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I started that way, but as I had cars at uni I couldn't afford to run unless I maintained them myself I just learned out of necessity (a few alfa's, a Vectra ST200, Carlos Sainz GT4 etc). My neighbour at the time was an ex mechanic so he'd either inspect after I'd finished or give me a hand and show me some tricks. It helped that by 15 I was able to rebuild shocks and retune forks on the bike so that carried over to working on cars quite well. Since then I've shell swapped a few Imprezas, spannered for my mate at a few rallies and done a fair amount of stuff on classics. With the exception of electronics on modern cars they're basically all big Meccano sets!
As to rattles...gah, I hate working on interiors, give me mechanical stuff every day! Actually the BMW is so far okay and the Impreza is loud enough that you end up with tinnitus at the end of a long drive anyway so rattles get quieter as you go!
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