Help a luddite out

billymitchell

I'm in need of a bit of help. A few of the lads were just talking about motors here in work, and I had to hold my hand up and say, "Sorry lads, no idea what you are talking about!"

My knowledge of what goes on underneath the bonnet of any car is as close to zero as you can possibly get, but I would like to do something about that.

Anybody recommend how I would go about just learning the basics of how a car works, just so I can at least know what the hell is wrong with my car if something goes wrong?

kildare.17hmr

I heard this thing called the internet is a good place for learning:p

That or there are plenty of good books and manuals you can get in any book shop if thats the route you wanna go. other that that get some overalls and a toolbox and familurise yourself with whats under your own bonnet

Mr Benevolent

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/

R.O.R

Earlier this week we got a list of night courses the local Institute of Technology was doing, and there was a Motor Maintenance course on there.

I did one of those a few years ago. As the demo engine was from a 1964 Anglia (998cc petrol I think) and I was driving a 2.0Tdci at the time, it wasn't that relevant for the engine bits but I did find it quite enjoyable, and fairly informative. They may have moved with the times by now - although I reckon it will still be the same guy and same engine in Ringsend for the next few years.

kildare.17hmr

R.O.R wrote: »

Earlier this week we got a list of night courses the local Institute of Technology was doing, and there was a Motor Maintenance course on there.

I did one of those a few years ago. As the demo engine was from a 1964 Anglia (998cc petrol I think) and I was driving a 2.0Tdci at the time, it wasn't that relevant for the engine bits but I did find it quite enjoyable, and fairly informative. They may have moved with the times by now - although I reckon it will still be the same guy and same engine in Ringsend for the next few years.

we did something like that back in school with our engineering teacher, great crack at the time and good for young lads to learn something they'll use again. should be more courses like that on offer

cantdecide

Ask questions like "what the hell is a __________".

This forum is brimming with people who are always eager to show off

Mr Benevolent

cantdecide wrote: »

"what the hell is a __________".

That's easy, it's a special cloaking device found only on Audis. Its purpose is to make the car as bland as possible. With this new ________, Audis will now be blander then lettuce, with the new A4 having a previously unheard of Bland rating of -2.34.

billymitchell

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

I heard this thing called the internet is a good place for learning:p

That or there are plenty of good books and manuals you can get in any book shop if thats the route you wanna go. other that that get some overalls and a toolbox and familurise yourself with whats under your own bonnet

The internet eh, is that part of the engine??? :P

Going nowhere near my own motor thanks. It works at the moment and I'd like to keep it like that.

I'll have a look at that howstuffworks site in a while, but I guess the only way to really get comfortable with anything is getting stuck in.

Absurdum

billymitchell wrote: »

I'm in need of a bit of help. A few of the lads were just talking about motors here in work, and I had to hold my hand up and say, "Sorry lads, no idea what you are talking about!"

My knowledge of what goes on underneath the bonnet of any car is as close to zero as you can possibly get, but I would like to do something about that.

Anybody recommend how I would go about just learning the basics of how a car works, just so I can at least know what the hell is wrong with my car if something goes wrong?

Hi Billy, your cousin Phil runs a garage near the Vic called The Arches, Ricky Butcher and Minty work there, surely you must have noticed this over the years

While you're at it, tell Phil to stop smoking crack.

billymitchell

billymitchell wrote: »

I'm in need of a bit of help. A few of the lads were just talking about motors here in work,

There is an awfully good chance they were talking out their arse

cantdecide

Confab wrote: »

That's easy, it's a especial cloaking device found only on Audis. Its purpose is to make the car as bland as possible. With this new ________, Audis will now be blander then lettuce, with the new A4 having a previously unheard of Bland rating of -2.34.

People should definitely go for like Ford because they have 'kinetic design' which is way nicer in a bottom of the range focus than a bottom of the range Audi.

colm_mcm

Base spec skoda ftw.

Esel

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