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Originally Posted by Turbowned
Buy a few books for the library:
By the time you get into the BRZ you'l have some knowledge and theory under your belt. It will be supplemented with real-world knowledge when you gain experience. I actually recommend buying a cheap car like a Miata first and learning how to do everything to it first, rather than spending bigger bucks on a brand new car. That way if you screw something up or crash you're only out a couple grand. My first car that I seriously modified and drove hard was a 1985 Toyota MR2 that I bought for $500. Learned so much by fixing things when they broke (which was often) and learned a lot about suspension setup, weight reduction, how to do a motor swap to get more power, etc. etc. However if this is more of a minor hobby for you (nothing wrong with that!) the BRZ will be a nice car to satisfy the occasional driving event or wrench session.
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Buying a junker to work on/learn to drive stick.. I never saw the logic in that unless the person really likes the junker and has a pocketbook to pay for the restorations... which are not cheap unless one has a badass junkyard/connection to NOS/OEM/aftermarket stuff.