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I'm not sure if you're asking because you feel as though you would either be judged by others for not knowing enough or if you would judge yourself and deem yourself unqualified to own the car.
For the former, if anyone were to look down on you for owning any type of sporty car and not knowing how every single component works, they're just presumptuously pedantic and not the type of car crowd you'd want to associate with anyway (there are people like this in every field, so it happens).
If you feel as though you would look down on yourself and the "reality" police would issue a citation to you, then you just have to realize that everyone's got to start somewhere. It doesn't matter what kind of car you learn to work on - sport or not - and you don't have to learn the mechanics of a basic economy car before moving up to a sportier car.
And if you choose to never learn about the mechanics anyway, then you should respect your own decisions. There's no car god that's going to shun you out of existence or anything for driving a car and not knowing exactly how it works. If that were the case, 99% of drivers should be laughed at.
Granted, from a safety and practical standpoint, basic maintenance should be known. Not to justify the type of car you own, but just so you know how things are done if you ever have an incident or mishap with your car, especially while stranded somewhere.
Hell, I learned how to do my first oil change with this car, adjust the clutch, etc. and I plan on installing my own coilovers. It's gratifying figuring out how to finally do something or learn how something works. Nothing to be ashamed of if you don't know something. Everything you don't know is just another opportunity to learn, rather than an opportunity to look down on yourself.
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