[Dutton]

Joe,

Hold on to the dream - while you're 17, many of us have had the bug since we were younger than you!

The BEST thing you can do right now is finish your education, find yourself a career that really pays the bills and leaves you enough to start investing for the day you can see that GT40 in your garage. For most of us, that required decades but I know of several members of the forum who've made the move at a significantly younger age. The bottom line is you CAN do this (hell, if I did it I see no reason why you can't!), it just takes some planning. So do what it takes.

In the meantime, you've found THE right place for a bit of research and creating some new friendships - there are some remarkably great guys in the UK who'd like nothing better than to give you a hand if you're serious. Sieze the opportunity, Joe, and you'll have a big head start on what some of us old guys had to work with only a few years ago!

Dreams do come true,

T.