Originally Posted by botters

my advice to you lad is do your college course on cars if thats what you want then as soon as you are qualified retrain in another trade, plumber, sparky etc... nearly every mechanic i know myself included regret becoming one as you are not appreciated massivley underpaid and the job is shit anyway.
i have 19 year old mates doing pipe fitting for james mercer who admit they do next to fuck all, all day and are pulling 22k a year and have guaranteed payrises several times a year
wheras im 27 been in the trade 12 years and im lucky if i get 18k a year if i didnt have my own workshop where i work at night for cash then i wouldnt be able to afford to survive allthough it does my head in having to work at night as it means im generally doing 15 hour days 6 days a week its crippled my social life but i really dont have a choice.
anyway rant over