How do you get started working on cars? i was never into them as a kid but now i am...

I'll occasionally break things on my car that are not essential and then youtube how to fix them.

Why not skip the breaking and just replace shit? Then you'd have the same gains and emergency parts.

Breaking things are more realistic in a way. You can just be driving and shit goes wrong. It helps me get a better idea of what to do if I break something than me just replacing it. Kind of like playing Shogi.

Fair enough. Can you give an example of what you've broken and how?