Gas pedal sticks on bimmer, driver stuck going 130 mph for 60 miles
03-13-2006, 12:10 AM
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Re: Gas pedal sticks on bimmer, driver stuck going 130 mph for 60 miles
yeah JD thats true, most of the mechs i see r old guys that look like white trash and have all kinds of problems and bitch about their job... well said 
03-13-2006, 05:54 AM
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Re: Gas pedal sticks on bimmer, driver stuck going 130 mph for 60 miles
Originally Posted by jagojon3
If he turned the key ALL the way back yea, but you can turn your engine off without turning the steering lock on.
03-13-2006, 09:31 AM
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Re: Gas pedal sticks on bimmer, driver stuck going 130 mph for 60 miles
Originally Posted by mechsoldier
The people you know must be shitty mechanics I know a few guys clearing over 100k a year flatrate, which I'm pretty sure you currently don't make.
I make as much money as I care to *shrug*
03-13-2006, 11:02 AM
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Re: Gas pedal sticks on bimmer, driver stuck going 130 mph for 60 miles
Originally Posted by mechsoldier
The people you know must be shitty mechanics I know a few guys clearing over 100k a year flatrate, which I'm pretty sure you currently don't make.
03-13-2006, 11:35 AM
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Re: Gas pedal sticks on bimmer, driver stuck going 130 mph for 60 miles
Originally Posted by mycrx
yea well i know people who make millions, im pretty sure you dont make that.
03-13-2006, 12:11 PM
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Re: Gas pedal sticks on bimmer, driver stuck going 130 mph for 60 miles
Attacking me for what you're pretty sure I don't make on a yearly basis isn't taking things to an extreme? 
Go google actuarian tables on automechanics. There is such a demand for them because... the smart ones figure out at some point they can make more money more easily with their skills, intellects, and aptitudes without destroying their bodies with heavy lifting. Turning wrenches is technically adept ditch digging, and nothing more. I don't expect a kid fresh out of the military... young, cockstrong, confident in their body, ready to drop and give me 50 at any point... to grasp what I am saying. One day you will - you are not young forever. You hit about thirty, and all of a sudden you start realizing that all that reaching over blindly and grabbing and yanking starts hurting you - and thirty is still young, strong, and physically able compared to the mean age of 42 you cited. I give AbaZ, for example, another 5 years as a dealer wrench MAX before he's making more money doing something else for less effort.
Now, Joey at age 30 has accrued 9 years worth of post secondary education ranging from the local tech school to the UNC state system to Duke. Joey works 15-20 hours a week, has a nice house built over a full basement/garage, and spends the majority of his spendable income at the bar, or on his daughter. Sounds cush, but I'm not rich by any means, I just structure my life so I can live how I want. Regardless, you walk into Joey's workspace and it's pretty hard not to be able to reach out and touch something worth a minimum of $300 without even leaning over, no matter where you stand. My hobby pays for itself, and that's all I've ever cared about.
I'm here on HMT because the sort of knowledge that flows in DIY circles is of a superior nature to that traded in scenes formed to circle a market driven economy (Honda-Bling's Farced Induction Forum is a perfect example of this). I am not here because I am a brokedick with ***** envy over $$$$$ cars I cannot afford, and can't be accepted elsewhere because I'm an ignorant retard on welfare. There is a minority of people here who appreciate my input, and some of these are voracious minds who will reciprocate in due time.
So, are you a brokedick hater, or a voracious mind? You can disagree with my point in the matter, and we can discuss it, but trying to insinuate that I don't make any money and therefore was an incompetent mechanic...
Go google actuarian tables on automechanics. There is such a demand for them because... the smart ones figure out at some point they can make more money more easily with their skills, intellects, and aptitudes without destroying their bodies with heavy lifting. Turning wrenches is technically adept ditch digging, and nothing more. I don't expect a kid fresh out of the military... young, cockstrong, confident in their body, ready to drop and give me 50 at any point... to grasp what I am saying. One day you will - you are not young forever. You hit about thirty, and all of a sudden you start realizing that all that reaching over blindly and grabbing and yanking starts hurting you - and thirty is still young, strong, and physically able compared to the mean age of 42 you cited. I give AbaZ, for example, another 5 years as a dealer wrench MAX before he's making more money doing something else for less effort.
Now, Joey at age 30 has accrued 9 years worth of post secondary education ranging from the local tech school to the UNC state system to Duke. Joey works 15-20 hours a week, has a nice house built over a full basement/garage, and spends the majority of his spendable income at the bar, or on his daughter. Sounds cush, but I'm not rich by any means, I just structure my life so I can live how I want. Regardless, you walk into Joey's workspace and it's pretty hard not to be able to reach out and touch something worth a minimum of $300 without even leaning over, no matter where you stand. My hobby pays for itself, and that's all I've ever cared about.
I'm here on HMT because the sort of knowledge that flows in DIY circles is of a superior nature to that traded in scenes formed to circle a market driven economy (Honda-Bling's Farced Induction Forum is a perfect example of this). I am not here because I am a brokedick with ***** envy over $$$$$ cars I cannot afford, and can't be accepted elsewhere because I'm an ignorant retard on welfare. There is a minority of people here who appreciate my input, and some of these are voracious minds who will reciprocate in due time.
So, are you a brokedick hater, or a voracious mind? You can disagree with my point in the matter, and we can discuss it, but trying to insinuate that I don't make any money and therefore was an incompetent mechanic...
