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V8Triumph said:
Do you really want to work with cars as a career? This may sound a little odd but having an interest in cars doesn't always mean you make a great worker in the automotive industry.
I worked in the motortrade selling what I discribe as "numpty" cars. My passion is for classic cars, often more at the luxury end (Triumph, Jaguar, Porsche etc.) than the "bread and butter" end. I hated selling eco-boxes to numpties that didn't have a clue. I then went on to university to study Motorsport Engineering but it was not of interest to me at all and I didn't mix with the other students, they loved tech I HATED it with a passion.
Most people who work on cars these days are not real "mechanics", mechanics can fault find and replace internal components as they see fit, mechanics rebuild rather than replace. Dealers don't want REAL mechanics they want fitters who plug into a computer and replace whatever the computer tells them. If you have a real passion for cars, I would truely suggest you look into the career before you start and look into other things too.
There is a whole world out there and just because you don't work on cars for a living doen't mean to say you can't work on your own cars as a hobby.
I went and worked for 2 weeks as a mechanic apprentice to see what it was like, and loved it the only problem was they had no permanent vacanciesI worked in the motortrade selling what I discribe as "numpty" cars. My passion is for classic cars, often more at the luxury end (Triumph, Jaguar, Porsche etc.) than the "bread and butter" end. I hated selling eco-boxes to numpties that didn't have a clue. I then went on to university to study Motorsport Engineering but it was not of interest to me at all and I didn't mix with the other students, they loved tech I HATED it with a passion.
Most people who work on cars these days are not real "mechanics", mechanics can fault find and replace internal components as they see fit, mechanics rebuild rather than replace. Dealers don't want REAL mechanics they want fitters who plug into a computer and replace whatever the computer tells them. If you have a real passion for cars, I would truely suggest you look into the career before you start and look into other things too.
There is a whole world out there and just because you don't work on cars for a living doen't mean to say you can't work on your own cars as a hobby. Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff