Stay away from the tool truck

Don't be afraid to job hop to find the place that ACTUALLY treats you right

close your eyes when you see the snap on truck

Be lucky if you find a shop with guys who offer good advice... Majority of shops / guys I've experienced and seen aren't passing on sage advice to the young new guy... Instead its a lot of bullying and immature crap.

Don’t buy a tool until you’ve had to borrow it a few times

Damn The Weekends album sales must be doing pretty bad.

Don't get stuck at one place. Venture off, you'll learn from each shop or dealerships.

I have been a mechanic for over 30 years. My advice is to learn the business and understand how to make money from it. Most mechanics loveeeee to do the work.....it's actually a pretty cool profession.......but at the end of the day........The real money is maintenance, parts and customers.

homie look like he just got shocked with 10000 volts 😂😂😂

Most guys will say pick a different career lol .

The guys giving the advice can also say it all nicely and respectful

A GOOD MECHANIC NEVER GIVES UP!!! AND TAKE THE ADVICE AND USE IT AND ALSO DONT BLINDY TRUST THE ADVICE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!

This is the advice I was given when I was an auto tech. I've been told you'll come to a point where you'll either love it, or you hate it but you've spent too much money on tools, and spent too much time in your life being a mechanic that you don't feel like you can go do anything else successfully. And if you don't love it, run away before you get to that point.

Don’t be that guy that spends 20 years in the repair industry with the same shop making 35 dollars an hour. Your body will thank you

Enjoy life the money comes later... You don't know everything, you're not always right. You'll mess up. And duck up a lot set money aside... Oohh lock your tool box...

I'v been an A&P for 27 years. When I started an old mechanic told me . You will never know it all . That's true !

The weekend wrenches on cars in between albums. 😂

Take the advice and run away.

These guys are looking out for you. Love them.

The advice someone gave me during my first week was to not be a mechanic and to keep doing it for fun as a hobby

Truth, In college they said I would make 70k a year, and come to find out that is a huge lie

My advice. Run. So many other careers out there require less investment and much better pay.

This guy is afro man 2.0 all the way!

Don't be that guy who spends a fortune on tool trucks, but can't figure out how to remove a rear brake drum. No point in having expensive tools when you don't know how to use them.

I took all the advice given and was happy when some one told me I was doing something wrong best thing you can do

One of my last coworkers when I told him I was thinking about putting in my two weeks literally told me "get out of this place, you don't wanna be stuck in this career" 😂 it was good advice, but I didn't listen

I was eaten alive at a Chrysler dealership in the late 90s. Left for greener pastors . Today I do automotive servicing as a hobby that saves money .

Best advice for newbies, don't get intimidated with stuff. Your new, you'll learn as you progress. Take everything as constructive criticism and learn how to take what people tell you as a learning moment and not a insult to your knowledge

Listen to these guys, cause i was that guy and struggled in my early career

Just sat NO to flat rate

Oh my yes take advice, we have a new guy that whenever he does something wrong he just says ok and doesn’t ask what he did wrong lol

What makes a good tech is doing the job before.....everyone looks smart when they did the same job 47 times

Some real advice from someone that’s done this 36 years. Don’t. Lay down your ratchet, and leave. And if you decide to stay, stay away from the snap-on guy.

I recommend doing something entirely different but if you do decide to go an automotive field I totally agree with the people on the tool truck scenario. You can get tools for 10th of the cost and they're made by the exact same company they just don't have snap-on stamped onto them. my local car repair parts store has the exact same hacksaw hanging up on their wall that I paid snap on $80 for! They're selling it for 12. I remember when I got a big bonus check at Fremont Ford in the 90s I went and bought my dad 110 volt electric impact for his RV. A week later I saw the exact same impact at Sears for $179. I paid $650 because it said snap-on on it. It was the exact same tool!

Run....... run for the hills and don't look back!!!!!

Grey heads will give you all of their knowledge if your willing to listen and respect the shop. Try to diag stuff by yourself before pulling a Forman aside.

My uncle once told me listen to him shut up and you take the info and do what you want from what he says. He's a journey man tile guy he's bad ass at it and I learned allot I had GCs pull me aside and tell me how much of a good guy and hard worker I am and I thank my uncle for that.

Don't buy the Snap-On tool box!!! Get a cheap one and spend your money on tools! Learn electrical really well! Learn how to diagnose and not throw parts at cars! Wear that damn ear protection and knee pads! I'm 40 now and started at 15! My hands, shoulders, and knees hurt every morning! Don't be too proud to ask for help! And it takes at least 10 years in this profession before you actually start making some money!

You should redo this and get a 5 min interview from each tech. I’d watch that!

We respect all of you guys all car technician

That first guy haha 😂...."what advice do you have"..."take the advice" hahaha 😂

A good mechanic understands that criticism is usually coming from someone who wants to see you succeed. And a veteran mechanic has zero problems learning from a brand new mechanic, I learn things from new guys all the time.

"The weeknd" got to work during the rest of the week. Lol 😆

My first day hired after graduating school, the senior mechanic told me to change jobs because the money isn't here at dealerships anymore. He then also told me that if I do decide to stay, buy the biggest box you can comfortably afford and stay away from the tool truck. So here I am with a 72in toolbox with a 72in top box and not in the automotive industry anymore 😂

I literally just got the job yesterday I’m excited!

RUN !!!!!! 😂

This man looks like " working on the weekend "

The first guy looks like a cartoon character that got shocked with electricity due to that hair lmao 🤣🤣

The big hair and then no hair is amazing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👊👊

Get out of this god forsaken industry while you're still young

Good tradesmen advice always be willing to learn!

The best advice anyone can give is to take advice

It’s weird to me watching people go to school to do something I learned on my own through years of experience working on my own trucks, trailers, and heavy duty equipment.

If you need to borrow a tool then you need to buy said tool .😊

As someone who's been in the business for 30 plus years and owned his own shop for 16 my advice would be turn around and walk away new cars suck it was a whole different ball game 15 years ago and now the engineers and manufacturers they don't have you in mind they build it to whatever is financially feasible for them and you get screwed on the back end.

I've worked with plenty of techs who would advise the new tech to "RUN AWAY !"

Always listen to the experienced guy. In my job, I hated training someone, who already knew everything, and could do it better. It was hard training people like that. And I was a baker. I can't imagine trying to teach someone auto repair.

The best piece of advice that I could give confidently is to admit when you’re wrong and to ask a lot of questions but ones that you’d be able to apply tot eh real world

Don't start lmao 😂

I've been a tech for Ford for 11 months now, and what these guys say is very true. Starting out as a new tech is like a whole new world. You're very lost at first, always listen to the senior techs because they know what they're talking about, it blows my mind on how much they know but it's all from many years of experience.

Ask as many questions as possible

RUN! as fast as you can! Working on cars can be great money but most shops are terrible and good luck getting someone to help you.. Why would I help you take money out of my pocket?? That's what i was told. The cost of tools isn't worth the hassel of moving them all over the state. Stay away from the trucks and don't let old guys tell you that youre not a pro unless you have snap on or some other over priced crap you don't need. A real pro does the job and gets it done with whatever they have.

This actually applies to every mechanic, seasoned or new to the game. Learn from the criticism, you should never stop learning. The dumbest people I've ever worked with thought they knew everything.

The last one I somewhat disagree with. When I was an apprentice we had a Hyundai come in and my foreman told me in order to change the idle tensioner pulley we had to pull the motor and I said it’s easier to pull the axle to get to it well long story short when he stepped out I pulled the axle out did the job in 20 minutes versus four hours.

Guy looks like he touched a electric fence😅

I’ve been around cars and mechanics my entire life and the number one thing that will help you become the best you can be is to always keep a beginners mindset always keep learning.

#1; do your own thing!!!!!! You'll be 60 and broken with only a bank account to show for it. Any good mechanic has the ability to start and run their own independent shop.

That dudes hair rules

Run while you can

As a Mechanic for 20 years, when I see kids that want to be in the business, I tell them to go back to school and become a engineer, you can fix your car on the weekends, it very expensive to be in this business, I’m very lucky that I stop working on car and started working on diesel trucks, I never made money working on car, my last year working on car $25K, the first year working on heavy duty trucks o$45K, crazy to think

Service info is the mvp of all tools 👍

“We have Eric Andre at home”

2 things I would say . 1 protect your health use PPE don’t destroy your body. 2 take advantage of company paying you for ASE’s testing get all your ASE’s and find that good pay in master shop that has the man hours.

