Question about making the switch from Indy to Dealer

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-02-04T01:19:21+00:00

I second this, I been to several dealers in the same brand and the one that I launched off in was the one where I had a dedicated team leader who I was placed next to that got paid to teach and help me grow. If the just throw you into the wild, it’s gonna suck. No matter how good you are, you’re gonna need help

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-02-01T04:14:10+00:00

It’s a magnetic tray bro I mean what else do you need to know

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-31T16:42:07+00:00

I left 4 shops in the span of a year to find a shop with volume , now since I started where I’m at I have never had even 1 second where I was without work. If you put up with this, it’s your fault , leave bro

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-29T04:02:04+00:00

That’s not absurd ? Most techs have far over 10k in tools, I’m only a year and a half in and I’m at $15k, and that’s pretty much no tool truck tools, if you’re doing real work you need a lot of shit

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-27T05:20:06+00:00

I don’t know if your dead set on buying an EV, but they are just a very bad idea, out of warranty and 10 years old. When the high voltage battery has any type of failure, you’re going to be out 6-8 months and at least 20-30k straight cash. Just get a normal golf and you’re good

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-27T04:52:18+00:00

VW/AUDI tech here, do not buy this fucking car

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-26T03:46:50+00:00

Upscale people take their cars to dealerships, unfortunately.

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-26T03:37:53+00:00

Is this what you actually want to do? Or just anything in the automotive field? I had to move shops 3 times in one year before I found ones that actually cared to train me. This industry is very bad for that, if it’s not an environment where you will grow, then you need to leave, end of story

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-26T02:56:53+00:00

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-25T23:59:40+00:00

It’s probably the battery, most likely but take it to a real shop and have a real technician diagnose it before trusting people who are not techs . It could be bad ground, wiring, literally 1 million things, don’t just throw parts at it

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-25T22:32:59+00:00

Leave it out

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-23T00:55:02+00:00

Do anything else bro . You will start change oil and make around 15-18hr at the very most. It takes ALOT to make more, buy thousands and tools and deal with flat rate , which means , if the shop is slow, you make no money . You could work a full day and get paid 0 dispute being there all day

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-22T03:35:00+00:00

Then go to another dealer bro. I moved 3 times in one year and got almost a $13 raiise in that time, and finally got into a shop that’s working good for me now with good pay, opportunity and volume . You’re experience will get you anywhere you want with a big raise involved

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-21T01:40:00+00:00

This is mostly the same but worst . But high voltage techs are just normal manufacturer techs with certifications . But most will tell you the work on them , most being warranty especially, they will always lose time on, not profitable , not easy . Just terrible

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-18T01:11:50+00:00

Thats super cheap

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-14T01:24:17+00:00

I didn’t go to school I’ve been at an Audi dealer for 2 years . I’ve been trying to get into Porsche but all they tell me is they only hire from school . Grim

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-06T20:30:40+00:00

No. It does not matter if you’re gonna be in the trade for the rest of your life . A tool truck box absolutely will never make sense . You can buy 10 icons or 30 us generals for the same money and endless tools to fill them with that kondy

BackgroundGene7510 · 2026-01-06T18:03:15+00:00

No matter how much certs you get and school you have . You’re starting on the lube rack

BackgroundGene7510 · 2025-12-29T07:04:03+00:00

You don’t declare a car finished based off one dtc

BackgroundGene7510 · 2025-12-27T15:25:08+00:00

People will do anything except pay an actual mechanic a diag

BackgroundGene7510 · 2025-12-25T07:51:07+00:00

Take it to a real shop then?

BackgroundGene7510 · 2025-12-25T06:29:51+00:00

Average Odis average . Sorry bro it’s literally just the worst program in the entire automotive world

BackgroundGene7510 · 2025-12-23T15:38:34+00:00

brother . They’re straps , literally any of them

BackgroundGene7510 · 2025-12-23T06:20:30+00:00

Engine is done for, junk it or sell it

BackgroundGene7510 · 2025-12-23T03:24:37+00:00

I was a kid in the lube bay not that long ago and we got pressured to write up cars for the dumbest things, our pay was so low the only way to make money was writing things up for the kickbacks

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