Hello All, I have been posting on here for a few years now…I see a lot of posts and answers… I see some really silly recommendations and questions…but for the most part I see quite a few very sharp people on here helping people. I was a little surprised yet pleased to see this. I was wondering w…

WOW…My little post has become a staple of this website!!! I feel honored.

I’m just a drivin’ around guy, with a 2010 Mazda 3S hatch-- fabulous little car, btw. I’m not a huge mechanic, but I don’t mind tackling a little job here and there, especially with some friendly Car Talk fans to give some shadetree mechanic advice.

I have no credentials, ZERO car knowledge

Badges?? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges…er, credentials!!! (Just so there is no misunderstanding: this line is taken from “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) with Humphrey Bogart).

Finally got unlazy and joined, but am in computers, mostly hardware, but dabble in software a little. 24 years part time at an auto parts store, selling mostly, but keep their network and pc’s running on the side. Rebuilt my first car at 17 (67 mustang) then redid a 49 Ford F-1 and been playing at…

No credentials whatsoever – I just loooooove driving. I love machines and gettin all up in em and smelling like oil. And I love it when doing that saves me money. :smiley: Oh and I have no idea what I’m doing so I’m here to learn.

Lotsa years selling parts and ordering for my husband’s shop, started out as a physics major in college but dropped it to do other things. Now running the shop as well as being a resource person for people restoring old Brit and European cars.

I’ve owned my own shop for the last 15 yrs. Bought my first Hot Rod magazine in 1964 age 9 and took Auto Mechanics in high school at the vocational school we had available, my life was doomed to be with cars from that point on. Worked at a KW truck dealer for a while and got into a steel mill for th…

I took 2 years of atuomotive technology in high school and the rest is learn as you go. Alot of the work I’ve done was out of necessity since I don’t have the money to take it to a shop. A Heater Core job calls for 5 hours, with a repair manual and 10 hours, i can get it done. The rest I’ve learned …

Your Credentials Please

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J33P November 1, 2011, 2:36pm 191

Well grew up around cars always fascinated with how they work not acar guru by any means but I can find my way around an engine… Rebuilding a 52 dodge pickup with my grandpa and rebuilding the engine of his 89 goldwing… Did alot of work on my ol jeep and went to school for an automotive degree…

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