Don’t connect positive with negative and negative with positive when checking battery or in general. -First guy

I love chad such a great dude great vibes from him

I’ve been in the field for 18 years, I still take advice, I take it from the old gents who’ve been here longer than I’ve been alive, I take it from the young guys who have only been in a few years but have had diff experiences than I.

I like King Vegeta. He looks so chill.

My car got rejected for emissions today but in 2 weeks my car will be 15 years old and doesn’t require inspection. Can I just wait to weeks bring it back without fixing it and get a passing sticker??

Man that advice is good for every trade like I weld and it goes the same for us

I started journey of wrenching at 19 went to school then became a tech at 20. Im 21 now with one whole year of real life experience and I can say I’m starting to learn a lot and becoming more confident in my work. I know I still have a lot to learn but I love working on cars. My advice to anyone coming in would be don’t get intimated when you see big jobs, never give up, and prolly the most important….. be very patient.

My advice is to get that hair cut LoL 😂😂😂😂 just kidding it's awesome 😎👍👍

don't stick a screwdriver in a power socket.. unless you want a hairdo like this guy.

I remember the first day I stepped foot in the workshop. When you work in a large dealer environment, you will have multiple personalities. Had a few that tried to get me to fail by giving bad advice, they didn't last long at that dealer. 20 years later, just left the workshop environment. Some people can be dicks. These guys definitely have words of wisdom. We all have to learn this. Every day is a learning experience, always try to make a job easier for the next guy. Your still a team at the end of the day all working towards the same goal.

My advice for people looking to become a tech-don’t do it. The pay can actually be pretty good (I make a decent six figure salary) but you get zero respect (just look at the comments from The Sunflow Channel on this post as a PRIME example), MOST (not all) shops treat you like complete garbage, it’s tough on your body and your pay will most likely fluctuate pretty wildly paycheck to paycheck and year to year. Just don’t do it. My nephew and my son were talking about wanting to work on cars for a living and I highly discouraged them. Thankfully they listened.

The weekend on the weekend 😂

I remember when I first started doing brake jobs. I was maybe 20 years old. I had turned the rotors but failed to clean all of the metal grindings from the hub area. The customer came in to check out my progress and saw the metal grindings I had failed to cleaned. He looked at me and said. “ it looks like some okie is doing this job.” Eye opening… Attention to detail from start to finish is everything.

Always listen to the old heads. The way they explain it may not make sense at first,but damn does it always work 💯

The Weeknd really in this video

Very good advice. If you let your ego/pride get in the way you’ll never master your craft. My grandfather builds houses and has been doing so for 40 years. He still says that he learns new ways to do things. You should never think you’re too good to learn something new.

Yo the weeknd became a mechanic? Dope.

Damn I didnt know The Weeknd dropped music and became a mechanic

Need a part 2

Find a place that treats you right if not you will hate coming in everyday . Been there done that.

The weekend doin his ghost job

The weekend side hustle 🔧

It’s an honest trade and at the end of the day you’ll have dirty hands but made your own money. Take pride in your work.

Been a tech for going on 7years now nd I shouldve picked a different career. The pay is a joke and you have to supply your own tools. That's why there is a shortage of techs.

My advice would be to remember that the paperwork side of the job is only there to serve the physical. Writers and managers will act like your boss but its only a superficial act, push them and they cave cus theyre really just your secretary.

Real advice: Ask them every commission time and pay before you start working (ask for it in writing,) stay away from the snap on truck, make sure the person who orders your parts if it isn’t you actually knows what the fuck they’re doing, and make sure to ask questions if you get stuck on something. Also don’t become a state inspector.

Don’t work on cars for a living . Pays like crap . I can work at McDonald’s for the same pay as a entry level tech is all you need to know . The industry never kept up with the pay. . Hourly rates went up for shops while mechanics pay stayed the same over the past 20 years . Glad I learned the skill but now make a living doing something else . Most under appreciated job out there .