Great vid brother. I’m in the trades, not mechanic, but I’ve worked a ton of places and made a ton of mistakes in life in general. Any advice I could give to anyone is don’t burn bridges, never leave a job until you have another, and always try to leave on good terms. In any business, your reputation is everything.
I'm not even in this job field, but find your stories really interesting and helpful. Lots of lessons to learn. You deserve way more subscribers than you currently have, don't give up on getting your story out there.
I recently found this channel. Brutal honesty from Justin. He is probably one of the best voice of reasons I have heard in a while.... A man far wiser than I will ever be worked in my Industry (Printing) and he was a smart guy. I saw something so much more than he did in his work but he said that what he does and where he is at in his career is exactly where he needs to be. Alot to be said about that...
Justin, your honesty is exemplary - and I'm sure you have helped a whole bunch of people who struggle with the same things. I saw some research once that showed that after about 100 days, people's job satisfaction drops for a while, and then slowly grows until ultimately it is very high. That's probably because after 100 days we realize all the difficult parts about the job, the risks to the company, the less pleasant people we have to work with and son. But then over time we find mentors, we break the code on how to really add value being who we really are, and the next thing you know it - may be months, years, or even decades depending on the work - we find ourselves invaluable, working with people we feel like are our family, and that feels great. With all of me, I hope that you find that place.
It’s amazing how we all chase that bigger and better things only to later regret it. It took me 4 years to come back around and refind my footing and I still kick myself in the ass because in my mind I’d have progressed so much further than where I am now as a technician if I would have stuck with where I was. so it’s awesome to hear your story
awesome video Justin appreciate your honesty..my resume in a nutshell , 2 years in college for a mechanics degree, spent 5 years at an independent shop also, 24 years as a mechanic on ships for Uncle Sam, now I assemble airplanes for Boeing for the last 6 years. Good luck in everything you do ...attitude is everything
Right On Bro! Words of Wisdom! Listen Up Newbies! Thanks Justin... I am so tired of unlocking my shop in the morning and seeing someone's box gone, and having to change the damn locks again... And don't you know a few months later, there they are trying to come back. The grass isn't always greener over there... Great video, keep them coming...
Man I work in a factory for the past 7 years and wrench on my own stuff so I dont have much mechanical experience but you are a good person to listen too. I love your videos!
This video feels similar to my situation. I started out in a Firestone. Didnt mind the work, but couldnt make enough, wound up doing tons of side work, but only what I was taught. Then hit the Chevy dealer, stayed with them for 7 years, couldnt get a pay raise, moved to a different Chevy dealer that went bankrupt, moved to a Ford dealer that I loved to work for, but had problems at home. Moved away from the area thinking I would stay in a Ford dealer (applied and got the job) but was still working on heavily used cars. Decided that dealers weren't the end all to be all, and applied into an independent diesel shop, learning new things but took its toll on my body. Later I would skip from independent to independent. Had my last job at an independent. Now I'm going back to a Chrysler dealer, as a Diag Tech. Hoping for testing to reach Master status. I cant thank you enough for your informative videos and even comments, Justin. Cheers man.
Wow. I really respect your honesty, especially how you really articulate the humility of tour experience. Thank you for sharing your experiences truthfully and giving such solid advice. You have learned this so early in life and many don’t learn it until late. Some too late. Now that you have matured here, I know you will grow. Best wishes to you!
Thanks for making a video on this topic and sharing your real experiences. I have been thinking about moving on because I want to progress faster . I'm in a good place but I'm impatient . I just need to wait for the classes and certifications to roll around and chill. Thanks again for helping me stay grounded
Thanks for the great videos justin. I have been wrenching for 13 years and I'm always learning something new. I have moments of leaving cause I work for my father and it's tough a lot of days but I will be taking the shop over in the next few years so that's why I really don't leave. Happy wrenching
Cool journey Justin. I’ve been at the same Chrysler dealer I started with for 4 years now, but we just acquired our third manager this year. I always told myself I didn’t wanna be that person to jump ship, but I think it’s time. The thing about moving on is you never know if it will be good or bad. As the saying goes “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Happy Wrenching bro.
Hey Justin, Keep up the positive attitude. When life happens it has a way to humble us. Thank you for sharing your personal story and thank you for your service.
Believe it or not this kinda helped me with making a decision about where I work now. I currently work at a cement factory on the operations side. I do a little mechanical work and we just found out that this place is closing in 3 years or so. Cause the owners are building a new plant 40 miles from here. I've been thinking about leaving and going to contracting work. Also been thinking about trying to become a mechanic. I love working on things. But I'm not going to be able to make what I make here anywhere else without a major degree. Word is there's going to be a handful of people be able to go to the new plant when it starts up.
Fine post sir. I may have mentioned this before. I was 18 and working at a gas station, when they actually worked on cars at gas stations. And had a big falling out with my boss, all my fault. But at that time he recommended for the job I still have today now 40 years later. I'm 59 now. We all make mistakes, learn from them and move on with life with are heads held high, willing to learn from are mistakes
I can relate, we often make hasty decisions, thinking that sometimes the grass will be greener on the other side, but it's no more green than where we were, just patchy in different areas than the last place. I guess for me, I always try to recall why I wanted to leave the last shop I was at and see if I'm still frustrated with the same shit at the new shop. If I am, then I know that I need to look at what I am doing wrong and find out what I can do at the moment to achieve what my career goals are. I think that setting goals, such as, this year I'm going to become an expert at this or that, or even getting CERTIFIED in other areas to further our knowledge is critical to help keep us striving for excellence. When we achieve those goals and have made it happen, we must put new goals in place to keep our interests focused and motivated. Without doing this, we can become complacent and start to look at the job as the reason we are not happy, when in fact it is our responsibility to find the good in every situation we are faced with in the field. I know that I am doing the right thing if everyday is a challenge and I learn something new.
