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1. hey Eric my name is Bryan and I am a industrial maintenance mechanic do you think that I could use my experience to get in to auto repair or should I go to college?
2. hit the nail on the head about fleet work. I worked at a dealer then I was a mechanic in the military and now I'm fleet. I love it! great benefits and my tools were provided for. Definately try to aim for a fleet job.
3. Hey Eric Do you still feel that Diesel mechanic is the best route to go in 2017? If I became a Diesel mechanic would I also know how to fix cars as well (generally speaking)?
4. if only you were in buffalo i would love to work with you. I definitely would gain a lot of knowledge about the automotive repair business from you.
5. im sick of the abuse im sorry if a 10hr day is enough and i dont wana stay till 9-10pm every night and i tell my advisors to screw off and just leave
6. So what's the best bet? I have considered UTI PA (toured the facility) in the past and it is definitely top notch (teaches automotive, also has diesel and how to repair temp controlled reefers at an additional cost) but the tuition is well over $30k just for the automotive side. I can take a community course for about $3k but no promise of ASE without experience. I feel UTI is... a rip off, all things considering. If I only took the automotive course, I would be working the same job at the end of the day as the guy that paid $3k vs $30k right?
7. Really weird that you guys don't get any tools or some sort of an allowance, but over here in Ireland the brand that you choose to work for supply you, like Audi or skoda apprenticeship master technician programs supply you with a full snap on tool box for working on their cars
8. I love the makanik
9. "consider diesel" haha that's all I want to work on!
10. Nice video sir. Thanks. Keep it up
11. Lol totally listening to this like a podcast, good thing no visual feed is needed.
12. You may as well be substituting aviation mechanic for auto mechanic. You are right! It's just a job, and as in your field, the pay is getting lower. The only thing that will change the industry is when there aren't 50 people waiting to take your place, for less pay, and the experienced money makers aren't willing to walk off the job and leave their employers hanging. When money is to be lost is when employers change their attitudes. Right now, it is an employers market, so they have the luxury to be picky and abusive. With so many people out of work, they can pick and choose as they see fit. Where the employers are deluded is they think that going through employees like water in a river, they can build some sort of "perfect team" What they find themselves with is the same old problems.... they want to make more money. Problem is, it TAKES money, to MAKE money. In other words, they will need to pay their employees better so they have better employees. in aviation, many companies lose very valuable and lucritive contracts because they don't have enough talent that the customer demands. They fire all of the certified and experienced mechanics and bring in people without certifications AKA lower paid but in return, get people who make way more problems than they repair, costing the company more than just paying certified, experienced, mechanics. Because the entire world view is to pay so little, and that takes presidence over true loss, the company ends up turning the blind eye to the real loss and either folds or loses good contracts. i don't know about the automotive industry but that's aviation in a nut shell. i am considering automotive because all of my skill set will transfer but i can most likely find a local job. I will need my ASE cert. to get a job in the first place. The only thing that will keep me going is my personal passion and the personal pride i have in doing a good job. that's it! otherwise, it is exactly what you said.... "It's just a job" You are totally right though. Without personal passion and pride, a person will want to get out. Even with both, i want to get out of aviation because i want to settle down and not contract any more. i don't live in a place where I can get another aviation job. Seems like i can do, with automotive, because they fix cars everywhere. Make no mistake, the aviation industry is just as abusive, if not, worse.... The pee-ons will always be pee-ons. it's what a person is willing to endure. THAT'S where a person must have PERSONAL pride and passion, that doesn't come from a boss or employer because they will never find it there. it must come from within. Aviation mechanics have adopted the attitude.... Fine! Fire me or lay me off.... This isn't the only company to work for and isn't the only company that is hiring. For a person that doesn't mind traveling it is the only attitude to have, but for me, I don't want to travel so much, so that isn't a luxury i can afford. Aviation is a rather small community so companies are finding out that if they make a bad impression on contractors and employees, their name gets a black mark and mechanics don't or won't work for them any more... this hurts them in the long run and they are compelled to pay more because of this. Well, for contractors, we have to follow the money and may end up working in a shit-hole, at least, for a while. Most shitty companies are lucky to retain good mechanics, and contractors for 30-60 days. Contractors don't put up with the bullshit for long. That's fine, because they are willing to travel. You are spot-on with this video and said it perfectly.
13. I have a well paid office 6 am to 3 pm Monday to Friday Job, however I always end up working with cars during my free time.
    I really enjoy the feeling of fixing a car, and I even consider it as a profession.
    However, I lately understood I should keep it as a hobby.
14. I work on cars with my dad here and there and i really enjoy doing it and i was thinking about doing auto mechanics at my high school then turn it into a career after i graduate but i been hearing and reading so many negative things about it now i dont really wanna go for it but i love working on cars but now im thinking about carpentry i just dont know if i should do auto mechanics or not..
15. I've been turning wrenches professionally since 1991. I love it now just as much as I did when I first started. enjoy going to work everyday in fixing cars or light trucks. it makes me feel good that I am helping people out. I worked for a Chevrolet dealership until we lost the franchise six or seven years ago. we are now an independent repair shop used car dealership. my toolbox is a Snap-on Tripple Bank TUV. It's pretty much full of tool and some junk lol. Thanks for all the videos.
16. I'm a truck driver. We have 1 mechanic for 9 trucks. You can't work on a truck as it's going Down the road, so we usually have 2 trucks in the shop during the day and everything else has to get done after the trucks are parked. That makes for a long day! The mechanic is the highest paid person but it's not much more and the price for him is 14 hr days instead of 12 for the drivers. Seeing him there on Sunday is not uncommon. You couldn't give me that job!!! But if your the type of person that likes to " save the day" then maybe it's for you. You will get old fast!!!
17. Im to stupid to do anything else. lol
18. anybody thinking about getting into auto repair should look for something else because auto repair is a third world country and the technician is lowest of the low
19. I'm older 36 hoping to make it in the automotive repair industry.Several dealerships are hiring for entry level mechanics in my area.
20. Excellent video - a must watch for anyone thinking about getting into the trade. Pretty much everything said was exactly what my experience was. It is what I feel an under appreciated trade and good techs don't for the most part get the respect or money they deserve. Eric you nailed it by saying that working every day in this trade is nothing like doing it as a hobby. For people considering the trade - pay close attention to this video. If you don't believe it now - you will once you are in it for a while. Good luck - we will always need good technicians!