Hey /o/, I know this is a question you guys probably get a lot

just yourself and be drive

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Listen to eurobeat - blissful around and deep
Don't hold it anymore - happy to the core
Suddenly in the dark tenderly to the heart
Let's put the music high let's go heat the light

>>16060835
believe it or not, browsing /o/ daily is a good source of car knowledge

and also owning a car helps too

>>16060835
So what do people on this board call themselves?
I.e /b/tards

>>16062771
Phil/o/stines

>>16060835
The best thing you can do is find a friend that will take you to car meets. Don't be afraid to ask questions and look inexperienced. People hate when kids pretend to know what they are talking about in real life but usually don't mind explaining the basics to someone new to the game with an interest in actually learning. A lot of the shit you read on this board is ironic and troll posts so take it with a grain of salt. Many /o/ posters are quite genuinely autistic and don't have any driving experience outside of videogames.

>>16062771
ped/o/philes

>>16062771
/o/tists

>>16062771
>16062771
/o/nons

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It'd help if you had a friend or family member that knew about cars. I've been around mechanics all my life, and it really helps to be around them. You don't even have to talk to them much, just watch and listen to what they do and say.

It helps to read up on things, too. I personally went onto Wikipedia whenever I didn't know about something, and since it has links to other articles, I just kept going from link to link reading up.

The lingo honestly comes naturally after you begin to learn. Most of the times it's a way to condense something into a word or two (i.e. shitbox to refer to an old car nearing a state of constant disrepair), to be humorous (i.e. dorito engine instead of Wankel rotary engine), or sometimes it's just to sound more laid back and less professional (i.e. tarbo instead of turbocharger).

Most importantly you have to realize there's always going to be someone that knows more than you about other topics. Cars are pretty diverse, and one can't know everything about anything.

Honestly, watch initial D. You can learn quite a bit from it, and get in on all the sick drift memes too

>>16062771
G/o/yims
B/o/ys
Sc/o/ttys
Br/o/s

Goddamn. Theres another thread asking this same exact question every day. "How do I into cars" should be in the sticky.

>>16065202
Lol stfu faggot this entire forum is garbage for benchracers that dont even have their license what integrity are you trying to protect

>>16060835
>I wanted to ask you guys, what is the best way to understanding cars, from the lingo to reading technical aspects of the car and etc.
shitposting on /o/ like the rest of us

>>16060835
Youtube is big, instead of watching cancer tv or netflix all day, i recommend
>that dude in blue
>b is for build
>tj hunt
>gears and gasoline
>ricer miata
>lowcals
>donut media

>>16065329
Oh, and definitely >regular car reviews

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>>16060835
1.get a shitbox DD
2.get another shitbox of the same type and part it out.
3.swap out the bad parts of your DD shit with good parts from scrap car

it took me 4 months going from 2/10 repair skill to 8/10

>>16065336
you should also watch mighty car mods if you want to understand the shitbox life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5lHdZ8gF6E&ab_channel=MightyCarMods

LURK MORE.
Seriously.
Hang around car shit and you will absorb car knowledge.
if you're neet or jobless, work at a quick lube place. make friends with the lower tec. he will likely know a bunch about cars and decided this was the only job for him because he's autistic and can't talk to people.

>>16065336
Op doesnt get cars yet so hed probably get 2 shitboxes with the same failing parts.

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>>16065758
oh.

scooters are always an option

>I used to hate cars with a passion

What a weird thing to passionately hate.

>>16062782
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>>16065183
/o/tists is the best one desu

>>16061254
It really isnt. The majority of /o/ is dumbasses who think they know cars.

>>16061254
nah, it's a great source of knowing that a GTR has a shorter laptime than a Z06 by an insignificant amount of time, but it's not that great for learning about cars

>>16062771
/o/rphans