How come every other car enthusiast on internet has a professional mechanic level car knowledge...

How come every other car enthusiast on internet has a professional mechanic level car knowledge? are they real mechanics or did their love for cars got them there ?

The love for my car and mistrust for professional mechanics made me look into buying books and tools to repair my own shit so i guess other people are doing it too.

Because we're smart and you're not

Why don't you trust professional mechanics?

They lie to get your money.

I trust exactly one (1) mechanic around me. The rest have all scammed family members or had guys who were flat out incompetent.

Once you own your own car and have to bring it to a garage you'll understand.
My car had to be inspected a couple months ago, I replaced my brake pads a few weeks before that.
The inspection garage said they were worn and it would cost €400 to replace them.
When you bring your car in for an actual repair, they go even further with "finding" other things that are broken aside from the actual problem. Some even fuck shit up on purpose or swap out your practically new parts for worn ones.

>tfw going to dealerships that charge that much they don't need to "find" new damaged to repair
But they clean my car and put sweets in it every time I come for an inspection :)

Just a lot of lurking.

I usually go to an inspection shop that don't do repairs or anything, they only do airco refills and tires. Only thing they try to sell are their tires, but just asking them where exactly it has less profile than legally required shuts them up.
Couldn't get an appointment before inspection was due though this time