Career Help!!!

[69PonyRider]

hi everone. I am a senior in high school(which is almost over) and i have no idea on what to study!! This is probably not the place to ask this, but i just cant think of anyplace else right now. Well I sort of do have an idea on what to do; I want to study engines and car stuff. I am getting enrolled in UTI(Universal Technical Institute) anybody heard of it?? What do you guys think of it? They will give me courses in automotive and will specialize me in Ford cars. But what i really want to do is go into Hot Rod stuff. I want to open up my own business for street rod cars. The problem is that my parents dont like the idea of me going to that school because it will cost too much and they dont think it is worth for what i will be studying, they think I will end up in some crummy job. They want me to go into a 4 year college and get "a real career". The course at UTI will take about a year and a half. I have no idea what else i could be doing with my life. I just want it to include cars and racing. I wanted to hear from you guys what kind of people you know that work around cars and how they got there, or maybe even what some of you guys do for a living and how you got there. I am just venting, this school thing is getting very frustrating!!! Thanx for at least listening.