Wow I really needed to hear that last part. I’m not a mechanic by any means I just enjoy tools and watching your vids. It does seem like there’s always one little thing that you won’t like where your working, but when I think about it, and it could be a lot worse. Thanks
Great video. I also started at sac then took a job at a more full service shop that said I'd be a flat rate tech after the probation period but they never had any work so I didn't push for it and stayed hourly doing bullshit. I should have jumped ship right away but I really liked everyone there and the benefits were great. I had a new house and my first kid so I put advancement on hold and stuck it out for about 3 years. I ended up getting an offer from an independent shop that's basically what the last shop promised but they're delivering. It's salary plus bonus over my hourly goal. I do get frustrated when I have to check things out for free and stuff like that. Then I take a step back, think about where I was before and how nice it is to be treated like a valuable team member (plus no corporate bs)
Thank you justin I currently work for the school board as a school bus diesel mechanic I make great money I love the people I work with but i have been really thinking lately about leaving going somewhere else for more pay. But after seeing this video I realize now i need to stay where I am at cause the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Wish I would have came across this video a week ago. I let something get under my skin at work and lost it... packed up my chest and cart and quite. I don’t feel bad for being mad but I left a good paying job because of people that didn’t like me and took things out on me. Your advice Truly is spot on I should have put a request to transfer and waited it out.
Same boat (sorta)...started literally from the bottom busting tires at wholesale store for about a year. Getting my first taste of shop life, “wrenching” for a living, and seeing if this is even what I wanna pursue as a career. Loved it, bit by the old automotive bug, and away I went. Looking high & far for any sorta automotive high I could get. Shortly after I left (not even two weeks) I get a job with firestone (perfect location, +8 lifts, huge stock room, loads of tool trucks coming by, got along with the techs, etc.), that’s when I realized how fucked you can get and insignificant you can be, (and how you should get contracts in print) when not in the right shop location. Shortly after I accepted the job thinking it was for the “perfect shop” I was transferred thirty minutes away to a “newer” shop, just opened not even a year and half ago, blah, blah. Well turns out that shop got barely any business, went through service managers like a fat kid flys through whoopers at BK, and not one tech wanted to help anyone else, or even do any work. Well that gave me a sour taste and led to me shortly quitting not even two months in. Thus leading me to a commercial tire and service center for two months, left again (not enough pay, or even training...is what it is), then to Pep boys for just about six months. Still have yet to find a solid home, but still looking and not stopping me. At least now I have a general idea of what I’m looking for, and have started realizing the questions I should be asking prior, as well as really getting a feel for the environment prior to signing paperwork. Side note big fan of your channel, and keep putting the shit out and I’ll keep on watching!
Agree with you iv been in the field for over 10 years and i have worked at 7 different shops lol!! Mainly i hopped around cause of pay cockiness was just an individual who wouldnt stand around to take shit from no one and granted iv quit and like you walked off and said fuck it and found another mechanic job quick the only good thing of that is that every shop iv worked at had different lines of vehicles so the expierence i got from every shop and knowledge i carry with me.
everyone learns this sooner or later, but if you like what you're doing and you like the people you do it with, that's worth more than whatever pay or benefits etc. you have to enjoy your life.
We are only human. Well said. I think everything happens for a reason so that we can learn and become wiser in our decision making. I think you made the right decisions because in the end you learned your past mistakes. I couldn’t have agreed with everything you did and done in your life. I also learned in life to never give up and lose faith in yourself because you will make it through regardless how you feel you are not going to make it after xyz reason. We are only human and humans can make mistakes or prevent the same mistakes from happening again. I really enjoyed your story and the advise you give.
I really like your honesty, In the army they taught me be responsible and take responsibility your actions. Dad taught me the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Im at sears haha i only stick around cus we have a big shop with cool people, eventually gonna have to find other work once my store closes but we’re most likely one of the last store to close down
I’m in the maintenance field (HVAC in schools to be exact). I had several jobs and got fired a few times before the age of 30. I think if you’re young places just don’t want you to show what you can do and sometimes immaturity hold us back. The older guys don’t want you around and it can make you rethink your career path. I’m almost 30 years in the field now and enjoy teaching guys what I know. I’m not in fear of losing my job. I look at it like this. I can tell when a young guy is eager to learn and capable of learning. The more knowledge guys on our team have the better. With age not only comes experience but wisdom. I have more patience I guess than most with the new guys cause I haven’t forgotten how hard it was for me.
Man that's crazy you made this video, 2 days ago I started calling a few places that I knew were hiring and asking them what's good. I love the independent shop I'm at and I'm payed salary, so I get paid whether I'm working or sitting down. And some days, I sit down in front of my toolbox for the whole entire day and do absolutely not 1 thing, I get so bored that I start working on my own cars. Thing is that we have a deal with this used car lot that buys 4-5 thousand flood damaged cars from hurricane Harvey and bring like 4-6 vehicles at a time to us and all are 2015-2017 and all end up with me doing a motor and tyranny swap on them cuz they are all locked up from water, all end up needing bcm's and sometimes other modules. But the thing is that they will bring 4-6 cars all in the same day and I will diag what I can on them, without them running and then wait around for sometimes weeks for the motors and trannys. Thing is the parking lot we are in has like 7-8 shops in it, so there is alot of competition. Well the point of all this bullshit l, is that I've been unhappy cuz most people will be fine with sitting all day and doing nothing and getting paid. Me on the other hand am not happy, I'd rather be working non stop all day, and learning more and getting more experience like the other shops I've been at. So I really don't know what to do, the owners have been so good to me, even holding my job for 3 months while I was in jail. I'm scared of change tho, what if I leave and go somewhere else and I don't like it, or they don't like me and let me go and then I'm SOL. Also trying to start getting my ase certs as I've never got them and it looks better on a resume for other shops. I really wanna go to a vw dealership but I wanna get some certs first before I try, so I may stay here for awhile and just put up with it. IDK it's hard. I know that no one will read this. Oh well
the thing to remember is you will find you sit around in any job that is repair from time to time. The difference is you get paid for it now and if the pay is decent the grass will not likely be as green on the other side. I would get all your certs and start setting up to open your own shop in your down time.
I work in HVAC so not a mechanic (even thought i do all the work on my own cars and it's a passion of mine) we have very similar careers and everything you said there at the end is 100% true in my trade as well. Thanks for being real. Cause it's true. 🍻
This is what i needed to hear personally. Each dealer i worked i spent 2 years roughly at each plus a total of 9 months independent. I had an offer to go to another dealer and turned that down for a chain shop with a higher pay offer. I feel like now im passing through and either gonna enjoy this environment or move on to the next shop. Im trying to finish for my ase master and see whats next in my career. The dealers will burn you out especially with taking care of a family on 1 income. Over here in the SC GA area the average pay is lower and it seems everyone tries to low ball you. I enjoy working on cars and learning. Im just ready to go into a career shop.
I am no longer in the trade because that is what was best for me, but I did hop a couple times before calling it a career. I was working at Saturn, which was great. They looked after us well and the shop dynamic was very positive. There was a knowledgeable foreman, but it was a 7 bay garage and there were 2 apprentices. I was stuck doing oil changes and tires with nowhere to move up. I left for a Subaru dealer in another city who agreed to take me as an apprentice and I remember the first day, I knew I had made a mistake. There was no support and the other guys were telling me to get out while I could. I stuck it out for about 15 mos before leaving and went back to school. Now I’m in a white collar job, which I’m happy with. Auto repair is a tough trade.
Nice video! As a Toyota tech for close to 17 years in total now I've been with 2 dealers and have worked with independents for 5 years in total and am currently opening my own shop as I'm ready to make it for myself now instead of for them
Eric Shaffer as a shop owner in your shoes after 3 years make sure your ducks are in a row dont have a mortgage a car payment or kids cause any of those will kill any hope of business best thing is buy a building in an industrial area with a loft or apartment in it keep overhead low buy cheap tools till they break then upgrade network with other tech in dealerships to be accessible to factory diag and tools also get fleet accounts deal with one person on multiple cars build a repor and treat them right it pays off
Eric Shaffer the other guy makes a point “ehh” I did it with a kid with a mortgage with two car payments and of coarse Snapon payments. We just passed year 8 and I just moved into my new 750,000 dollar PAID FOR HOME in October so don’t let people in your ear.
@@onetouchautorepair2521 I hear ya bud I was raised in a shop environment as my father always owned his own shop I'm not going in blindly and have been building my customer base for the last few years just doing side work but not making the mistake of giving side work pricing. I've been at 70 an hour working out the house garage for awhile now just to make sure my customer base is truly with me for the quality work I give them and not just a cheap price. My home owners community has been great to me and has really blasted me off the ground.
Brother one thing I have always thought when it came to a place to work is this; All working environments are like blankets. Some fit nice others don’t. When it’s not feeling comfortable you may need to change. You can’t expect the place or blanket to change... And thanks for sharing your experiences
Justin its John the luxury RV guy, I just wanted to comment it took me 13 rv shops in sc.cal. in ten years to figure out that l needed to move to Florida to figure out where I was going
Roush stage lll's are no joke l tell you. Had the privilege of driving one home from auction when the dealer l was doing work for couldn't transport it on the hauler cause it sat so low. Only car that scared me when driving!
Just remember, your carreer is everything, a job is not. Learn everything you can about what you love, get certs and training when available,and you will be anybodies asset. Enjoying the people you work with is key, if you like them, and they like you, the money will come.
I'm at a turning point in my life. I've took whatever jobs that paid good in order to support my family but was never happy. I've now decided to do what I've always wanted, which is work on vehicles....I start my new job next week at a Ford dealership. Of course I'm starting at the bottom doing oil changes and such. The service manager said he would expect me to be able to move up within 4-5 months to doing recalls...anyway, I'm just curious as to what all should I expect and am walking into? I'm a very hard worker, I just gave up my job of being a supervisor. I'm just excited and curious as what to expect working at a dealership.
Christopher Thrash I’ll try to do a video on this subject for you. As there is so much involved in your question it would take me awhile to put it in text.
#1piece of advise is to stay off the tool trucks for a while. You can get anything you need starting out and for the foreseeable future at harbor freight and home depot. The next best thing you can do is learn from a smart tech. Even if you stay a line tech for a while longer than you should if your learning from a smart tech it'll pay dividends down the road.
Yea I agree. Right now whenever we are slow I March right over to the 2 techs on the other side of me and help them if they need help. Right now between oil changes and tire rotations I'm doing that and will be starting next week on all the classes and tests once they finally have me in the "smart" system or whatever it is they call it.
Oh and so far I'm absolutely loving my job. I've never been happier. My service manager told me he is gonna get me to making more money as soon as humanly possible because he loves my work ethic.
I've been in 6 shops over the past 9 years. I was fired from 2 of those shops (One because I wasn't capable of what they hired me for, the other because the manager and I did not get along at all), the rest were always for money. Around here, the fastest way to get a raise turning wrenches is to switch jobs. The downside to that that many guys miss, is that you lose things like the vacation time you've racked up. Over those 9 years, I've taken one week off, and a handful of unpaid days off for various things.
Damn it sure takes a lot to admit to a fuck up. Been there too man. But you move forward and take it as a learning experience. Been really digging the vids by the way!
hey, Justin, I took a diesel tech class senior year of high school. decided that's what I wanted to do. I've been at a Ford dealer for about 7 months out of high school. I started as a lot tech and moved my way up to lube tech b and started volunteering my time to the diesel crew as good faith that they would help me move up, which they did. Our diesel crew is extremely successful at what they do they take all of their hours and split it evenly so everybody gets the same checks. they pull on average 280-300 hours per pay period each. the lead diesel tech or shop foreman makes over 200k per year due to his higher wage. I skipped lube tech a, used cars, and accessories and am now an apprentice diesel tech. I'm working under the diesel crews community tech number contributing to their overall pay. Still hourly though which is my concern. I haven't gotten a raise from when I was a lot tech only making $11, I am pulling cabs performing all the recalls that they don't want to do, all the little low paying jobs. while still only making $11 per hour they have been having me work 7-7or even 9 some nights with only a small lunch break. the service manager wants to cut me down to 8 hour days with no overtime while not giving me a raise. i have grown accustomed to the 12+ hour checks and it will feel like a pay cut. Our shop foreman even went in and demanded that I be paid more if my hours are cut. My service manager wants to let me keep working at 11 and reevaluate my pay in about a month. I am over 140% overall flat rate efficiency due to how fast I have gotten at performing many of the recalls I am tasked with. I feel that I should be compensated better than I am and my mom keeps telling me to quit and go find another job. I think I have a good gig and should just be patient. btw I have invested over $7000 in my tooling in the span of about 5 months all paid off no debt.
LOL My story is 'bout the same. Fired, quit or the business went belly up. 20 ago years I showed up for a job interview. I was tired of being a hockey puck so I was brutally honest during the interview. They knew everything about me and I didn't care if they were concerned. They hired me. I was honest there after. I destroyed an ancient NC lathe because I was not even trained to operate it. It was scrap. I thought I was fired but they sent me to school instead. "You desperately need schooling" they said. I've been there since then.
To me its all about being appreciated and how I'm treated at any job .I have a great boss who would lend me money any time I needed it..some down falls are no retirement plan and only 5 paid sick days and 5 vacation days off a year no matter how long you are there ..this is why I sometimes feel I should make more money.took me 3 years to get to to where I'm at Haven't gotten any raise in the last two years this year will be 6 years total ..I'm still under 20 dollar an hour. Making 18.50 as I get older I think about my retirement.
Justin there's never a problem with staying where you're at if the job is good to you and you are good at it. On the shop hopping side of things though that is normally how mechanics get pay raises once they have reached the top level of pay at the shop that they are at regardless of if there is more to learn or more to do or anyting else every shop will have a limit if you have reached that limit that is normally when a mechanic will shop hopthe other time a mechanical shop pop is if he has reached the top of that shops pay scale for his current position and has no interest in acquiring more skills in order to be promoted to the next pay scale at that particular shop however that doesn't mean you shop immediatelythat means that is the time to start looking at other shops once a guarantee has been found at another shop doing the same thing but at a higher pay rate or doing the same thing at the same pay rate but maybe better benefits or closer to home or what-have-you this is when it's time to shop hop. many times this is the exact same way that cops get their pay raises. you can easily find a cup that has a house in a car that you can't understand why or how he has that when another cup during the same detail got an old piece of crap car that barely runs and a little shotgun house. It's because most of the time cops will get their pay raises by transferring to another department, municipality, county, whatever. So just like you can see the two cops that are on the same detail yet it to completely different pay scales same goes with the mechanics you can see two different mechanics doing the same type of workbut living totally different lifestyles because of the fact that one had multiple pay scale raises because of the fact of shop hopping only doing that the correct way in at the correct time. Same goes for the my original field of employment HVAC. an HVAC tech will reach the top of the pay scale at that particular company in the particular field that he's in and then it's time to start shopping so that you can shop up. #Just saying
IN 1985 I separated from the active duty Air Force and went in the AF Reserves after I was retrained from a vehicle mechanic to a aircraft mechanic. I went to work at a independent garage for about 11 months until I was hired on at a aircraft manufacturer. IN vehicles I was a heavy line mechanic and I did it the work. I never jumped ship but I also told the owner that if I get the chance to work for the airline manufacture I would be leaving and it took a while before I was hired at the aircraft manufacturer. When I gave notice I was leaving the owner tried to offer me a service writers position and I politely refused. I had watch from the time I hired on to the day I left the entire crew had changed except one guy. Shop hopping was common even back in the early 1980's. I knew about it but where I was at a service writer would have his own group of guys they liked and when they left one independent shop for another they would take a third to half the guys they worked with. Some of the service writers are not the best characters, I had actually had one try to shift blame from one guy to me but I got him as I was on a Reserve training when the incident happened. But that was what it was like back in the early to mid 1980's. I got out of it as there was really no benefits in the independent shops and the pay back then you are barely surviving. The best thing that happened to me was going to the aircraft manufacturer.
Today I got a call from a dealership to hire me. I work in a shop where I do more than a 1st year apprentice does. My current shop laughs at safety though. Idk if I should stay or go. I been in the shop for a month and a half now
I'd stick with it and focus on keeping yourself as safe as you can and avoid putting yourself in dangerous situations if possible. Cheers and Congrats on the Job!!
@@JustinDowDIYcentralhighway to be honest the safety is improved, I get more money and I've done my practicum there so I know everyone there. I think for now this will be better for me
i do feel like it would be better working for a bigger company than for a smaller business. i currently work for a small body shop and it sucks to see the big man make lots of money while i go home with a measley check every week. im tempted to go to a bigger shop where at least i dont see that happen
I’m worried right now because I was just certified to do pdi s and in our dealership we have to put wheel locks on our wheels and I definitely stripped a couple studs. I’m just waiting on when this is gonna bit my ass
I'm with 67 Cuda K/SA & Socket...and others who have said keep Video'ing People who earn more often spend it all anyway. The secret holds true. It isn't what you make it is what you keep. The next level is what you manage to do for others with your spare time. We help disabled kids #TravelingKaspersWorld No amount of money would get me back into a well paying 9-5....... At this point the job has to have meaning and do much more than cover the bills.
When I got fired from trans helper at my old GMC dealer for not seeing eye to eye with the guy I was paired with (read as, he didnt teach me shit, so i missed a lot of day at the end to go to other places for interviews) I didn't care anymore and just got a job to pay my tool bills, this new gig being a ford dealer, sadly as a lube tech was all that I offered. Didn't even make it past the 90 day probation when my pay dropped from 2300 transmission take home to 1400 lube tech take home at this ford dealer.
Great vid brother. I’m in the trades, not mechanic, but I’ve worked a ton of places and made a ton of mistakes in life in general. Any advice I could give to anyone is don’t burn bridges, never leave a job until you have another, and always try to leave on good terms. In any business, your reputation is everything.
I'm not even in this job field, but find your stories really interesting and helpful. Lots of lessons to learn. You deserve way more subscribers than you currently have, don't give up on getting your story out there.
Thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated.
I recently found this channel. Brutal honesty from Justin. He is probably one of the best voice of reasons I have heard in a while.... A man far wiser than I will ever be worked in my Industry (Printing) and he was a smart guy. I saw something so much more than he did in his work but he said that what he does and where he is at in his career is exactly where he needs to be. Alot to be said about that...
I'm not even a mechanic but I love hearing your stories
I hope you're finding your way brother.
Wow...brute honesty. We all could tell storys. Appreciate the good advice for young mechanics.
Justin, your honesty is exemplary - and I'm sure you have helped a whole bunch of people who struggle with the same things. I saw some research once that showed that after about 100 days, people's job satisfaction drops for a while, and then slowly grows until ultimately it is very high. That's probably because after 100 days we realize all the difficult parts about the job, the risks to the company, the less pleasant people we have to work with and son. But then over time we find mentors, we break the code on how to really add value being who we really are, and the next thing you know it - may be months, years, or even decades depending on the work - we find ourselves invaluable, working with people we feel like are our family, and that feels great. With all of me, I hope that you find that place.
Well said thanks.
