[T3] Bagging on technicians

["Jim McGarvey" <adaze1@nc.rr.com>]

<x-flowed>To The people that don't believe in Mechanics.

 I am a Dealer Technician,  I started on VW's moved to Subaru's Became a SR 
Master Subaru Technican 10 years of hard work and studying. (one of only 50 
in the US)  left to do techline for KIA.  Techline means when the dealer was 
unable to fix the vehicle I walked them through it. Now I fix Suzuki's and 
train technicians.  It's not that only dropouts become Technicians.  You 
have to think 60 or men design a vehicle with no thought being put in to the 
fact that some one has to fix it. Factory Scan tools cant keep up with 
technology. A tech is paid on comission.  Which means if the job pays one 
hour and takes two. You just had a pay cut. I had a vehicle that the MAF 
sensor read 1 gram of and the vehicle ran fine bud would set the check 
engine lamp. I spent two weeks trying to figure this out. One gram diff. 
could becaused By the IAC motor, Throttle plate opening angle, engine RPM 
differance or just plain engine wear. Working on cars has gotten a lot 
harder and more technical over the last 23 years i've workid on them.
All the Doctors, teachers, enginers I've met could not make a living working 
on cars.  I still do my own head work, rebuild auto and man. transmissions. 
Just under stand you get what you pay for!!! I am the best and you will pay 
for it.  While I was at VW is still worked on Split windows.  Because they 
wanted it done right and not hacked by some druged up shade tree tech. I 
make less pe hour but make more per year then most collage grads.

   ADAZE1
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Constantino Tobio" <ctobio@gmail.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] New Fastback photos


> That does worry me. Particularly in America, someone who is
> intelligent who becomes a plumber or a mechanic is somehow not living
> up to society's expectations, while vocational programs are aimed at
> teenage malcontents or the intellectually challenged. The service
> industry is careening towards being entirely populated by the
> intellectual have-nots, while management and engineering is for the
> intellectual haves. Oh, and I'm not just talking about inborn
> abilities, but learning opportunity as well here.
>
> No one seems to do their own work anymore. When I was a kid (and it
> wasn't all that long ago) people still did their own oil changes. Now,
> people look at ME funny when I tell them that NO ONE DOES MY OIL
> CHANGES BUT ME. Not sure what that says about us as a society. The
> auto industry and the auto repair industry has rather successfully
> cowed people into believing that "cars are too hard to work on anymore
> what with all the computers they have onboard." Meanwhile, your
> average mechanic is little more than a parts-swapping grease monkey,
> and I just don't have the confidence that their skills have evolved
> commensurate with the evolution of technology.
>
> Anyway, that's my rant for today. That's why I love forums like these-
> lots of like-minded individuals who know their stuff and love getting
> their elbows dirty.
>
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:36:31 -0000, Dave Hall <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk> 
> wrote:
> > > Back when I was in high school, I worked
> > > at an auto parts store that largely sold to mechanics, professional
> > > and shade-tree. I could count on one hand the number of mechanics that
> > > could be trusted with working on a car..
> >
> > That was something I noticed in years of teaching - virtually none of the
> > brighter kids wanted to be mechanics.  There was an occasional one who 
> > was
> > particularly gifted at practical skills, at the expense of his other 
> > subjects.
> > Seems all the parents want their kids to become managers, academics or 
> > media
> > moguls.  While we need some of them (I suppose), we need skilled 
> > mechanics,
> > plumbers, electricians etc too.  Why do we not celebrate manual skills 
> > any more,
> > no matter what area it is shown in?   I guess that's why we are happy 
> > with
> > slab-sided monstrosities rather than craft-rich buildings like the ones 
> > we saw
> > in Albany, NY.  Bring back the craftsman (and woman - mmm all that
> > home-baking!).
> >
> > Dave.
> > UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
> > http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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