Hoss it is funny how you either love cars, or don't! My oldest brother and I loved to take things apart as kids. He was better at it, but never pursued it, once he graduated from high school. I guess I just like to build and fix stuff. I have always owned old motorcycles or cars, and worked on them myself. As I got older and cars got more electronic and computerized I stopped trying to fix the sophisticated stuff, and did more general maintenance. But with our current economy, and money so tight, I'm learning to fix all sorts of stuff, from the tv, to the laptop, it's just too expensive to replace anything right now.
One cool thing, is anything presmog and computer controlled is fairly easy to figure out, and if it has a computer, plugging in the warning light code reader helps alot!!!!!!