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Common issue. The same here. Loved cars all my life, since I was like 7 y.o. Now this constant feeling of being under-appreciated for what I can doing and for what I am dong – that is what sucking passion away from my work. Gotta go on my own again (I rather like dealing with customers anyway) or leave automotive. May try and find some industrial tech job if there are any that requires skills in all things electrics and electronics and pays well for them (this is my favorite area but the worst paid in motor trade at the same time).
Common issue. The same here. Loved cars all my life, since I was like 7 y.o. Now this constant feeling of being under-appreciated for what I can doing and for what I am dong – that is what sucking passion away from my work. Gotta go on my own again (I rather like dealing with customers anyway) or leave automotive. May try and find some industrial tech job if there are any that requires skills in all things electrics and electronics and pays well for them (this is my favorite area but the worst paid in motor trade at the same time).
10, 12, 14 and 17 mm wrenches and sockets, 21 mm impact socket for lug nuts B) . Unfortunately those days are gone when you just wouldn’t find some “odd” sizes like 13, 16 or 18 or Torx screws on japs, now they have it all 🙁 .
If seriously, there is nothing out of ordinary with Nissan, I can’t remember there is some specific and/or unusual tool that you must have to work with them (like, say, HZN sockets for VAG). Only specific tool would be Consult III+ scan tool if you wan’t to do serious diagnostics and some programming, other special tools are convenient to have but not absolutely necessary.10, 12, 14 and 17 mm wrenches and sockets, 21 mm impact socket for lug nuts B) . Unfortunately those days are gone when you just wouldn’t find some “odd” sizes like 13, 16 or 18 or Torx screws on japs, now they have it all 🙁 .
If seriously, there is nothing out of ordinary with Nissan, I can’t remember there is some specific and/or unusual tool that you must have to work with them (like, say, HZN sockets for VAG). Only specific tool would be Consult III+ scan tool if you wan’t to do serious diagnostics and some programming, other special tools are convenient to have but not absolutely necessary.[quote=”NissanMaxx” post=69382]I don’t think I’m getting paid as I should for all the work I do.The people here are assholes who only care about money and just getting the job done as quickly as possible. Sometimes not even doing it correctly and risking breaking something else. [/quote]
At this stage I lost my hope it could be different from this anywhere anytime. It’s all the same story, different countries, different makes, different places, regardless…[quote=”NissanMaxx” post=69382]I don’t think I’m getting paid as I should for all the work I do.The people here are assholes who only care about money and just getting the job done as quickly as possible. Sometimes not even doing it correctly and risking breaking something else. [/quote]
At this stage I lost my hope it could be different from this anywhere anytime. It’s all the same story, different countries, different makes, different places, regardless…IF you can do ANY job on any car (surely it takes years to get there, you know), IF with having said all that you mostly working on the same cars doing the same jobs, IF you happened to live in area where there are less techs then jobs, IF you remind yourself every minute at work that you are not in car repair business but in money making business, IF you have two lifts and enough jobs coming in to keep you busy all day long and do not waste a single minute, concentrate on the job and nothing else, do not take a brake to have a snack or smoke or even piss (unless you definitely have to), IF you managed to build good relationships with service writers, IF you had enough nerve to say your boss that you a not here to volunteer but you are here to make money – then MAYBE you’ll make 100K a year.
So far so good, I am living in the middle of nowhere, having 6 month long winter, nothing to do here but work, done all those IFs from list above and looks like I’ll make 100K if nothing bad happens.IF you can do ANY job on any car (surely it takes years to get there, you know), IF with having said all that you mostly working on the same cars doing the same jobs, IF you happened to live in area where there are less techs then jobs, IF you remind yourself every minute at work that you are not in car repair business but in money making business, IF you have two lifts and enough jobs coming in to keep you busy all day long and do not waste a single minute, concentrate on the job and nothing else, do not take a brake to have a snack or smoke or even piss (unless you definitely have to), IF you managed to build good relationships with service writers, IF you had enough nerve to say your boss that you a not here to volunteer but you are here to make money – then MAYBE you’ll make 100K a year.
So far so good, I am living in the middle of nowhere, having 6 month long winter, nothing to do here but work, done all those IFs from list above and looks like I’ll make 100K if nothing bad happens.As soon as I started to make enough money to afford it (which happened a long time ago) I kept all my cars in nothing but top condition. I bought used cars in the best condition I could find regardless of how their price compares to other cars of the same model and year. Ended up with the most expensive ones of course so kept them for years then. Then I moved to another country, soon got paid well enough to afford brand new cars. So got new car for wife and new working van for myself. Paid off the car in two years and van payments were tax deductible, so it was almost like having it for free 🙂 . Had to sell them in 5 years, both in pretty much showroom condition, quite a loss but I was tempted by new job opportunity that required moving across the pond and from RHD to LHD, so there was no way or sense to take them cars here. Bought some 12 years old Honda CRV first, then, when got settled up a bit got myself a new small car, paid cash so no payments, no debt, almost no fuel expenses 🙂 – what else do you need to get to work and back?
