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After agreeing with Dave H, Ill admit that after doing 4 summers as a mechanic... and ONE winter (notice ONE winter) It kept me in school for Electrical Engineering. That being said, if you decide on auto mechanics, it behooves one to be talented in that area and be the BEST one at the job... then you can choose your job, car, and working conditions. Like maintaining Jay Leno's car collection *Poof* Well that dream is over... but you get the point! Keith ' > Its funny ytou should mention this. When I was in > high school (circa 1988) all I wanted to be was a > mechanic. I took all the shop classes, and did the > minimum of other academic work. I even went to a > technical school to learn more about mechanics. By > 1989 I had a job as a line mechanic at a Ford > dealership, and by 1990 I was laid off. > > With the economy the way it was then, I couldn't find > another basically entry-level mechanic job, so I > decided to go back to school. Part time at first, but > eventually I ended up attending university full-time, > and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1997. Now I > have a good paying job that allows me to do things ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~