And for the rest of the day

I must go play highly trained and skilled automotive tech. Sooo word to the wise Do not call me don't stop by , plan on me getting into a vary bad mood , beware of flying objects , foul words being spoken and maybe even gun fire. If this wonderful prime piece of automotive engineering was a Flippen horse i would have shot and eaten it a long time ago.

Oh yea forgot i can see high levels of adult beverages being consumed .

Just sounds like another day of working on old tractors to me. LOL

Vet, sounds like you will be enjoying your day, Hal.

Working on tractors keeps me calm and keeps my PTSD under control . Working on cars and trucks brings it out and add in my Saxon temper this is not a good mix ..

Most places rate jobs by the FLAT RATE HOUR , We rated jobs by the BEER HOUR when it comes to Automotive .

Many years ago I was a mechanic at a Ford dealer, and then worked as a mechanic at an independent repair garage. Today, I take the modern vehicles to the dealer where we bought them for oil changes, etc. I simply do not enjoy working on them anymore. Not to mention that I simply do not understand the electronics.

I also worked in dealerships , first was a Chrysler Plymouth dealership just after i got out of the service and was jobless . I was asked to come to work for them and took the job i became there Expert on the performance cars and they sent me to every school that came out , Became the factory service rep's good friend and that opened new doors . Stayed there for awhile till i was asked to come to a Ford Dealer and take over the drag club program and the two cars they campained and also ended up driving one of them. Then they found out i knew diesels and they also sold big trucks so that was added to my plate Working on the Mustangs with big blocks would bring out my PTSD . And we sold a lot of them along with Shelby's . Owners daughter had a GT 500 convertable and even though she was a FOX she should have been driving a BROOM . Never hated a FEMALE so bad , Nothing you did made her happy . At times i wish she would have went next door and bought a Camaro and let them deal with her. I do stay up on the new stuff somewhat and yews there has been a few times i took it in to the dealer for work only to have to go back and have it done over again or not take it home and have them redo before i left. I still have a couple old friends that still work in the business and will probable drop dead there . The young techs of today just can't seam to fix things the first time because they rush thru the job . Me i am old school , do the job wright the first time and be done with it and NO COME BACKS .Yep i swore i would never buy a scan tool --- I LIED i have a scan tool I don;t like being lied to by some pimple faced service adviser that has never twisted a wrench in his life and is out to upsell you on stuff that does not need replaced. I was lied to one time over a ft end alignment and called them on it , the wife was lied to one time on the old Durango and i called them on that one . That one made me madder then a wet hen to the point i called Chrysler and yep i at the time still had friends up high . They came down hard on the dealer big time . The service adviser and the service manager were BOTH out looking for a job. The look on there face when i showed up and plugged in my scan tool OPPPPPPS .