[JET]

Lots of good advice here. If you want a hands-on type tech degree then by all means go for that, but I agree with Halon that auto-tech is probably not the one to go for. A great one to get in to is robotic welding or machinist (you can make cool shit for your car to!) training is always good too.

I know you love to work on cars, but talk to most people in the automotive industry and they now hate to work on their own stuff and it killed the hobby for them. Working on their own stuff seems like work to them now and not fun. Keep your hobbies fun!

If you want to move up the corporate ladder then you will need a 4 year degree. I agree that where you get it from doesn't matter much, just so you have that piece of paper. I experienced that first hand as I had 5 years of customer service mgr. experience, but couldn't get a job because I hadn't finished my degree. I ended up going back to school and finishing it.