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im considering a future in auto mechanics...what kind of info can some of you guys out there give me about how you like it, if the money is good....etc..

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money is good depending where u work 20k all away to 125k a year

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Great job untill you get older and everything starts to hurt all the time. I was a ASE master tech for ten years at a lot of different places, stay away from company owned tire stores like Firestone and Goodyear, privatley owned stores usually pay better and treat there employees better. Car Max WAS a good place to work but they went to hell in the last couple of years. Most dealers suck, warranty work doesn't pay well and the service work that does pay usually gets grabbed up by the bosses buddies. It's not a bad way to make a living don't get me wrong, you just have to know how to play the game to get ahead and stay there.

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i'm interested in going into this kind of work to can you tell me about the schooling you have to go threw thanx

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I'm a Hyundai tech, almost 3 years. I had no school whatsoever, got a job at autozone for a year out of high school, and learned a lot there. Then I got hired.

A degree in Automotive Technology always look good, but I'm an ASE master tech (with my L1, thank you very much), and a Hyundai expert tech who never got one. I make good money at my small dealership. I'm actually still the bottom rung of the totem pole (3 techs including me, 1 service advisor, 1 service manager, and the parts guy). All the techs and the service manager are all ASE master techs.

Moral of the story: if you really think you know enough, start applying when you feel ready. School will teach you a lot, but experience is the best teacher.

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No clue, sorry. But I sure like your avatar mx524.

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i was enrolled in toyota tech program and i decided to change because i saw no room to advance after like a full line tech. sure flat rate 60k a year, whatever but there isnt anywhere to expand, except to race team (good luck)


so i changed to power engineering, room to expand and loads of cash, making sure u americans dont fuckup the power grid again! ;D

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i have a friend that isamechanic and he ------- hates it. his favroite fraze is " im nota mechanic, im a parts changer. mechanics pull off miracles" lol

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i second that, that avatar has a hypnotic effect ;D.

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man, do what you have a passion for. if getting nicks and cuts on your hands averyday is an acceptable standard, then go for it. im thinking being a mechanic would be like being a pornstar... the first few days are fun, but you'll eventually just be another ho.

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That's about it. You'll learn to hate car salesman, because every ---- they make and every bullshit promise they tell a customer comes back to you.

Being a mechanic is a good way to make an honest living. Master techs around Detroit/Chicago seriously make like $37/hour. That's some pretty good bank.

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yo your avatar is the coolest one i've ever seen ;D :-* ;D

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well generally if u want to make some big bucks then u have to go to school for a while (5 yrs or so) and even become a certified engineer. if you want to be damn good or the best at what u do( i highly recommend this for any profession)
You can go to school and major in mechanical engineering and learn all the real deal ---- that the homies at the factory do.. big math #'s and ----. If you enjoy cars then by all means go for it, and there are a lot of respectable positions that u dont even have to get ur hands dirty and u can still be a mechanic. I used to work Nissan corporate building and right next door they had a research and development department and i talked to these guys all the time and they never got dirty just looked at a lot of tight ass transmissions and everything else to make sure they were good to go, they even went out and drove the cars to ---- all the time, which was awesome.
If u got any ?'s about the schooling bs pm me

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thanx for the info every body

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i through with all the engineering crouse u would have to complete ALL kind of math class...
that's what keeps me away....... :-[

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i'm a honda tech in north carolina, it's a very good paying profession in you are a car junkie like me. but eventually you will get tired of do'n the everyday bullshit maintenance. but around here it's the only way to make a live'n with cars because there just isn't enough demand for performance work to support a family.

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what's up douspray? did you use to post on east coast performance? i live in j'ville and work in havelock, i think i saw you on there before, but i haven't been on there in a long time

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I'm a flat rate tech at Nissan & Kia.. Its ok I guess, the first year you will spend all your money on tools and a nice toolbox, thats just the way it goes. I think its a good trait to have and learn, just so you will be able to fix your own things. But I honestly cant see myself doing this the rest of my life. Money is ok, just go with a decent product line.

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I'm an army mechanic, I dont like my job in the army, but I do a lot of work off duty and it PAYS, I love it and plans to get out the army, I will be staying in Germany since my wife is German. I want to open a shop and do custom engine work on imports, mostly hondas, I was gonna bug custom coach to be one of suppliers. I'm top get this started asap, but I'M waiting to be discharged, ha ha, I will have no competition, and a lot of customers...sweet!