my dad did simple maintenance and i was told to do the same to all of the cars i drove to maintain them.
and when i started buying performance parts i figured "it's just nuts and bolts, why not?" and just went ahead and jumped right in. a lot of times things didn't go my way and i'd be stuck because i forgot something or broke something along the way, but it helped a lot with being confident for doing most repairs. i can safely assume that given the time and the correct parts/tools i can fix anything short of working on the bottom end of the motor or rebuilding the transmission. even those i think i could do, but that would be a hefty learning curve.