It’s amazing how we all chase that bigger and better things only to later regret it. It took me 4 years to come back around and refind my footing and I still kick myself in the ass because in my mind I’d have progressed so much further than where I am now as a technician if I would have stuck with where I was. so it’s awesome to hear your story
awesome video Justin appreciate your honesty..my resume in a nutshell , 2 years in college for a mechanics degree, spent 5 years at an independent shop also, 24 years as a mechanic on ships for Uncle Sam, now I assemble airplanes for Boeing for the last 6 years. Good luck in everything you do ...attitude is everything
Right On Bro! Words of Wisdom! Listen Up Newbies! Thanks Justin... I am so tired of unlocking my shop in the morning and seeing someone's box gone, and having to change the damn locks again... And don't you know a few months later, there they are trying to come back. The grass isn't always greener over there... Great video, keep them coming...
great video, it is nice to see such honestly
Man I work in a factory for the past 7 years and wrench on my own stuff so I dont have much mechanical experience but you are a good person to listen too. I love your videos!
This video feels similar to my situation. I started out in a Firestone. Didnt mind the work, but couldnt make enough, wound up doing tons of side work, but only what I was taught. Then hit the Chevy dealer, stayed with them for 7 years, couldnt get a pay raise, moved to a different Chevy dealer that went bankrupt, moved to a Ford dealer that I loved to work for, but had problems at home. Moved away from the area thinking I would stay in a Ford dealer (applied and got the job) but was still working on heavily used cars. Decided that dealers weren't the end all to be all, and applied into an independent diesel shop, learning new things but took its toll on my body. Later I would skip from independent to independent. Had my last job at an independent. Now I'm going back to a Chrysler dealer, as a Diag Tech. Hoping for testing to reach Master status. I cant thank you enough for your informative videos and even comments, Justin. Cheers man.
Wow. I really respect your honesty, especially how you really articulate the humility of tour experience. Thank you for sharing your experiences truthfully and giving such solid advice. You have learned this so early in life and many don’t learn it until late. Some too late. Now that you have matured here, I know you will grow. Best wishes to you!
Thanks for making a video on this topic and sharing your real experiences. I have been thinking about moving on because I want to progress faster . I'm in a good place but I'm impatient . I just need to wait for the classes and certifications to roll around and chill. Thanks again for helping me stay grounded
Your honesty is refreshing. A lot of people wouldn't be this up front. Thank you.
Thanks for the great videos justin. I have been wrenching for 13 years and I'm always learning something new. I have moments of leaving cause I work for my father and it's tough a lot of days but I will be taking the shop over in the next few years so that's why I really don't leave. Happy wrenching
Cool journey Justin. I’ve been at the same Chrysler dealer I started with for 4 years now, but we just acquired our third manager this year. I always told myself I didn’t wanna be that person to jump ship, but I think it’s time. The thing about moving on is you never know if it will be good or bad. As the saying goes “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Happy Wrenching bro.
This is an excellent video! One can learn a lot about the mechanics trade by watching these videos. Thanks Justin!
Hey Justin, Keep up the positive attitude. When life happens it has a way to humble us.
Thank you for sharing your personal story and thank you for your service.
I can tell you're a good honest person, thumbs up to you man 👍👍
Believe it or not this kinda helped me with making a decision about where I work now. I currently work at a cement factory on the operations side. I do a little mechanical work and we just found out that this place is closing in 3 years or so. Cause the owners are building a new plant 40 miles from here. I've been thinking about leaving and going to contracting work. Also been thinking about trying to become a mechanic. I love working on things. But I'm not going to be able to make what I make here anywhere else without a major degree. Word is there's going to be a handful of people be able to go to the new plant when it starts up.
Justin, i respect your honesty, thanks for sharing.
Very good and true video. I am not a mechanic but relate to the story. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the mountain.👍
Fine post sir. I may have mentioned this before. I was 18 and working at a gas station, when they actually worked on cars at gas stations. And had a big falling out with my boss, all my fault. But at that time he recommended for the job I still have today now 40 years later. I'm 59 now. We all make mistakes, learn from them and move on with life with are heads held high, willing to learn from are mistakes
I can relate, we often make hasty decisions, thinking that sometimes the grass will be greener on the other side, but it's no more green than where we were, just patchy in different areas than the last place.
I guess for me, I always try to recall why I wanted to leave the last shop I was at and see if I'm still frustrated with the same shit at the new shop. If I am, then I know that I need to look at what I am doing wrong and find out what I can do at the moment to achieve what my career goals are.
I think that setting goals, such as, this year I'm going to become an expert at this or that, or even getting CERTIFIED in other areas to further our knowledge is critical to help keep us striving for excellence. When we achieve those goals and have made it happen, we must put new goals in place to keep our interests focused and motivated. Without doing this, we can become complacent and start to look at the job as the reason we are not happy, when in fact it is our responsibility to find the good in every situation we are faced with in the field. I know that I am doing the right thing if everyday is a challenge and I learn something new.
Wow I really needed to hear that last part. I’m not a mechanic by any means I just enjoy tools and watching your vids. It does seem like there’s always one little thing that you won’t like where your working, but when I think about it, and it could be a lot worse. Thanks
Great video. I also started at sac then took a job at a more full service shop that said I'd be a flat rate tech after the probation period but they never had any work so I didn't push for it and stayed hourly doing bullshit. I should have jumped ship right away but I really liked everyone there and the benefits were great. I had a new house and my first kid so I put advancement on hold and stuck it out for about 3 years. I ended up getting an offer from an independent shop that's basically what the last shop promised but they're delivering. It's salary plus bonus over my hourly goal. I do get frustrated when I have to check things out for free and stuff like that. Then I take a step back, think about where I was before and how nice it is to be treated like a valuable team member (plus no corporate bs)
Thank you justin I currently work for the school board as a school bus diesel mechanic I make great money I love the people I work with but i have been really thinking lately about leaving going somewhere else for more pay. But after seeing this video I realize now i need to stay where I am at cause the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Wish I would have came across this video a week ago. I let something get under my skin at work and lost it... packed up my chest and cart and quite. I don’t feel bad for being mad but I left a good paying job because of people that didn’t like me and took things out on me.
Your advice Truly is spot on I should have put a request to transfer and waited it out.
