Thread: mechanics on here

well im in a tech school called Hennipen Tech, its a good school for me. We do alot of hands on stuff and our teachers are very good at what they do. From my thoughts I would rather go to a school to learn it rather that second hand learn things.

Id also say skip the school if u know anything about cars. If not go to school you might learn something. My friend payed about 30k for his schooling and he didn't learn $h!t. I knew as much as he did after his 2 years in school. He went to someplace in Cleavland Ohio cant remember the name. Anyway he said he really didn't learn a hole lot. Its all about hands on experience you cant beat that. Get out there and work on stuff. The only thing that is technical about cars nowadays is the electronics. And if your any good with a computer it wont be hard to learn. Working for other people the pay is worthless considering they charge the customer 40-60+ per hour and u get payed 15-20 (around here anyway) Word of advice its never as simple as you think it is when it comes to working on cars lol. Learned that the hard way. I have worked on cars since I was old enuf to hold a wrench. Not saying I know everything because I know I dont. But I know enuf people that work on cars for a living and its not as easy as most people think it is. Mostly the people your fixing the cars for can be a pain in the @$$.

Wyotech is supposed to be one of the premier schools in the country. A buddy works there and has mentioned some fo the requirements to pass. Interesting tidbit, you'd be building a 4T65E and dyno testing it before you'll pass.

A friend is a mechanic and he owns his own shop. His advice to anyone thinking about it is, don't. You beat your body to make money and overall the working conditions aren't stellar. Breathing chemicals often, brake dust, rust, cuts, scrapes gouges, burns, dealing with rain and snow dripping off cars, heat in the summer. A good mechanic can struture things in the right place to make very good money. It's work though and like most things in life there is a downside.