Quit my Job

[Woodward_Dreams]

keep it.... best part about mechanics and body work is when you do it only as a hobby - having the nicest hobbiest box is the right thing to do.... heck, use it as a dresser when you go to away to college. I went to college, then went back to finish. There is no way I could have survived or made it had I lived at home. When you're a college student living the poverty stricken life is actually cool - they even have a name for it - Bohemian.

Haha for sure. Im going to school locally, so no need to use it as a dresser. It is cool to see friends reactions about the box when they come over to wrench or benchrace.

[Woodward_Dreams]

For sure keep it, I don't have a box near that nice - but I still have the one I got when I graduated highschool and I'm happy to have it.

What degree are you going for?

Im going to Ferris State (they have a campus near my house) for Automotive Management. While some guys end up as service managers, most work for the big 3 or a supplier. Its really just a management degree, that can be used in any industry. I don't really want to be a service manager...

[SuperBuickGuy]

Im going to Ferris State (they have a campus near my house) for Automotive Management. While some guys end up as service managers, most work for the big 3 or a supplier. Its really just a management degree, that can be used in any industry. I don't really want to be a service manager...

In any case, if you want the big bucks, you'll need to seriously consider at least a master's degree...

[Woodward_Dreams]

In any case, if you want the big bucks, you'll need to seriously consider at least a master's degree...

Don't burst my bubble.

The plan is to at least get on my own feet, move out, and get a halfway decent car before I consider grad school.

[Bob Holmes]

I spent my first two years of college drunk and belligerent. They pretty much tossed me out (I guess BBQing on the dorm roof wasn't such a good idea). Than I spent two years working full-time and taking a class or two per semester. Only when I decided that I needed the degree (not because of pressure from my parents, etc) did I return full time (financed by the sale of my '66 'Vette Roadster ). I jumped in the deep end of the pull, pulled 3.8-4.0s and got done in the final two years.

I wish I'd gone to grad school, but by the time I looked at going back I was making more than most folks coming out with their MBAs.

[Huskinhano]

Glad to hear it! Once you get married, kids, going to school at night becomes real difficult, you can't do anything well.

[SpiderGearsMan]

this business is beyond destroyed
there is not a shortage of mechanics ..there is a shortage of customers

[TC]

this business is beyond destroyed
there is not a shortage of mechanics ..there is a shortage of customers

Your just working on the wrong kind of cars........ My friends Audi/VW shop is popp'n.......

BMW is another good one, my other buddy is keeping swamped by just Craigslist ads, at $80 an hour.........

[SpiderGearsMan]

audis break ..... A LOT
and more competition in NJ
In backwater azironna , that guy is the ONLY schnitzel car shop for 50 miles
we have 5 audi dealers in a 30 mile radius in bergen county

[Scott Liggett]

We have a ton of Audi dealers, but also a lot of independent german car wrenches because of the stupid money the dealers charge for even simple up keep. $1000 for a brake job? Yeah, sure, Fritz.