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I must say, I am perfectly okay with just working on your everyday cars repairing and replacing parts and what not, I'd just rather 99.9% of the work wasn't replacing power steering pumps and fan belts on hyundai excels and daihatsu's, so whether I go to a "Jaguar specialist" or an everyday run of the mill mechanics might change that.

I guess I'll have to drive around asking as many shops as I can.

why should anyone get special treatments anyway imagine how families of less popular victims would be feeling...

better not be jams around hilton st, place's just up the road from my house

meh media, once people jump onto the bandwagon it's all over

My advice would be to find a specialist mechanical trade. And by that, I don't mean a workshop that is tailored to a specific make of car. I mean a specialist form of repair like gearboxes or engine or turbo rebuilds. This will make your skillset invaluable to the industry - particularly useful if you decide to go out on your own and start your own business.

Further down the track, you can look at a technological niche, e.g. DSG repairs for when all the current Volkswagens/Audis get purchased by people who can't afford the Volkswagen/Audi philosophy of "replace it for new" or they stop holding spare boxes for them.

The automotive workshop industry is fked at the moment. There are niche exceptions...but for most, i.e. general mechanics...if they aren't going broke, they are just getting by. Panel beaters always seem to be doing okay.

haha DSG would be good to be knowledgeable in, one VW service center quoted $15k replacement and repair bills coming in at around $5k :S

So I've been thinking about changing direction for next year and I'd like to start a mechanics apprenticeship, only the catch is I don't particularly want to work at Greg's down the road which services Hyundais and Corollas day in day out. I'd rather work at either a performance workshop or a place which specialises in sports cars or fun cars for that matter.

Does anyone know some places that they could fire off that I could go and have a chat too?

I know it's very unlikely as their highly specialised but I've already thought about Racepace and Nizpro, the worst they could say is no.

Any other ideas?

speak to mercedes benz berwick,

they're always looking for pre apprentices. they will train/put you in school etc. especially since they expanded a lot recently they could be someone to speak to..

What about working on those big arse construction vechicles? man went out to the warehouse / yard today (cat) and some of those machines have tyres at least twice the size of me and diffs the size of a bloody normal car. Assume that would be more interesting to work on than normal engines. Cranes / hydralics and shit all over the warehouse to assist lol

I must say, I am perfectly okay with just working on your everyday cars repairing and replacing parts and what not, I'd just rather 99.9% of the work wasn't replacing power steering pumps and fan belts on hyundai excels and daihatsu's, so whether I go to a "Jaguar specialist" or an everyday run of the mill mechanics might change that.

I guess I'll have to drive around asking as many shops as I can.

One of my mates dad owns a mechanical workshop, sth east Melb.

I think there looking for someone, I'll ask for you

Looks like one of those rides where at the top, just before you drop you ask yourself why you got on in the first place... but then it's awesome anyway.

When I was in Japan some weeks ago I went on a rollercoaster that falls as a... 121 degrees freefall tilt drop... because straight down isn't good enough yo LOL

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My turbos a high flow....

this car just keeps surprising me with goodies, first all the new bushes, the 2 way, the full sussy set up Nd now the turbo :)

How do you know it's hiflow?

I hope it wasn't your cousin sitting in the passenger seat saying; "bro that sounds hiflow"

^ lol

Panel beaters really are just panel replacers now they just order new shit slap it on and away ya go

All the money is in parts

They have the best looking shopfronts and drive the best cars lol, how can they not be rolling in it.

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