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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ttocs" data-source="post: 908267" data-attributes="member: 11896">I agree that it is good to know how to work on your car and I have been learning myself.  I have a degree in electronics and worked as a audio security installer for 15 yrs so with wires/electronics I am not afraid but am still an amature mechanically speaking.  Now when I was trained in audio/security or even in any of the jobs my degree landed me, I was trained by another person that already knew what to do, what not to do, and the points inbetween that are important and this is also the way I have trained people.  I think it is important to know your limits and to have someon with exp to tell you when to stop what you are doing to keep from damaging something when getting into a technical area that you have 0 exp in.  There have been countless times that trainer over me or me over my trainee has stopped them from making really bad/expensive mistakes.  I can't say that this compaires to taking tuning advice over the net from people that you hope are better tuners then the ones you fear to go to but have no way of knowing.  At least ifa pro tuner messes up your ride you might have a legal outlet to make yourself whole but if you take some bad advice from joe-schmoe from the net and mess something up then you are just screwed and have no one to blame but yourself.  I take anything I read on forums online with a BIG grain of salt as more often then not it is some kid that knows everything about nothing  and just can't shut up.I did some research on my tuner, asked around and found nothing but good reviews from them and they look to be a good enough biz to stand behind their work which is what I want.  While I am there I will be watching, asking questions and learning as much as I can not because I will do it myself next time but just to know more about my car and how it works.  Hell even good tuners can make mistakes that are fatal when they overlook something but when you or I make that mistake it wasn't because we overlookes something it is because we were ignorant to the protocall of what needs to be done.</blockquote>