Any1 here in florida attend to SCTI or automotive school?

[forsakenpb]

I currently live in Michigan and I know this sounds ridiculous but I was just looking at a automotive schools in Florida and they considered UTI, I searched reviews on UTI and I heard its a load of crap school that lies to u just for money. Strict rules and policies. I have one of the best automotive schools in my county but I want to move out lol, Michigan is a terrible economy, load of **** jobs etc.. If anyone lives in Michigan they would understand its going downhill and will so for a while. But anyways, I was wondering if anyone here attends to SCTI Automotive? I hear there facility is amazing and affordable. Discuss :D

[Spank666]

What aspect of the automotive industry are you looking for?

[forsakenpb]

WOrking on engines, repairing, brakes, all of it lol.

[dazevas]

why discuss a question your asking me?

[Spank666]

WOrking on engines, repairing, brakes, all of it lol.

So, you want to be a technician?

[elliott678]

The schools are pretty useless from what I have seen, so many people come out with certifications, while they don't know shit.

[forsakenpb]

Yeah but now these days you have to have some sort of education to get a job, especially auto.. And auto is ranked #1. Competition and shit, u cant just go into a shop and be a apprentice and teach me lol.

[elliott678]

Who says you can't? I am a body shop apprentice, I never took a single class for anything automotive and have no certifications. I learned mechanic work on my own before I started working in a body shop. My boss knows what I can do without any paper to prove it, my work speaks for itself. I actually do end up doing a lot of mechanic work, mainly because we do anything from a repaint to a full custom job or restorations.

[forsakenpb]

Well good for you, really you're good. But in my case im still young 19 I rather go to school and learn, I don't know jackshit about a car so thats why I want to start from schooling.

[Spank666]

I'd recommend going for an engineering degree rather than a technical degree, which it sounds like you want. You'll be better off with it in the long run.

[elliott678]

I'm telling you, the schools only give you a certificate, they don't really teach you much. They just churn out part changing monkeys that can't troubleshoot to save their lives.

A friend brought his rough idling Nissan to a dealership to have the factory trained mechanics work on it, apparently all they had there was kids fresh out of school. They ran up a bill of nearly $1500 and it still idled like shit, they changed all kinds of parts (timing belt, EGR valve, PCV valve, plugs, wires, a couple sensors). He brought it to me, my first thought would be the IAC, but I assumed that had been taken care of, after checking(not changing) a shit load of other stuff, I pulled the IAC, sure enough it was clogged with carbon, shot it with some cleaner, then a good lube, problem solved $0.

No offense to anyone who actually went to school to be a mechanic, just saying what I have seen happen.