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Im interested in taking a 6 month automotive mechanics course next year, not because I want to be a professional mechanic but because Id like to get some theoretical knowledge and better understanding of cars in general.

Theres a few places in Vancouver I was looking at, but does anyone have any suggestions for finding out what's good?

i just started at porter and chester over here in mass. it's a 1 year course though.

If you have the $$ Wyotech is the way to go.

wyotech doesn't actually cost that much, you just need to be willing to travel to or stay at one of their schools. I got accepted to the PA campus last year, but due to the new baby, i had to keep working and needed to go to school closer.

but yea, Wyotech is amazing.

If you're just looking for basic automotive knowledge, go to a local community college.

Pretty much one-size-fits all, gonna be about the same quality?

it'll give you a good basic knowlege of automotive systems, the most helpful one that I've found was Steering, Suspension and Brakes. The prerequisite was intro to auto though. It'll likely be a time commitment, my SSB class was 4 days a week from 7 am to 1 pm.

With the knowledge that you aquire, you should be more able to learn on your own as well.

Psychoreo wrote:wyotech doesn't actually cost that much, you just need to be willing to travel to or stay at one of their schools. I got accepted to the PA campus last year, but due to the new baby, i had to keep working and needed to go to school closer.

but yea, Wyotech is amazing.

My friend's boyfriend is going up there next year....he's a real modder though...he wouldn't know a good stock car if it came up and slapped him in the face.

He's one of those "Hydraulics and LT1 Engines in S10's" types.

I have taken a welding class at the community college, it was an awesome shop but the instructor didnt give a shit about anything. Im pretty sure that if you wanted to take the welding class at south seattle community college you could just start going there without paying any tuition or registering or anything. just find out when erny limekooler(sp?) teaches.

Oh I was talking about doing a whole mechanics course, not just one area. 6 months, 40 hours a week.

Manarius wrote:He's one of those "LT1 Engines in S10's" types.

whats wrong with that?

i think it was the hydraulics part that bothered him.

i went to UTI in arizona for the same reason you are wanting too. learned one hell of a lot. 14months i did, really not worth it to me, they are too focused upon dealership training and not other things like indipendant shops or your own stuff.