Back in 1996, I really, really wanted that Mitsubishi 3000GT... but I had no idea the valuable lessons that I would learn along the way to buying it. When I was about 14 years old, my dad told me that he would help me buy the car of my choice as long as I paid for half. I'm not sure that he knew what he had agreed to at the time. Shortly thereafter, I taught myself how to install car stereos, with a focus on sub boxes that made cars and neighborhoods shake. Yes, I was the guy