[BonzoHansen]

And WF, remember what else I told you about high paid dealer techs - they are smart, are educated in their products, and most importantly they bust their hump. When I lost my best tech to a Jeep dealer, he learned their auto trannies top to bottom - they sent him to classes on it. And since Jeeps transmissions suck, he got lots of practice and became the go-to guy for trans work. He was billing 80 hours a week in a ~40 hour work week. But he could bust it out. That is why he was my best guy too. Hustle & brains. Service writers know who makes them money too. More work in & out, they make more $$ too.

I still think if you want to work on cars, vo-tech is the way to go, then get a dealer gig and get OE training (not places like Goodyear, etc.). Cars are getting more complicated all the time. Dealers will not run out of work anytime soon.

Your HS grades are paramount now. Screwing up in HS and/or college can bite you later. You can makes career plan alterations down the road – you cannot repeat HS.