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Originally Posted by zx10guy
Truth.
I'm not a mechanic by trade but have been behind the scenes. A good friend of mine used to own a shop. He's a ASE Master Tech. In my area, he was the go to guy for modifying any car. He mostly dealt with GM and Ford V8s but was recognized as the East Coast specialist for the Yamaha 6 that went into the Ford SHO. Also a lot of the local dealers would send him cars with electrical gremlins because either they couldn't figure it out or they didn't want to waste time chasing it when they knew he could find it relatively quickly.
Anyways, he grew tired of the business and a lot of the customer BS. I got to see a lot of it first hand hanging out at the shop. So for a guy that loved cars and modifying them, he sold the shop and walked away.
I also have a friend who is a BMW dealer tech. The things he tells me about how is job is really challenging doesn't surprise me. I think if he didn't have so many years of seniority/experience, he would leave in a heart beat if he could slot into a different job field making the same amount of money.
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yup couldn't agree with you guys more. spent most of my teenage years doing bolt-on mods on my own car and on my friends cars. had so much fun doing that i thought i would make a career out of it. took a tour of UTI and their sales team got me good. 25k later i graduated and started working at a local bmw dealership. did a year of service writing and about 2 years of wrenching till i called it quits. for me it wasn't as enjoyable as i thought it would be. it was super cut throat and the paychecks were never consistent. turning your hobby into a career may make a lot of sense in terms of loving what you do for a living, but it doesn't always work like that. before you blow thousands of dollars into the education, please try working as a lube tech at dealer or bust some tires at americas tire co.