Fabricated stories to hide your trust fund is wild.

Sometimes when I’m home alone I like to coat myself in glue and Magic 30th anniversary black lotus proxies and slide around on the kitchen floor pretending I’m Rudy from Alpha Investments

Totally want to see video of the car!

As a former Diesel Technician myself i would love a high school car and tools video. I think more people would relate to that content than you think.

RUDY CAR RUDY CAR!!! Also toools. Yes yes yes feed the trolls om nom.

As a "technician" this is spot on. Warranty pay with flat rate is one of the biggest scams on earth in USA

Fuck the Alpha Icy Manipulators. Show us the whip.

This was honestly one of my favorite videos. Pretty awesome of you to share some seriously personal shit. Real life.

Yes, let's see the car and tools!

My Brother is a Mechanic and he is kind enough to let me keep booster boxes in his gun safes. God Bless Rudy and America!!🎉

I am a technician in Canada and its handled so much different for new techs. For a new tech to become a "automotive technician" You have to go through apprenticeship. That means you have to work at some shop/dealer for 7200 hours and 4 levels of schooling to EVEN get a chance to be a real tech! Schooling is "free" and your getting paid at your work AND when you go to school during this whole process. Now once you have done all this, you know of all the BS and junk you will happen to you IF you choose to be a tech. In Canada its called getting your "Red Seal" making you a full blown automotive technician. Now that being said, if your a smart cookie you stayed at a dealer and learnt the product well so you can make money on piece work. Thats exactly what i did. I have played the Automotive Technician game too long. I have trained soo many apprentices i have lost count. Am i mythic god tier status...yes. BUT! I am just waiting for some one to please....PLEASE Doom Blade my Platinum Angel. I would like the game to end while im on top but if no one will do the job, ill Doom Blade myself and end the game.

Rudy I subscribe for your personality, stories & perspective. I encourage you to make more of these

Let's see Rudy's highschool car!!!! Let's go!!!!!

#RudysTools #RudysCar As a car guy, who still wastes his time on the DSM Projects, I need these Videos from you lol.

Rudy. As a magic/car guy I’d love to see your car and tool collection. I drive a 1991 Honda civic. Yours can’t be that embarrassing. Love the channel.

One of my favorite KZfaq videos is an logger/contractor in the pacific northwest going through all his different tools in his workshop. You should do something similar.

What a story. Please do more of these Rudy! Gives me hope.

It's called Record of Agarest War-The Really Naughty Version limited edition. You knew what that was Rudy.

Rudy! Appreciate the Harbor Freight shoutout! Been a long time listener and worked at Harbor Freight for 13 years! You just provided me the hobby and work crossover I didn’t know I needed! ❤

Really need to see the car and tool collection now. I'm imagining an Acura NSX but it's probably actually a Civic SI.

Thanks for talking to us from a new perspective.

As someone that currently works on the service side of a Chrysler dealership, this video made me smile. Would love to see your tool collection.

Shout out to being open to talk about mental health. Sometimes the world gets you down and you have to make a change, scary as it may be. Good for you. Also, show us the car!

Thanks for sharing. We are all humans at the end of the day, trying to live our lives the best we can. I really enjoyed this as much as MTG

Let’s see the Rudy-mobile!!!!

as being someone who is an automotive technician, I'd be happy to see your old car and tools, but I have never been broke as a mechanic, but I have all the ASE certs. Also, that's the bad part of working at a dealership, you tend to make a lot less money versus someone who works for like midas and places of that such.

Been waiting on this episode!

That dread feeling is real. I had a cooperate America cubical job and it started affecting physically. I had to get out. I worked the job I hated and started my own business and worked that. That was enough motivation to do this for over a year. I quit the job and now full time at my own business. Never been happier even tho I don’t make as much money. The cooperate money isn’t worth it.

This was a great video. It’s very nice to get insight in what helped form who your are now.

My guess is an Eclipse! (But agreed, the first 3-4 F&F movies shaped our love for tuner cars! Now I drive a Silverado lol

Many go through similar times without the confidence to tell - thanks for sharing!

Love it when you share about your past. I actually had the same tale, barely scraped high school because of motivation. Got into cars, mainly because I read initial D, but the first 3 F&F movies really made it for me too. Every F&F movie after that was complete trash. I got my technician grade as well and got into that life deep, leaving cards behind for a while but then realized I only enjoyed driving my car or working on my own car and not fixing other’s people cars. Very similar stories.

