Diesel or Auto Mechanic

[dsmdion]

Well I have decide to save up and head back to school this spring semester, but I can't decide for what. At first I was thinking Auto mechanic all the way. But then I started to think diesel/ heavy equip. mechanic. The thing is I Love cars and would enjoy working on them, but I also think I would enjoy working on other things as well. My grandparents own a towing service (they dont work on vehicles just tow them), so I could probably get hooked up with a job in either field. I also noticed that diesel mechanics get paid much more than auto mechanics

I guess I am leaning towards diesel mechanic because

1 I dont know how much joy I'll get working on other cars other than my own http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/images/smilies/laugh.gif

2 Diesel mechanics make more money. ( not that Im all about money, but I do have to make a living http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/images/smilies/laugh.gif)

3 If I am a diesel mechanic, I will probably have enough mechanical knowlege as well as my own knowlege to do some work on cars.

anyway, this is just what I'm thinking, I dont know what do you guys think.

[EclipseGST]

Mechanics sucks... Use to be a hobby, then it turned into a full time job and took the fun out of the hobby.

Besides the body aches and pains. But its your life, you choose what you want to do.

[2bar1g]

I was in your position this spring/summer. I was enrolled to go to wyotech, thinking I wanted to have a career working on cars, but I realized I would ruin an infatuation that I loved. Put it this way, you go to work, wrench. Come home, wrench some more on the project(s) you have sitting around. Pretty soon you lose motivation to complete the projects, start a part out thread and lose money in the process. You then don't really enjoy your job as much as you thought you would, start to slack, and eventually get sick of the career. And now you want to go into a different field, but you can't because it's just not possible to go back to school.

At least this is what I thought might happen to me. Now I’m getting my generals done at a community college and figuring out what I really want to do as a career.

Just don't spoil a passion that you have.

[RichardBBY]

Mechanics sucks... Use to be a hobby, then it turned into a full time job and took the fun out of the hobby.

Besides the body aches and pains. But its your life, you choose what you want to do.


^i couldn't agree more, being a technician totally killed that hobby for me. I still enjoy working on my own car, but I hate it when people always want you to fix there shit boxes.

Being a diesel tech just means everything is much much larger...which equals more aches and pains.

[Would?]

Diesel.

[dsmdion]

Damn LOL, just when I thought I had shit figured out you guys went and fucked it up LOL. hmmm I still thinking of going diesel. I dont care about the aches and pains, but this does kinda open my eyes. I dont want to get sick of working on my ride.

[sleepydsm]

I too agree. I got used to love working on my car, now I do it everyday for the past 4 years. It really makes me NOT want to wrench on anything outside of work, even my own car lol. If fixing up your car is a hobby, don't do it as a career.

Luckily, I didn't go to school for it!

[INTRIGUED]

My dad is a diesel mechanic, He seems to like it. You don't have to deal with the nagging soccer mom that can't tell you whats wrong with the mini van. Working on the big rigs is has its pro's and con's I'm sure.

[Goat Blower]

My first real experience was as a diesel mechanic. Enough things cross over where you learn plenty about working on your own ride. The tools are just a lot bigger for diesel stuff.

[9guy9]

Like others have said being a mechanic sucks. It kills your passion for cars.

I never wanted to be a mechanic, and now I am. It has made me not want to deal with my own car. When I'm not at work I don't want anything to do with cars.