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[[File:Hobby Tinkering.png|left]]'''Tinkering''' is one of the many [[Hobbies]] included in the ''[[The Sims 2: FreeTime|FreeTime]]'' expansion for ''[[The Sims 2]]''. High Tinkering [[enthusiasm]] allows a Sim access to the '''Will's Garage''' [[Secret Lots|secret lot]]. Having a shy or nice personality will raise the enthusiasm for this hobby faster.

Activities that raise a Sim's enthusiasm for Tinkering are:

Available to Toddlers and Children:

* Playing with Blocks on the Activity table{{Vgversion|TS2:FT}}

Available to Toddlers and Up:

Available to Children and Up:

* Studying [[Mechanical]]

* Designing and Operating the [[model train]] set{{Vgversion|TS2:FT}}

* Reading the ''Technology'' section in the Newspaper or the ''D-I-Y'' [[Magazines|magazine]]{{Vgversion|TS2:FT}}

* Browsing Web about Tinkering{{Vgversion|TS2:FT}}

* Blogging about Tinkering{{Vgversion|TS2:FT}}

* Telling Stories about Mechanics{{Vgversion|TS2:AL}}

* Dreaming about Tinkering

Available to Teens and Up

* Restoring the [[One Man's Junk Car|junk car]]{{Vgversion|TS2:FT}}

* Using the [[Robot Crafting Station]]{{Vgversion|TS2:OFB}}

* "Read Section ... Technology" in Newspaper

Sims in the Zone will hear the sounds of a muscle car's engine starting, idling and racing past while they work on the [[One Man's Junk Car]]. They can also hear a real train sound when they play with the [[Model train]] set.

Befriending a Tinkering hobby instructor will decrease the friends requirements by one for Sims who work in the [[Intelligence]] and [[Military#The Sims 2|Military]] careers.

Tinkering hobby instructors wear a mechanic's coverall and cap. If ''The Sims 2: Open for Business'' is installed before the NPC is generated, all Tinkering hobby instructors will have gold talent badges in [[Robotics]].