I might attend WGU in the future.

we get all the factory training and special tools

@Big T what you said supposed to start out as a mechanic.

Also, ha. I did extremely poorly in High-School.

Freshman and Sophomore year was a collective 1.3 GPA or something?

If you want to be a mechanic

I just barely graduated.

The latter two years were roughly 2.4.

Yikes. Were you just goofing off?

@xbigmoneygrip "what you said supposed to start out as a mechanic" huh?

@[DGI]tech I did average in high school but I knew before your college was not for me.

Or was it hard for you?

@Big T what's the best way to start out going into you know auto mechanic kind of career area

oh!

have you worked on your own car before?

I had an extremely shitty family, and school dynamics, in addition to being bullied so I want to say I was depressed, and highly cynical so I didn't care.

or have any mechanical knowhow?

But after my Associates I ended up with a 3.4 or so.

Gotcha

So I definitely turned it around after H.S.

@Big T little. I'm a Hands-On type of person I'm really great with Hands-On stuff I can't sit at a desk it's too boring for me and drives me insane

I will say though that I could have graduated 6 months sooner if it wasn't for colleges bullshit classes.

Because ma "well roundedness."

Which is really just their attempt at squeezing cash out of you.

Gen Ed is such bullshit. I can study Chinese Lesbian Pottery on my own time, thanks.

^^^

6-months, aka 6 classes of garbage.

Each class I want to say was 5 credits, so roughly $100-140 per credit.

Am I high school I got the job shadow mechanic for my senior project. was going to do about a mechanic shop and then they said they'd been 44 me to jobcenter which was literally we just sitting here watching him and I went to an oil Bay and then let me job shadow. What you was me just sitting there watching them and then they were teaching me things.

ok thats a good start. go around to different shops in your area and see if theyre interested in hiring an apprentice. try quick lube positions at dealerships. if you have a sears automotive around you, theyre a good start.

pick up a set of tools too

@Big T alright

1/4, 3/8 ratchet set metric

stay away from imperial

no one uses that anymore

Are there any solid books if you want to learn more about cars past referencing the car manual?

but older cars do

set of open end/box end wrenches

haynes manuals are good

they sell them at any car parts store

doesnt have to be snap on or matco. theyre great, but you dont want to break the bank right out of the gate