I can relate heavily to the closing part of the video myself a couple of years ago. Thanks for sharing Rudy

Rudy lookin like he was born with that Strong Jaw ability.

Show the ride! I know exactly what kind of guy you were in that era. Kids today don't even own cars anymore but they idolize the 90s-00s era

I just came off an anxiety shitstorm myself. This was a fun video. Thanks for sharing!

Ive watched nearly every video since 2018 but this was my favorite. Thank you for sharing Rudy.

as a mechanic of the last 7-8 years and someone who has been playing magic the gathering since they were 9, I would love to see rudys tools and cars!!

So glad for videos like these Rudy you are a special person in the KZfaq mtg space and I appreciate you more than you know

I totally understand. I went to Motorcycle Mechanics Institute in like 2008. STRUGGLED my skinny white a$$ off for a decade, then switched careers. Being a mechanic isn't worth it in most scenarios...Unless you're just doing it on the side, Run your own gig, or fall into a specialty field.

What astounds me is dealership and diagnostic fee heavy shops gets repeat business. I think if you went down a different path and opened up your own shop, it would have been a solid business. Thank you for sharing. Money and hopelessness anxiety is a common thing. Amazing that people with trust funds can’t just keep it together with that leg up in life.

rudy im going through that now. Ive only lasted 1 month at a VW dealer here. I was doing 3 or 4 PODS seat recalls a day for a week. Took 3 to 4 hours to do, warranty paid 1hour. Also get this i had to do a multipoint inspection, record a video to send to customer, wait on parts to give me said part and had to return old part and get paper stamped. Had to go find this car in the parking lot and test drive it. Also make sure i logged the recall in the website and actually do the recall itself.

Thanks for sharing! Anxiety is no joke.

Thanks for sharing Rudy

Crazy how I had the same exact experience when I was fresh out of high school and being an auto tech. Experience burned me so hard that I honestly don't like cars anymore.

I’m approaching 40 & I spent most of my life working retail for the same grocery company making peanuts it seems. I moved back home when I was 30-31 and I don’t know where those years went. Sometimes I feel like giving up. I have a record now and physical/mental health issues. Good to hear a success story Rudy ❤

Thanks for sharing Rudy. Your Awesome!

I've been watching since 2016. Love Rudy, but never knew he had a thing for cars back in the day. I'd love to see the car

So he’s describing warranty pay versus customer pay. It varies by manufacturer but some pay well, some pay terrible. Typically, domestic brands demolish times for the techs. It’s a very effed up system because the dealership doesn’t have any recourse to fight the OEM. A good warranty administrator helps Though. So when you bring your brand new car in with a thousand miles on it and a laundry list of bullcrap complaints that scream “my payment is too high and I’m trying to get it bought back”… remember, you’re hurting a real hard working tech. Love ya Rudy. Good for you getting out. Still plotting my way out… but I worked all the way up to an executive level in a dealer group so… really not terrible. But I still want financial freedom. I don’t want to report to anyone. Great work man.

Really enjoying this series Rudy, can't wait for the next one.

As a car enthusiast and card collector, I appreciated this video. 💜

Bruhhh, that Record of Agarest War collector's edition is wild XD. It comes with an Oppai mouse pad.

Would love to see the car +tools. Loved the video

There is some interesting automotive interest overlap. I bet you might be surprised how many people would like to see your car and tools. I would for sure.

What a long shot though that shelf today. Now you got us appetizers for tools and that fancy car back from Rudy the car guy!

Proud of you, dude.

Would totally love seeing Rudy as a card mechanic There is no typo there, that's how I heard it first time

I feel you Rudy i know the dread from a bad job,it is important to share these video it is good for you and us,thank you, i hope for more if you want

Looking forward to hearing the next days couple years after

Damn. Rudy probably used that immaculate jawline to slice through car parts

My favorite content on this channel.

Rudy show us the goods! We need to see the car and the tools! The thumbnail is awesome btw

I feel that anxiety, I had that after some major life events and could not function during those times. Would love to see the tool collection and car!!

Listen I remember you talking about your b18. Can't hide anything from me honda boy!

I would like to see tools and car please Rudy!!!! Thanks for sharing a story man , Ive had a similar feeling in 2019 , left my job after almost 11years and started to work in agriculture, planting trees ( mostly in UK and Scotland ) . Greetings from Iceland folks !

