hi aeu86 forums. i'm a noob and i have questions.

[Mux213]

Hehe, welcome mate,

As jamiemirror said, there are US guys here and we even have a US section so maybe some of our US guys can answer some of your questions that we Europeans are clueless about

Btw, lighten up man, don't downplay yourself so much!

Can you work on a car yourself? Or do you want to learn? An AE86, like most old cars, really is a car that can get expensive if you can't work on it yourself. Most work on the car is easy to do, even if you're new, aslong as you're willing to learn. Information for doing normal maintenance is easy to find.

Don't go worrying about paintjobs and engine swaps just yet, find yourself a car thats relatively rust free and has a good motor, these engines last and last and last, though most of these cars now are used for drifting so that wears em down quickly, have to look out for that...

Best other advise I can give you, spend the time you have till you get your drivers license to read, read read and READ about these cars! There is plenty of info out there that will help you buy the right car and maintain it and make sure you know what to expect. Also keep in mind, its not really a good beginners car, its an old RWD tricky fun piece of kit

And as for driving manual, well I'm europian, 99% of the cars here are manual, I have trouble driving an auto