and this:crazycanadian wrote:You don't always have to go about it that way... I have found tickets/degree doesn't always help or mean you know what your doing as a mechanic... Some people I have gone to school with or guys I have worked with have really made me question the licensing system...
I find a lot people around here can be better then some licensed mechanics I have worked with....
As far as I can tell, mechanics that didn't grow up working on cars this age don't know how to actually do anything useful.RS_OBD'oh_2 wrote:I think most of us just read as much as we can.. then wing the F out of it.
They plug in the computer and then follow the list of things to try.
If you're a 40-something or 50-something mechanic, you actually know whats going on. I respect these guys. The younger ones? Not so much. Rather do it myself.
The other thing we need to consider is, sure, a mechanic needs a few thousand hours to be acredited, but I have a few thousands hours in MX-3's ALONE. I can't tell you much about your cavalier, but I know my MX-3's pretty well.