a ton of trial and error and communicating with people who may be familiar with relevant issues either face to face or via forums and youtube videos. There's a ton of resources for learning about cars or practically anything these days and it's our responsibilities to put in the effort to inform ourselves about them. It's also part of the fun.
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