Congrats! Sounds like a great way to make money...doing something you love.

Brian, you're a fart smeller.


I mean, a SMART FELLER. Congrats; I bet you'll be ******* great at it.

Congrats and good luck! I worked at a Porsche dealer 25 years ago and some of the same guys are still there in the service dept. There will always be jobs for good mechanics.

For some reason I thought that 3.6s had hydraulic tapets(?) Maybe that started w/ 993s.

hey, I heard Porsche mech make fortune. Keep it up.

Lucky Bstrd!
Have fun
:D

Congratulations bell! After hitting the bottom there was nowhere to go but up!

Just having the guts to start a new career after such a long time being comfortable with what you do shows that you have the right mindset for success! Most people don't think outside their small comfort bubbles. I wish you happiness in your new career!

My wife and I lived in Orlando for a short time and we still have good friends there. When I go back I'm always amazed at how much that area has grown and changed since we lived there in the mid 90s. I only had two complaints: heat & humidity, and always waiting in line at the restaurants (even on Mondays) because 2/3 of the people there are on vacation!

Good luck and congrats on your new life!

congrats..
amazing how this turned out..
I thought of you many times last week..
your situationed sucked big time..
yet you offered and gave encouragement to a fellow P in the dumps last week..

Rika

Thanks again all, I was a litte nervous as I'm not super familiar with the water cooled cars, but we have excellent resources on the comp and I can read :D
Monday the snap-on guy shows up, there's a bunch of tools I need to replace that I sold when I got rid of my 911......that's going to be costly, only reason I'll get from them is the payment options as cashflow is tight because I've still got to move......
I've always worked on cars one way or the other, so it's not like I was totally green.......still a little intimidating though LOL

Congrats on the new career, I think it would be a lot of fun to work on Porsches. If I hadn't already laid down so much money on tuition, I might of done the same thing! Good luck!

Congrats! Hope it works out better for you!

Ha, yeah. Tools are like crack, and that Snap-On guy is your new "dealer".
Come on man, just one more socket set. Everyone is doing it these days. :D

Congrats, and good luck! ;)

New career
 

Bell I am curious, do you have any formal training as an Automotive Technician?

I ask because retirement is not too far away for my day job and I would like a part time gig working on sports cars for people less inclined to do their own work.

No formal training, just 10 years of major service on my 911, plus years of playing with cars in general......
I have worked around cars for my entire life, 20 of them in mobile electronics.
I forgot to add one of the best parts, that's having to "test drive" everything I work on........like the fully track prepped c2 I did a valve adjust/axle boots/pedals on......good stuff, salivating for a gt3 or gt2 to come in :D

Bell, Congratulations, sounds like fun and rewarding career change. I am doing the career change thing starting Monday. Will be selling Acura's. The dealership has been working for years to get it approved and the location will be ready in early April.

Congrats Bell!


I keep telling everyone that I am going the Porsche tech route if I can't hack Pharmacy school...

Congratulations!

just a little update, things are going great.....
so far i have already done a valve adjust on a c2, dropped the entire front suspension/driveline/fuel tank on a 2000 c4 to swap out the fuel tank vent valve, plus much much more........
am currently working on a 2000 996 which is getting a transplant to a 3.6 varioram after the 3.4 sent a connecting rod through the case/starter.......i'll snap some carnage pics tomorrow :D
it's been a pretty easy transition at the shop for me, the other guys there are great and have been a big help........and i'm getting things done in shorter time then the book says......

Great news!

Some tips:

1) Watch your back (literally).

2) Meet as many of the customers as you can, be cool to them, develop as many relationships with as many of them as you can. Then in a few years you can open your own shop and steal them all!

Best of luck, Bell. Glad things are looking up for you.