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Good for you and your family brother I have the same problem I think January 2025 quite mi job is too much pressure but not for everyone have some liking balls guys ( from RD ) Wao is crazy personal I hate peoples light these guys your job said everything for you thank you for opening my eyes happy new year 🎉

Hi Matthew, this was one of my favorite videos that you made. Thank you for sharing. I'm planning to buy a Toyota from CoPart and use it to learn as part of my Toyota training and then sell it as a part. Do you recommend good sites or groups to sell car for parts? I personally prefer to take the parts myself and handed over to the sellers. The way I see people generally "treat" cars for parts was not very pleasant (they destroy the other parts that they don't need). Any suggestions or thoughts will be appreciated. I love to see more of these kind of videos. Also if you have any experience with CoPart that would be great. Thank you!

Auto repair is an awesome trade! Experience doesn’t make you good! Too many people think they deserve more, they think they have paid their dues but have failed to apply themselves. Chased gravy work too long not chasing diag and really learning how to be a technician. And now you’re old and it’s caught up!!

If a guy is clean cut, well mannered, dressed well he should be able to get his own customers. Over time he can build that into an income. Eventually getting a shop together and paying all the insurance, permits, professional fees, rents and equipment.....with some luck he can add some employees who will complain that he makes all the money and they just get a few bucks.

I worked at Ford dealer for 18 years and got tired of the politics. Left in 2003 to do HVAC in a large commercial building. Been doing it since and love it, no intentions of going back!

There is also almost no union. Even amongst a major dealerships that have union's they dont do a damn thing and most mechanics work for small private shops with no employee advocacy. Because of the ammount of overhead to own a shop the mechanic is slave to the lender. The owners of these shops dont value mechanics at all also because theres no official certification or govnt code for fixing cars just book $ hours that suck. Its hard to afford all the tools plus the property pluss the heavy equipment like a lift and all the proper disposal of waste expenses. Its not cheap to run a shop and mechanics get only like 1 fifth of what the shop takes. Other mechanics have no incentive to help u because you are literally their competition. Were do u think the repeat customers come back for? The mechanics. Not the owners of the shop sitting at the desk. But they never even get to talk to the mechanic because they know we csn steal their clients so easily literaly just a conversation they will come seek you out to offer you side work and shops hate that but can you blame the owner of the car to want to know the actual mechanic working on it? And hes right some ppl just dont work as fast as others. Some go lightnight fast and compromise their quality to make extra pennies when that behavior shouldnt be encouraged.

Over 3 decades I packed it in . Best move I've ever made . Used my multiple skills to become a maintenance director . Twice the money and so much less bs . The industry needs to pull their heads out of the sand and realize how valuable a skilled tech really is . Nothing ever changes in the auto industry .

There was time in the not so distant past ...mechancs took home half of the labor sales..........

If you are a mobile tech and want air tools get a rolair gas powered 4090HK17 is like $1.4k and will suffice your air tool needs i and will come out to be cheaper on your wallet when you conpare air to electric tools

Start a Union in your shop. Teamsters or Machinist

Shop owners....

All blue collars soon will be replaced with ai robots

Dealers treat each tech in their stalls as an individual business, I've seen service manager go from tech to tech getting bids on some big jobs, engine replacement etc.

So this clown starts a new job ....and proceeds to tell them how to run the place.

I think one aspect of the industry changed drastically. Customers are more informed about their cars they are not allowing these shops to scam them. I remember back in 2000 a show sold me a cylinder head on a pickup truck. Today, I can make the same guy get me a new engine if he tries to do the same thing.

Flat Rate Killed The Industry. I do not Work against a Clock anymore. I will Call You as soon as I'm Done Working on Your Vehicle. It is Stressfull to Work on Cars and Deal with Full of Shit Customers. I also Left The Motor Industry after being a Tech for 30 Years. Working for Myself as a Contractor. Always Busy. I Just felt I could do a Much Better Job Working for Myself. Tools was Never The Issue. Getting Paid a Shitty Wage and Flat Rate will Break You. Go Work on a Farm or in a Greenhouse. You are Better off. NV. South Africa 🇿🇦

Pay to small for all that labor

Garage owners do not want to know what management is doing, all they care about is profit. I know someone who for past year worked every lunch time (0.5hr) or stayed longer when needed for no extra pay, to help company, then had to take 3 days off to stay in hospital with ill child, company didn't even bothered to ask if he wanted to take those days as holidays, just cut his pay by 3 days.. Technicians are the only people in the garage who have to clock in/out, literraly give blood, sweat and tears fot the job, everyone else spend days chatting, drinking cofee and browsing Facebook. Yet techs are never appreciated and any prizes go to managers or advisors..Have you ever seen tech being given flowers or thank you card when he is leaving? ...didn't think so....Moral of the story is, give bare minimum as no one will look after you.

LOTS of work here ! For 2009 Caddy, think twice !

Labor rates getting to that $150-$200 a hour and tech pay went up 2-5% in 10 years. Legit quality and trained techs should be $50-$65 a hour.

i'm not a mechanic i am a machinist. i worked allot of shops. the shops that paid the most, had the lowest turn over rate and the cleanest, and comfortable atmosphere had janitors. a small outfit i worked had a janitor who only came in a couple days a week, and covered a few nearby small shops. janitors are well worth paying. they are a heck of allot more efficient at maintaining a productive atmosohere than most of the lazy high paid machinist i have known.

I wanted to be a mechanic when I was younger but because of these reasons I chose an office job in pharmaceuticals instead. I built my own shop a couple years ago and do all the work on my old cars. Now I work harder on the weekends.

I know Toyota is losing techs because I used to be able to go to the dealership and be seen right away. Now I have to make appointments for a simple 25k or 30k service

What is pathetic is that the automotive industry knows why they can’t keep techs and have zero intention of changing anything about how they operate.

Dear auto techs. Stop being "part changers" (start using oscilloscope and exhaust gas analyzer during diagnosis - ALL shops should have it in 2020's, this is nothing "new" at all). Money/respect is earned.

We have to start naming “stuff” shit people can not pronounce. Like a Dr or surgeon. “Yes sir, unfortunately your Scansibusforamer as receded from your cornhulyoramatious” that will be $170,000 for the surgery….. repair I mean.

Exactly why I buy mid 90s to early 2000s Toyotas and Hondas. Easy to diagnose and fix. Front brake pads for my scion xb were $9.97 for borg Warner.

I have been with my company 45 years and have zero respect from my boss, I’m always wrong first thing he always says what the hell are you talking about. It’s a different industry but this is what American worker goes through. I have had my belly full retiring very soon because of my boss. It not the job it’s management

It’s all management, I have been through it no respect it’s way where I work, all they care about is profit!!!

Normal replace car

Just need to unionize but each dealer ship has different owners. Also every vocational school teaches the trade

Flat rate ruined this industry why would a seasoned tech wanna help or train a new guy…..to have a smaller check hell no lol

All of that oil should at least prevent any rust from forming under the car if nothing else.

Hoses into a door, surely that’s the wiring harness he is talking about.

I went to ford dealership who charged me over $600 for a $50 part and a 5 minute job. Probably paid the tech min wage

I like and subscribed for you. I will never buy Toyota

This is a video about his lack of ego and his dislike of being a technician and blaming others. If he wanted to be a service advisor, then he should go and be a service advisor. Otherwise go back to college and do something else. It’s not Toyota‘s fault that this guy hates his job

Thanks

The problem is just 2 things. 1. Vehicles have become over complicated and far more difficult to work on, often making it an unpleasant job. 2. The customer is paying much higher prices yet most of that money is NOT going to the actual person doing the work.

Why does a highly trained auto tech earn way less than an electrician or plumber, i don't get it?

Thats because that Mercedes lived in a garage all his live. Cars that age otherwise all rust away, quality or not.

It's not about learning, helping people, experience, or progressing forward. It's all about money and it mainly has been for the most part, especially in the last 50 years or so. Industries aren't used for the benefits of people. It's used for monetary gain.

Thats why your toolbox has wheels on it .

America nightmare is what is happening now

They look like cross-head screws, not Philips screws. Different drive. I may be wrong though!

Before planned obsolescence to keep the economy going. And china got involved in cheap parts

Why doesn't anyone ever discuss how over freaking paid service writers are? I know some that are getting 20 to 30k A GODDAMN MONTH!!!

Anyone smart enough to diagnose and fix a newer car correctly the first time needs realizes he can make alot more money really quickly in a different industry easily...... took me 5 years to realize it..... 80k to 180k was a tremendous difference in life style for me. I understand change is difficult, but to my great techs out there take the risk before it is to late.....

Could you imagine those poor slogs that have to do General motors warranty work all day long ?? 😂

I think he hit the under carriage rust proof button 😂