Same boat (sorta)...started literally from the bottom busting tires at wholesale store for about a year. Getting my first taste of shop life, “wrenching” for a living, and seeing if this is even what I wanna pursue as a career. Loved it, bit by the old automotive bug, and away I went. Looking high & far for any sorta automotive high I could get. Shortly after I left (not even two weeks) I get a job with firestone (perfect location, +8 lifts, huge stock room, loads of tool trucks coming by, got along with the techs, etc.), that’s when I realized how fucked you can get and insignificant you can be, (and how you should get contracts in print) when not in the right shop location. Shortly after I accepted the job thinking it was for the “perfect shop” I was transferred thirty minutes away to a “newer” shop, just opened not even a year and half ago, blah, blah. Well turns out that shop got barely any business, went through service managers like a fat kid flys through whoopers at BK, and not one tech wanted to help anyone else, or even do any work. Well that gave me a sour taste and led to me shortly quitting not even two months in. Thus leading me to a commercial tire and service center for two months, left again (not enough pay, or even training...is what it is), then to Pep boys for just about six months. Still have yet to find a solid home, but still looking and not stopping me. At least now I have a general idea of what I’m looking for, and have started realizing the questions I should be asking prior, as well as really getting a feel for the environment prior to signing paperwork. Side note big fan of your channel, and keep putting the shit out and I’ll keep on watching!
Your videos are all entertaining and informative. Thanks for taking the time to upload!
Agree with you iv been in the field for over 10 years and i have worked at 7 different shops lol!! Mainly i hopped around cause of pay cockiness was just an individual who wouldnt stand around to take shit from no one and granted iv quit and like you walked off and said fuck it and found another mechanic job quick the only good thing of that is that every shop iv worked at had different lines of vehicles so the expierence i got from every shop and knowledge i carry with me.
everyone learns this sooner or later, but if you like what you're doing and you like the people you do it with, that's worth more than whatever pay or benefits etc. you have to enjoy your life.
You got my respect man. I appreciate your honesty and care for things and for life. Thank you for sharing part of ypour life with us
Thanks brother much appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving to you and the fam
We are only human. Well said. I think everything happens for a reason so that we can learn and become wiser in our decision making. I think you made the right decisions because in the end you learned your past mistakes. I couldn’t have agreed with everything you did and done in your life. I also learned in life to never give up and lose faith in yourself because you will make it through regardless how you feel you are not going to make it after xyz reason. We are only human and humans can make mistakes or prevent the same mistakes from happening again. I really enjoyed your story and the advise you give.
I really like your honesty, In the army they taught me be responsible and take responsibility your actions. Dad taught me the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Im at sears haha i only stick around cus we have a big shop with cool people, eventually gonna have to find other work once my store closes but we’re most likely one of the last store to close down
Very honest . You have learned many life lesions that will make you a much better mechanic at the end of the day .
These are wise words great advice
I’m in the maintenance field (HVAC in schools to be exact). I had several jobs and got fired a few times before the age of 30. I think if you’re young places just don’t want you to show what you can do and sometimes immaturity hold us back. The older guys don’t want you around and it can make you rethink your career path. I’m almost 30 years in the field now and enjoy teaching guys what I know. I’m not in fear of losing my job. I look at it like this. I can tell when a young guy is eager to learn and capable of learning. The more knowledge guys on our team have the better. With age not only comes experience but wisdom. I have more patience I guess than most with the new guys cause I haven’t forgotten how hard it was for me.
I found your story and your overall "can do" attitude to be inspiring. Keep on making videos man
Thanks brother! Cheers!
Man that's crazy you made this video, 2 days ago I started calling a few places that I knew were hiring and asking them what's good. I love the independent shop I'm at and I'm payed salary, so I get paid whether I'm working or sitting down. And some days, I sit down in front of my toolbox for the whole entire day and do absolutely not 1 thing, I get so bored that I start working on my own cars. Thing is that we have a deal with this used car lot that buys 4-5 thousand flood damaged cars from hurricane Harvey and bring like 4-6 vehicles at a time to us and all are 2015-2017 and all end up with me doing a motor and tyranny swap on them cuz they are all locked up from water, all end up needing bcm's and sometimes other modules. But the thing is that they will bring 4-6 cars all in the same day and I will diag what I can on them, without them running and then wait around for sometimes weeks for the motors and trannys. Thing is the parking lot we are in has like 7-8 shops in it, so there is alot of competition. Well the point of all this bullshit l, is that I've been unhappy cuz most people will be fine with sitting all day and doing nothing and getting paid. Me on the other hand am not happy, I'd rather be working non stop all day, and learning more and getting more experience like the other shops I've been at. So I really don't know what to do, the owners have been so good to me, even holding my job for 3 months while I was in jail. I'm scared of change tho, what if I leave and go somewhere else and I don't like it, or they don't like me and let me go and then I'm SOL. Also trying to start getting my ase certs as I've never got them and it looks better on a resume for other shops. I really wanna go to a vw dealership but I wanna get some certs first before I try, so I may stay here for awhile and just put up with it. IDK it's hard. I know that no one will read this. Oh well
Sounds like you have a good job with good people. Just remember the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
the thing to remember is you will find you sit around in any job that is repair from time to time. The difference is you get paid for it now and if the pay is decent the grass will not likely be as green on the other side. I would get all your certs and start setting up to open your own shop in your down time.
I love your honesty man.
Great stories. Two years later and your jumping ship. lol. But your doing it right and for the right reasons.
I work in HVAC so not a mechanic (even thought i do all the work on my own cars and it's a passion of mine) we have very similar careers and everything you said there at the end is 100% true in my trade as well. Thanks for being real. Cause it's true. 🍻
This is what i needed to hear personally. Each dealer i worked i spent 2 years roughly at each plus a total of 9 months independent. I had an offer to go to another dealer and turned that down for a chain shop with a higher pay offer. I feel like now im passing through and either gonna enjoy this environment or move on to the next shop. Im trying to finish for my ase master and see whats next in my career. The dealers will burn you out especially with taking care of a family on 1 income. Over here in the SC GA area the average pay is lower and it seems everyone tries to low ball you. I enjoy working on cars and learning. Im just ready to go into a career shop.
Fantastic video Justin.
I am no longer in the trade because that is what was best for me, but I did hop a couple times before calling it a career. I was working at Saturn, which was great. They looked after us well and the shop dynamic was very positive. There was a knowledgeable foreman, but it was a 7 bay garage and there were 2 apprentices. I was stuck doing oil changes and tires with nowhere to move up. I left for a Subaru dealer in another city who agreed to take me as an apprentice and I remember the first day, I knew I had made a mistake. There was no support and the other guys were telling me to get out while I could. I stuck it out for about 15 mos before leaving and went back to school. Now I’m in a white collar job, which I’m happy with. Auto repair is a tough trade.
I am a retired mechanic and love your uploads, I smoked for years until my doctor put me on champix, give it a try and save that money for a mustang.
Thanks for sharing.
