I might go back to school, but i dont know for what... Options

[Valo666]

Right now im going through college for the second time for automotive. Last year i went for about 5 months for autobody, but my program was really really terrible and i didnt like it so i dropped out. Like..i spent 4 of thouse 5 months washing cars as "detailing" because they didnt have any of the equipment they needed to teach us with in the shop yet after they renovated. Any ways, im in school for automotive right now, im just starting a year long apprenticeship and then i go back to school for 3 months. Now, i love working on cars, ive been working on them since i was 13, and cars are my passion, but going through this program has made me relize alot of stuff. Ive started to relize the days of being a neighbourhood mechanic or working in a small shop is slowly going down the tubes. With alot of cars coming out in the next few years being hybrid, or full electric, your gonna have to be a licenced electrician rather than an auto tech. Also with the introduction of OBDIII in the next 4 years, small shops are gonna be screwed. No one will be able to service new cars, the government will convert older OBDI and OBDII cars over to OBDIII, so thouse cars will be non-serviceable aswell. So, these things are still not 100% for sure yet, but im thinking i might wanna head back to school for somethin else, but my problem is...what.

Through all of my schooling, i was never the best in class. I was always just scrapping by, hated homework, hated reading, etc. So my problem is, trying to find a job/career that i would like to do, that i wouldnt have to do tons of paperwork with, thats pretty easy and perferably not so "businessy". Out of my entire family, im the one with the little stubby neck, so dress shirts dont really fit me all that well..lol. Back on topic, so far, the only jobs ive had that werent directly me working on cars that i liked was being a sales person at a speedshop. It was good for a full time job for the spring and summer, but wouldnt be what i would need for a career. But i was one hell of a sales men. I was there for 4 months, and 3 out of the 4 months i was the top salesmen for all 13 locations. Most ppl would sell $9K worth of stuff, i was selling $14K minimum per month. So sales is something that im pretty good at, its just i donno what i could do for a career that would let me do sales, make a good living, not involve a crap load of paper work, wouldnt be retail, and would be fun to do. Any ways, im kinda out of ideas, so maybe you guys can help...

If you got any ideas of what i should do, lemme hear em. I'm not in a big rush to go into school again, i still have a year and a 1/4 left b4 im finished this program. So, yea...lets hear any ideas you guys have.

Bryan

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

Matter of fact, have you actually thought of becoming an Electrician. I've heard they do pretty good. Right now I am working on my A&P, Airframe and Powerplant, which is basically a aviation maintenance job. It has been going great for me.

[lagos]

Also with the introduction of OBDIII in the next 4 years, small shops are gonna be screwed. No one will be able to service new cars,

why would they not be able to service them? OBD stands for On Board Diagnostic. the idea behind it is to create a standard way of helping mechanics diagnose engine problems as well as emissions. cars will still need brake jobs, suspension, tires, oil changes, timing belts, water pumps...etc... that type of stuff anyone with a tool kit can do.

[Valo666]

I would do electrical, but i hate electrical...lol

Also with the introduction of OBDIII in the next 4 years, small shops are gonna be screwed. No one will be able to service new cars,

why would they not be able to service them? OBD stands for On Board Diagnostic. the idea behind it is to create a standard way of helping mechanics diagnose engine problems as well as emissions. cars will still need brake jobs, suspension, tires, oil changes, timing belts, water pumps...etc... that type of stuff anyone with a tool kit can do.

OBDIII is gonna b un-tamperable. Pretty much, if you bring your OBD-III car home and do a break job, there are gonna b sensors to monitor your disks, or drums or pads, and pretty much as soon as you get on the road, one of the road side sensors will note that u have tampered with the breaks, then you will get a notice in the mail saying to take it into a certified shop to make sure its ok...and if that doesnt happen, they will shut down your car.

OBDIII is gonna be pretty much the government watchin you and your car to make sure that its running up to par with the way it came from the factory, and to make sure that your being safe. Safe as in you dont speed, you dont drive irractily, and that you dont do any unsafe modifications your self. So pretty much the days of small garages is gonna b phased out. The OBDIII tools are pretty much gonna b only for dealerships. And yea OBD is suppost to be a standard way of helping mechanics diagnose a problem, but have you ever tryed hooking up a universal OBDII scanner to a european car?...BMW has their own OBDII tool, even though its suppost to be a universal tool and universal codes, the european car makes it so that their codes are slightly blocked so for some repairs you need to go to some one with a OBDII scanner that will have thouse european codes. The idea of being fair with it, doesnt realy work. But im also still thinkin about gettin into somethin different just because ive been thinkin alot about it since i started school...i love cars, but i donno if i wanna be a grease monkey for the rest of my life.

plus i wouldnt mind having a job that i could travel and still get work with. Like north american cars are very different from european and cars in other parts of the world. Like we use O2 sensors, they use Lamda sensors...there are somethings that dont really translate to other parts of the world. Im seriously considering going back to school for marketing though.

This post has been edited by Valo666: Jul 10, 2007 - 10:43 PM

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

I would do electrical, but i hate electrical...lol

I don't either. lol.