Hi all,

Im thinking about enrolling on a basic car maintenance evening course next year at my local College. Its Ã,£60.00 for a five week course, 2 hours every Monday. I want to learn a bit about cars and stuff and this seems like a good idea. Has anyone done anything similar?

All comments appreciated.

Cheers,

Riv

Sounds like a good idea, you would get that money back after you have serviced your car yourself.

Surely a Haynes manual for your car would be better and save you some money over this course?

Normally a manual includes instructions for a lot of stuff which isnt in a course and courses usually dont cover specific cars.

However for someone who is totally unsure of what they are doing a course can help them know whats what.

TBH I ould prefer a manual to a course.

Ive got a Hayes manual for my car which is great. I was just thinking of going to learn the general stuff really - the basics. Might have to skip it now though as my Im actually away on holiday when it starts doh!

A manual is fine and you can do pretty much anything with a haynes bol but a course will probably give you a bit of practical experiance like changing plugs or whatever without you having to piss around on your own car.

Probably itll be indoors too