He offered to teach me, I don't know if I'm getting paid
you're not working or going to school so why not take the free practical education. at the least you'll have the feeling of making progress in life, i'm sure. being proficient in vehicle repair/maintenance will never not be a valuable skill, and if you end up good at it you could easily earn certifications and use all this as a temporary fall-back in the event you stay unemployed and/or don't figure out what you really want to do
if i had this same opportunity at the age of 17 instead of becoming a software dev, knowing where i am now i probably would've taken it. but that's just me