I like to work on my own cars, it is sooo much different then working on all the customer’s ones, you can do it for pleasure, not for money. Unfortunately have no much time for doing it even if one of my conditions to take a job offer was that they allow me to work on my own cars in free time. So I prefer to have new cars – less problems, just a quick maintenance and swap tires twice a year.
Going to buy a new house within some foreseeable future and want to have a big garage in it, put my own lift inside so it would be MY OWN PLACE. Finally then I can take care of my cars without looking for some free time slot or staying after hours. My be will leave automotive then (its quite sucks anyway)As soon as I started to make enough money to afford it (which happened a long time ago) I kept all my cars in nothing but top condition. I bought used cars in the best condition I could find regardless of how their price compares to other cars of the same model and year. Ended up with the most expensive ones of course so kept them for years then. Then I moved to another country, soon got paid well enough to afford brand new cars. So got new car for wife and new working van for myself. Paid off the car in two years and van payments were tax deductible, so it was almost like having it for free 🙂 . Had to sell them in 5 years, both in pretty much showroom condition, quite a loss but I was tempted by new job opportunity that required moving across the pond and from RHD to LHD, so there was no way or sense to take them cars here. Bought some 12 years old Honda CRV first, then, when got settled up a bit got myself a new small car, paid cash so no payments, no debt, almost no fuel expenses 🙂 – what else do you need to get to work and back?
I like to work on my own cars, it is sooo much different then working on all the customer’s ones, you can do it for pleasure, not for money. Unfortunately have no much time for doing it even if one of my conditions to take a job offer was that they allow me to work on my own cars in free time. So I prefer to have new cars – less problems, just a quick maintenance and swap tires twice a year.
Going to buy a new house within some foreseeable future and want to have a big garage in it, put my own lift inside so it would be MY OWN PLACE. Finally then I can take care of my cars without looking for some free time slot or staying after hours. My be will leave automotive then (its quite sucks anyway)Well, you can pretty much get SLK 55 AMG with 415 bhp. and 0 – 60 in 4.5, so it is not all just ECO this and safe that nowadays. And it’s not $120K but “only” $65K (don’t know why you mentioned USD since you seem to be in Scotland), your car 13 years ago was probably more expensive and this new car in 13 years would probably cost nothing as there will be only few who can fix it then 🙂
Well, you can pretty much get SLK 55 AMG with 415 bhp. and 0 – 60 in 4.5, so it is not all just ECO this and safe that nowadays. And it’s not $120K but “only” $65K (don’t know why you mentioned USD since you seem to be in Scotland), your car 13 years ago was probably more expensive and this new car in 13 years would probably cost nothing as there will be only few who can fix it then 🙂
Yeah, I feel so awkward when someone offers me some service for free so I tend to avoid these offers. I am trying to be as self-sufficient as possible, but if I need and ask someone to help me with something (I don’t mean family members, sure) I do not skip on paying for it. This is a matter of respect to other people, if they done anything for me I gotta be grateful. I understand that most honest people ask for lower price than they deserve, gotta be competitive, you know. So unless I am very low on cash I am paying more then they asked – again, this is the way to express gratitude. As a result then I am building good relationships with those people and getting fantastic service.
Yeah, I feel so awkward when someone offers me some service for free so I tend to avoid these offers. I am trying to be as self-sufficient as possible, but if I need and ask someone to help me with something (I don’t mean family members, sure) I do not skip on paying for it. This is a matter of respect to other people, if they done anything for me I gotta be grateful. I understand that most honest people ask for lower price than they deserve, gotta be competitive, you know. So unless I am very low on cash I am paying more then they asked – again, this is the way to express gratitude. As a result then I am building good relationships with those people and getting fantastic service.
[quote=”FourRings” post=62701]i just don’t want to end up in cubicle at Motorola designing a keypad for a phone and being surrounded by hundreds of others performing some similar brain numbing task.[/quote]
That would be my worst nightmare, indeed! I had a bit of office work experience in my life (dealership owners wanted to train me into service manager so I started with doing warranty claims and all that) and it was much, much worse than any workshop I was in. Minutes turned into hours, literally.
I am thinking about getting an engineering degree, may be some sort of online course (mechatronics seems like something good for me), so I can get into service / field engineer sort of job. I am about to build a house with seriously big garage / workshop with lift so I can still save a huge money on maintaining my own vehicles and may be do some occasional side work for cash or buy and fix broken cars for resale.