Is there going to be a part 2? I want to hear how you climbed out of this hole of anxiety and despair

Show us the car!! Enjoy going back to the future with Rudy. Stories of how you got to where you are is the best content

I worked for a big car parts store chain for 10 years, and got my ASE Certification as a Parts Specialist lol. It's about to save me $900 in charges from a mechanic on my current vehicle that's just hit 100k miles, just because I know what I'm doing. I had an '88 Accord I wanted to get running, but the 100 miles of vacuum tubing all dry rotting under the hood was too much for me to handle. Now I sell cards

Was a tech for a family owned auto shop for about 2 years. No ase certs but I did have state certifications for brakes,front ends etc… I can totally relate to getting paid so little but you have to put a lot into it. Especially with having cars as a passion is terrible, (my first car I got when I was 13 was a 1985 foxbody mustang😎) absolutely killed my love for the game and now I do construction and still have my foxbody😂👍

Man I love these stories about how you got to where you are.

Yes please do the tool tour

thanks for sharing

Trained as a mechanic and tech, did too many years of college so BMW wouldn't hire me because and i quote " you would be too difficult to mold into our way or working" i was 21 Very quickly worked for a friend, then my father helped fund me to run a small garage myself. That was some work experience i tell you!😳 You learn fast or you fail. Maaan tools are a killer, i was warned that for the first few years i wouldn't technically make any money due to expenses. Be your own boss if you can, do something you're passionate about. Its hard and stressful but it's yours.

Dude im so ready to see RUDYS EVO 7!

I'd love to see the tool collection AND the car!

I want him to do a flash back episode to his generator, and show him feeding the foils he pocketed in mass box openings to it for fuel.

I'm always shocked to hear the stories about automotive techs in the US. I'm a BMW Tech myself here in Germany for almost 20 years now. I started my apprenticeship back in 2001 but in Germany the dealer pays for school and you also get a fixed payment. Also the tools are owned by the shop and you use their stuff. Payment is normally fixed per hour and some dealers pay bonuses if you are faster then the times given by the manufacturer. Definitely would love to see your car :)

Rudy you are an inspiration

Heck yeah I wanna see the alphamobile!

Yep, I was a "technician" for the first 3 years of my job career.. Good ole Midas.

Rudy a man of culture

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!

Yes! Would love to Rudy’s tools

Really cool to hear your stories. SHOW US THE WHIP

You better show us the whip, Rude Diesel!!!

More stories like this please!! Also show us the civic

I want to see a side project where Rudy rebuilds a classic car as an investment

Off topic but- sometimes the light hits Rudy's thinning hair just right, and you can actually enjoy the pleasure of seeing just how big and round his head really is. Can't help but wonder when you'll finally let that beautiful bastard shine & be free Rudy! I'll be looking forward to that day!

I'd love to see the car. I love all kinds of cars, no matter how wild or much of a sleeper it is. 9 second volvo station wagons are my favorite.

We’ve all been there brother. But you have something many do not. Fortitude. Drive. You’re the man. Don’t sweat it. Look at you now!

We want to see the high school car!!

Thumbnail pic is incredible

I love Legions. It was around the time I started playing. I wish I had some sealed of it now.

Box of Revised is Rudy's #1 Dime.

You should do more life coaching and financial advice videos. For example, I personally made terrible choices after high school, and I ended up in heavy student loan debt with a useless bachelor's degree (English). The situation was crippling enough that I ended up pursuing a master's degree in computer science many years later in a desperate attempt to combat the debt. I have zero interest in computer science, but I really could not think of a better idea, since becoming a doctor, lawyer, or pharmacist would have required additional debt and an even more serious commitment. (Typing stuff is easy). I'm struggling a lot in my 30's though. I know this isn't a genuine interest of mine, nor do I want IT to be associated with my 'identity,' but I need to survive...

Hell ya, show us your Snap-on setup!

You know Rudy got a 1964 Plymouth Barracuda all decked out with sealed beta boxes in the trunk hidden somewhere

Yes show us the tools!

I need to see #Rudy’sTools

My first deck was the Barrage Planescape deck. Invasion through Fifth Dawn was totally my jam! LOVED those sets, even though most of them were terrible Played a lot around Ravnica and Time Spiral, too