Nice video! As a Toyota tech for close to 17 years in total now I've been with 2 dealers and have worked with independents for 5 years in total and am currently opening my own shop as I'm ready to make it for myself now instead of for them
Eric Shaffer as a shop owner in your shoes after 3 years make sure your ducks are in a row dont have a mortgage a car payment or kids cause any of those will kill any hope of business best thing is buy a building in an industrial area with a loft or apartment in it keep overhead low buy cheap tools till they break then upgrade network with other tech in dealerships to be accessible to factory diag and tools also get fleet accounts deal with one person on multiple cars build a repor and treat them right it pays off
@@rustedratchetgarage6788 I appreciate the great info.
Eric Shaffer the other guy makes a point “ehh” I did it with a kid with a mortgage with two car payments and of coarse Snapon payments.
We just passed year 8 and I just moved into my new 750,000 dollar PAID FOR HOME in October so don’t let people in your ear.
@@onetouchautorepair2521 I hear ya bud I was raised in a shop environment as my father always owned his own shop I'm not going in blindly and have been building my customer base for the last few years just doing side work but not making the mistake of giving side work pricing. I've been at 70 an hour working out the house garage for awhile now just to make sure my customer base is truly with me for the quality work I give them and not just a cheap price. My home owners community has been great to me and has really blasted me off the ground.
Brother one thing I have always thought when it came to a place to work is this; All working environments are like blankets. Some fit nice others don’t. When it’s not feeling comfortable you may need to change. You can’t expect the place or blanket to change... And thanks for sharing your experiences
Thanks brother much appreciated.
Love the stories keep them up
Semper Fi, Your loved
Justin its John the luxury RV guy, I just wanted to comment it took me 13 rv shops in sc.cal. in ten years to figure out that l needed to move to Florida to figure out where I was going
Roush stage lll's are no joke l tell you. Had the privilege of driving one home from auction when the dealer l was doing work for couldn't transport it on the hauler cause it sat so low. Only car that scared me when driving!
Great advice man! Take care
your a cool dude justin.. i enjoyed your video alot. thanks.
Thanks Brother. Cheers!
At the same time man. You can still be a bad ass diagnose god or whatever your dream is. Keeping reaching those goals man
Just remember, your carreer is everything, a job is not. Learn everything you can about what you love, get certs and training when available,and you will be anybodies asset. Enjoying the people you work with is key, if you like them, and they like you, the money will come.
Names change, people don't. Where you are is the place you belong.
Good video Dow.
I'm at a turning point in my life. I've took whatever jobs that paid good in order to support my family but was never happy. I've now decided to do what I've always wanted, which is work on vehicles....I start my new job next week at a Ford dealership. Of course I'm starting at the bottom doing oil changes and such. The service manager said he would expect me to be able to move up within 4-5 months to doing recalls...anyway, I'm just curious as to what all should I expect and am walking into? I'm a very hard worker, I just gave up my job of being a supervisor. I'm just excited and curious as what to expect working at a dealership.
Christopher Thrash I’ll try to do a video on this subject for you. As there is so much involved in your question it would take me awhile to put it in text.
#1piece of advise is to stay off the tool trucks for a while. You can get anything you need starting out and for the foreseeable future at harbor freight and home depot. The next best thing you can do is learn from a smart tech. Even if you stay a line tech for a while longer than you should if your learning from a smart tech it'll pay dividends down the road.
Yea I agree. Right now whenever we are slow I March right over to the 2 techs on the other side of me and help them if they need help. Right now between oil changes and tire rotations I'm doing that and will be starting next week on all the classes and tests once they finally have me in the "smart" system or whatever it is they call it.
Oh and so far I'm absolutely loving my job. I've never been happier. My service manager told me he is gonna get me to making more money as soon as humanly possible because he loves my work ethic.
I've been in 6 shops over the past 9 years. I was fired from 2 of those shops (One because I wasn't capable of what they hired me for, the other because the manager and I did not get along at all), the rest were always for money. Around here, the fastest way to get a raise turning wrenches is to switch jobs. The downside to that that many guys miss, is that you lose things like the vacation time you've racked up. Over those 9 years, I've taken one week off, and a handful of unpaid days off for various things.
Damn it sure takes a lot to admit to a fuck up. Been there too man. But you move forward and take it as a learning experience. Been really digging the vids by the way!
School of hard knocks... Sounds like you are salt of the earth good guy, keep up the good work..
hey, Justin, I took a diesel tech class senior year of high school.
decided that's what I wanted to do. I've been at a Ford dealer for about
7 months out of high school. I started as a lot tech and moved my way
up to lube tech b and started volunteering my time to the diesel crew as
good faith that they would help me move up, which they did. Our diesel
crew is extremely successful at what they do they take all of their
hours and split it evenly so everybody gets the same checks. they pull
on average 280-300 hours per pay period each. the lead diesel tech or
shop foreman makes over 200k per year due to his higher wage. I skipped
lube tech a, used cars, and accessories and am now an apprentice diesel
tech. I'm working under the diesel crews community tech number
contributing to their overall pay. Still hourly though which is my
concern. I haven't gotten a raise from when I was a lot tech only making
$11, I am pulling cabs performing all the recalls that they don't want
to do, all the little low paying jobs. while still only making $11 per
hour they have been having me work 7-7or even 9 some nights with only a
small lunch break. the service manager wants to cut me down to 8 hour
days with no overtime while not giving me a raise. i have grown
accustomed to the 12+ hour checks and it will feel like a pay cut. Our
shop foreman even went in and demanded that I be paid more if my hours
are cut. My service manager wants to let me keep working at 11 and
reevaluate my pay in about a month. I am over 140% overall flat rate
efficiency due to how fast I have gotten at performing many of the
recalls I am tasked with. I feel that I should be compensated better
than I am and my mom keeps telling me to quit and go find another job. I
think I have a good gig and should just be patient. btw I have invested
over $7000 in my tooling in the span of about 5 months all paid off no
debt.
LOL
My story is 'bout the same. Fired, quit or the business went belly up. 20 ago years I showed up for a job interview. I was tired of being a hockey puck so I was brutally honest during the interview. They knew everything about me and I didn't care if they were concerned.
They hired me.
I was honest there after. I destroyed an ancient NC lathe because I was not even trained to operate it. It was scrap. I thought I was fired but they sent me to school instead. "You desperately need schooling" they said.
I've been there since then.
