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I'll call out Gary, Paul, Cordell on the street, mIlLeR, Aaron as well.

All the dickheads usually drive their dad's corvette or live in their parents house

That is within minutes of the warehouse I have my car at, will check out

Road course activities. Street race only if it is Millers poverViper or an exotic that needs tore up.

This is what I debated But you are basically married to it from what I've read and heard. Not a bad gig for a single guy or someone with a wife and young kids needing the cash bad. Just not for me and seems like similar BS to what most techs deal with now. Not dogging anyone who is recommending "parlaying" Scott's skills into something else, as I'm sure he appreciates the thought, but anything similar to wrenching on cars is likely just as bad if not worse. Not to mention most want out of this field due to the shitty working conditions as it relates to pay and the overall working environment. Switching fields doing the same work merely changes the scenery and doesn't address the underlying issue, one of the main ones being the better you get and more experienced you become, generally the more you get screwed. I.E. Scott may be the shops lead tech, so all the hard diag's go to him. Typically said diag pays 1-2 hours, so even if Scott is more than capable to diagnose this issue, knows the car and the brand well, and it takes him 4+ hours to get a solid diag in and replace only what needs replacing, he is paid for 2 hours. On paper it seems like he only lost 2 hours, but the opportunity cost is much more than that. He could have had another job in that he is very proficient at that pays say 6 hours and he completes it in 3. It's somewhat off topic, but that may explain why him and others have no desire to switch into A&P, heavy equipment, etc. Just overall burnt out on the bullshit and want to change it up in a big way.

Nice find! Everyone hypes mini's are hard to wrench on. Once you rip the front end off it is pretty easy lol

The middle daughter legit looks thrilled lol

I can guarantee 90% of those who read this thread thought the same thing initially. I legit had to check and make sure it was actually the same dude I was so bamboozled

Don't get mad at me because your wife went looking for some LD Truth. I'm glad you stuck it out for the kids OP. Best of luck

A&P is an assload of schooling and testing, not to mention that industry is fucked, maybe more than automotive wrenching.

Supra friend is a commercial pilot for an executive type airline flying G6's. I asked him a year ago and got this "Well, basically the most common path is to do you private, commercial, instrument and instructor training through a flight school near you. It can either be a small school at a local airport, or a larger school, like ATP, etc. All of those courses cost a significant amount, all together around 50,000 or more. There's financing available, and you can so it course by course. After this is all done, many people go into flight instructing for a couple years, to build up hours (experience). But honestly, this is one of the better times to get into aviation. Alot of jobs out there." Not exactly what you're looking for, but he has 20ish year experience iirc. I can get you in touch with him if you'd like.

MITCHCREW CHECKING IN

Thought you were getting divorced now she poops out a kid. SMH

Would you enact a rule that puts you out of a job?

Best off buying new oem if it isn't discontinued. A used subframe is going to have the same issue sooner for likely minimal savings.

Which event(s) is/are recommended for total HPDE/road course noobz? Ideally looking for something to get seat time in on and just feel the car out without pushing hard

Go to college to earn more Lose it all paying student loan debt

I'm strapped in and I ain't leavin

Interior, exterior or overall?

Once my CPO is out of warranty I'm trading in for a 19 or 20 for my next one if i don't go to a 3500.

Sell ya a 1jz :gabe:

Since he lives in a shithole country NICE set of wheels/tires, pls no C5 or C6 takeoffs, way too played out now. Do everything to the suspension he can, they handle worse than my Ram without anything done. CAI and LS6 intake. Not sure if he would still pass emissions and the prices of LS6 intakes I'm sure are still insanely high. I haven't looked but if they are even close to a FAST or similar I'd just go that route assuming he could meet/beat emissions. I'll assume it's a T56 car, definitely upgrade whatever the issue is I've since forgotten what makes the clutch a soft dick after a hard launch.

Consolidation phase hopefully. For now I'm just leaving my money in it. I'm still up a good bit so I'm just gonna ride this train all the way to its destination, wherever that may be.

It's tough to get into. Honestly they typically want bachelor's degree and think they can train the "right" person with a communications degree over someone who legitimately knows cars.