Recently, I bought my first car. With little knowledge about cars, I decided to purchase a 2002 V6 Mustang 5 Speed Manual with 180,000 miles. It was in need of repair in several places, but I decided it would be fun to make some small repairs. Two months later, I'm still fixing the car. It runs fine, but there are several small things that need to be fixed.
One thing you do when making car repairs is learn. You learn a lot about cars. I now know almost all there is to know (without being a mechanical engineer) about the fundamental parts of a car. From the power windows, all the way down to how the pistons drive the crankshaft. Along the way of making repairs, if there was ever a concept I didn't understand, I would search up how the concept worked and learn something new. Looking back, I didn't put enough thought into buying my new car. I should have looked around more, considered spending extra money on a V8, and negotiated the price to favor myself more than I did. I look at buying this car as a good learning experience. I am now a knowledgeable DIYer and car enthusiast who will, when buying a new car in the future, know what aspects I'm looking for and what is worth my money.
I decided to write about cars because we often see all these new cars with the incentive to save gas. I think that's a fantastic thing, but at the same time, it scares me. "How could you be scared of saving the environment?" you may ask. Well, I'm not scared of saving the environment, but I am scared of what this means for the future of cars. Cars may soon be one in the same with the largest engine available being a V6. While I think it's important to save the environment, I also think automakers are making great leaps in the fuel efficiency of their engines, so if anything is going to deplete the world of its oil resources at an alarming rate, it won't be the auto industry.
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