My 8 year old son is giving a presentation to his third grade class next week. His topic is "How an automobile engine works". He starts out using a video tape we made of him pointing out the parts in the engine compartment of our S. Next, he starts the S (on the tape) and shows everyone what it looks like and sounds like.

After the 3 minute tape he gives his presentation live using a working model of a 4 cylinder engine. He is very excited and has been practicing for two weeks. His point of reference is the S.

He is going to pass an oil filter, wrenches, sparkplugs and fuses around the room. Adam has been helping me work on our cars since he has been old enough to walk, but most of his classmates have never been involved and have never seen most of these parts and tools.

Someone, perhaps JasonB, had posted an photo of all of the parts of the S engine laid out. Does anyone know the thread where this photo is? I'd like to print it so Adam can pass it around to show his classmates.

 

I don't know where the thread is, but here is the pic:

 

Luft46

Thank you. That is exactly the photo we were looking for. Adam is very excited about passing this picture around. He and I have always been excited about the S.

Thanks again.

Rob

 

No prob, glad to help. If you enlarge it 128%, it will print out perfectly on a 8.5x11 inch piece of paper.

 

Great thing for your son to do!

 

Thanks. I think so too. As a matter of fact, I am quite pleased that Adam chooses to talk about things that he is interested in. Most of his classmates are presenting the usual, amimals, dinosaurs and etc. Nothing wrong with that, but Adam has gone a step further, I think, and picked a more difficult less usual topic. He is truly marching to the beat of his own drummer. I am very proud of him.

He has worked very hard on this topic, and can now identify and explain most every part of the engine. Not bad for an 8 year old. He can also change the oil, change the filter, and use a torque wrench.

In many of my posts I have mentioned how the unexpected reward of owning the S is that it has brought our family closer. This is just another example.

What a car. What a kid.

 

Rob, it's difficult to keep the grandsons out of the tools in the garage. They love to play with them. I must admit, I don't try to discourage this, since I'm out there showing them what the different tools are.

 

Bob

No reason to. I happen to think its a good thing.

It's not so much that I want my sons to grow up to be mechanics. I want them to be whatever they are happy being. It's just that I really want them to know how things work and what things mean.

My older son is ambivalent. He helps, but really couldn't care less about motors and autos and things like that.

Adam, my younger one, is an auto enthusiast like me. For the two of us, if it doesn't run on gas or electric, it's not our favorite.

I really do like and respect what you said about being "out there showing them what the different tools are." If we don't teach our young, who will?

rob

 

much respects for your mature thoughts on teaching the youth, i will take you as an example when the time comes to it.

 

Sounds like you have a great father-son bonding thing going on, bro
My dad was a mechanic but he never tried to spark any interest in cars with me (or much else for that matter)

Your kid is very fortunate