To me its all about being appreciated and how I'm treated at any job .I have a great boss who would lend me money any time I needed it..some down falls are no retirement plan and only 5 paid sick days and 5 vacation days off a year no matter how long you are there ..this is why I sometimes feel I should make more money.took me 3 years to get to to where I'm at Haven't gotten any raise in the last two years this year will be 6 years total ..I'm still under 20 dollar an hour. Making 18.50 as I get older I think about my retirement.
It's like this "it's better the devil you know than the angel you don't"
Justin there's never a problem with staying where you're at if the job is good to you and you are good at it. On the shop hopping side of things though that is normally how mechanics get pay raises once they have reached the top level of pay at the shop that they are at regardless of if there is more to learn or more to do or anyting else every shop will have a limit if you have reached that limit that is normally when a mechanic will shop hopthe other time a mechanical shop pop is if he has reached the top of that shops pay scale for his current position and has no interest in acquiring more skills in order to be promoted to the next pay scale at that particular shop however that doesn't mean you shop immediatelythat means that is the time to start looking at other shops once a guarantee has been found at another shop doing the same thing but at a higher pay rate or doing the same thing at the same pay rate but maybe better benefits or closer to home or what-have-you this is when it's time to shop hop. many times this is the exact same way that cops get their pay raises. you can easily find a cup that has a house in a car that you can't understand why or how he has that when another cup during the same detail got an old piece of crap car that barely runs and a little shotgun house. It's because most of the time cops will get their pay raises by transferring to another department, municipality, county, whatever. So just like you can see the two cops that are on the same detail yet it to completely different pay scales same goes with the mechanics you can see two different mechanics doing the same type of workbut living totally different lifestyles because of the fact that one had multiple pay scale raises because of the fact of shop hopping only doing that the correct way in at the correct time. Same goes for the my original field of employment HVAC. an HVAC tech will reach the top of the pay scale at that particular company in the particular field that he's in and then it's time to start shopping so that you can shop up. #Just saying
I thought this was going to be a video on how not to be responsible...ended up being the opposite,,,positive advise...NICE!!!!
IN 1985 I separated from the active duty Air Force and went in the AF Reserves after I was retrained from a vehicle mechanic to a aircraft mechanic. I went to work at a independent garage for about 11 months until I was hired on at a aircraft manufacturer. IN vehicles I was a heavy line mechanic and I did it the work. I never jumped ship but I also told the owner that if I get the chance to work for the airline manufacture I would be leaving and it took a while before I was hired at the aircraft manufacturer. When I gave notice I was leaving the owner tried to offer me a service writers position and I politely refused. I had watch from the time I hired on to the day I left the entire crew had changed except one guy. Shop hopping was common even back in the early 1980's. I knew about it but where I was at a service writer would have his own group of guys they liked and when they left one independent shop for another they would take a third to half the guys they worked with. Some of the service writers are not the best characters, I had actually had one try to shift blame from one guy to me but I got him as I was on a Reserve training when the incident happened. But that was what it was like back in the early to mid 1980's. I got out of it as there was really no benefits in the independent shops and the pay back then you are barely surviving. The best thing that happened to me was going to the aircraft manufacturer.
Today I got a call from a dealership to hire me. I work in a shop where I do more than a 1st year apprentice does. My current shop laughs at safety though. Idk if I should stay or go. I been in the shop for a month and a half now
I'd stick with it and focus on keeping yourself as safe as you can and avoid putting yourself in dangerous situations if possible. Cheers and Congrats on the Job!!
@@JustinDowDIYcentralhighway to be honest the safety is improved, I get more money and I've done my practicum there so I know everyone there. I think for now this will be better for me
Well said, Justin Dow!
From someone working in IT, shop hoping is normal, and the only way to expect to get a raise, cost of living adjustment or any other pay fix.
i do feel like it would be better working for a bigger company than for a smaller business. i currently work for a small body shop and it sucks to see the big man make lots of money while i go home with a measley check every week. im tempted to go to a bigger shop where at least i dont see that happen
You're real, dude. In a world of fake BS, it's refreshing and a strength of yours. Subbed.
We have a lot in common. I respect your opinions.
I’m worried right now because I was just certified to do pdi s and in our dealership we have to put wheel locks on our wheels and I definitely stripped a couple studs. I’m just waiting on when this is gonna bit my ass
I'm with 67 Cuda K/SA & Socket...and others who have said keep Video'ing People who earn more often spend it all anyway. The secret holds true. It isn't what you make it is what you keep. The next level is what you manage to do for others with your spare time. We help disabled kids #TravelingKaspersWorld No amount of money would get me back into a well paying 9-5....... At this point the job has to have meaning and do much more than cover the bills.
This video spoke a lot of truth
Justin what do you like better the independent shop or dealership? im thinking about going to the independent shop. I work for a Chrysler dealership
Independent shop for sure.
In thirty years I've worked in three shops. Should I of stayed that long ? Probably not,,,, but I really hate moving my toolbox.
hell yeah dude. i felt good for ya.
What did you do in the military? I spent 7 years in the NAVY on submarines and was a e6 when I got hurt and lost use of my legs
Good stuff... I wish u would of said your age at each point you changed jobs. How old are you ?
Like it but if there not giving you work and give stuff you can't do sounds like a game time to roll the box
Times are tough for Ryan Leaf.
5 shops in ten years ain't bad at all. I've beat that in a year.
Attkisson Automotive i lost count but my wife know exactly how many moves ive made 🙄
Me2
I like your fucking story man keep going
When I got fired from trans helper at my old GMC dealer for not seeing eye to eye with the guy I was paired with (read as, he didnt teach me shit, so i missed a lot of day at the end to go to other places for interviews) I didn't care anymore and just got a job to pay my tool bills, this new gig being a ford dealer, sadly as a lube tech was all that I offered. Didn't even make it past the 90 day probation when my pay dropped from 2300 transmission take home to 1400 lube tech take home at this ford dealer.
I rented it then just kept it
Aint that the freaking truth
Well at least you've learned from past mistakes, not everyone can say that.
Employers don’t like when you are a reservist
i was gonna say you you spelled shop hopping wrong
but i was mistaken after watching
u good with me bro
This isn't just a Mechanic Issue, some Jobs and/or Workplaces are nothing but Toxic or Abusive enviroments. It's better to just move on.
Turning wrenches for minimum wage. That's Fucking crazy.
are you one of those mechanics that hate Chryslers?
I dunno man...$30-$40 an hour buys alotta cocaine..... just kidding.