Dubdr said:
Both program are great. We make about the same money. The sheet I have says after you go on flat rate (about a year) the average VW grad makes 70-80k and the average audi grad makes 75-85k. So it just comes down to whos cars you want to stare at for 10 hours a day. And the reason that I get the jobs no one else wants is because the first year I am hourly not flat rate. So the stuff that takes long or sucks is all me. Can't wait!!!!
Oh ok, pretty much the first year sucks because its your probationary period or whatever euphemism they like to use. i was thinking about Audi because, they essentially have the same motors in their cars, I'll still be able to buy and work on a gti for this reason and personally, I think the GTI is all VW has, so I'm leaning towards Audi because I believe their cars, despite being somewhat of a luxury version, have more performance models
the_saint said:
6 figures to wrench on Volkswagens? Is this at a dealership or is this at some kind of specalty place or what? 6 figures to be a grease monkey? How much does the schooling cost?? I always wanted to be a mechanic back in h.s. but my parents and everybody else told me I should do something else. So I burned myself out on drafting and now work selling parts for road construction equipment and I hate it.
If the training is not outragous I just might have to join your ranks Mister Dub Doctor.
I wouldn't call it a grease monkey anymore. They don't train mechanics anymore, they train technicians. Big reasons why the pay would be higher:
Huge demand for technicians now since less people are in the field and also because of the complexity in cars these days because of intricate engineering and computers.
Not even a really good, well trained MECHANICS can diagnose the problems of new cars because of the computer systems they put in cars these days, so pretty much, you gotta be even better trained than before.
I wanted to originally go straight into training for this, but gotta go to college so I can get my "degree" so people think I'm smart:thumbdown: :respekt: :bellyroll: :biggrin: Going to UTI as well when I graduate though:biggrin: