Uti
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From: Henderson, NV
Originally Posted by RicoD
been there 
h: i was considering it Freshmen year in highschool... a friend of mine Matt Weyer is going there right now. I believe hes going on his 2 year or just finishing up his 1st h:Hes in the Diesel program i believe...
im talkin bout the one in phoenixh:
h: i was considering it Freshmen year in highschool... a friend of mine Matt Weyer is going there right now. I believe hes going on his 2 year or just finishing up his 1st h:Hes in the Diesel program i believe...im talkin bout the one in phoenix
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by :exnbp:
How is he there for that long? Diesal program is 5 months. I am at the "Phoenix" aka Avondale campus
h: im not sure what else hes taking nowanyone that doesnt live in phoenix refers to that area as phoenix
h: actually it may just be me cuz im lazyh:
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From: New Orleans
Originally Posted by XSrcing
UTI is a good school. i have worked with a couple people that graduated there and they knew their stuff.
I went to Wyotech. awesome place if you are there to learn, shittiest place in the universe if you want to have a good time (campus in laramie, wyoming).
as far as making your hobby a job, it depends on how determined you are to get where you want to be. i'm 22, work as a full time tech at RUF Auto Centre, and i also work on the pit crew of a Grand American Rolex racing team. yes, i've worked the 24 hours of daytona.
I went to Wyotech. awesome place if you are there to learn, shittiest place in the universe if you want to have a good time (campus in laramie, wyoming).
as far as making your hobby a job, it depends on how determined you are to get where you want to be. i'm 22, work as a full time tech at RUF Auto Centre, and i also work on the pit crew of a Grand American Rolex racing team. yes, i've worked the 24 hours of daytona.
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Originally Posted by ISP James
yeah, if you go work at pep boys or sears.... but i think if he wants to do performance engines and works for a performance engine shop or a race team, it could still be fun.
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From: Henderson, NV
Originally Posted by juicy
i totally agree the people who do that don't have much of a degree or no degree at all like jiffy lube or midas.
BMW Tech
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From: Suffolk County, NY
I went to Universal Technical Institute in Exton, PA
I graduated in July 05 and now i am currently in the BMW STEP program. Im gonna start working for a dealer in june.
The school is as good as u make it. If u know alot of stuff about cars then the classes are going 2 be like a refresher course but u will learn different systems.
The Hot Rod program is ok it is only 3 courses long which means 9 weeks and depends on the teachers and the cars you have to learn on. I was the first class to go through the program in that campus and it sucked kuz everything was "in the mail". It might have changed.
If you are serious about making it a career then it is worthwhile if you try hard so u can get into the Factory training. If you want 2 learn just performance then there are different schools that teach you how to imporve performance that are cheaper and you focus only on performance and not maintnence.
that is where the problem is, there is not much money in the performance business unless u get into a big company. working for dealers you will almost always be supplied w/ work b/c of warrenty issues and the like.
just some food for thought, do some thinking if you just want 2 learn performance or make cars ur career. it will make a big difference what school you choose.
I graduated in July 05 and now i am currently in the BMW STEP program. Im gonna start working for a dealer in june.
The school is as good as u make it. If u know alot of stuff about cars then the classes are going 2 be like a refresher course but u will learn different systems.
The Hot Rod program is ok it is only 3 courses long which means 9 weeks and depends on the teachers and the cars you have to learn on. I was the first class to go through the program in that campus and it sucked kuz everything was "in the mail". It might have changed.
If you are serious about making it a career then it is worthwhile if you try hard so u can get into the Factory training. If you want 2 learn just performance then there are different schools that teach you how to imporve performance that are cheaper and you focus only on performance and not maintnence.
that is where the problem is, there is not much money in the performance business unless u get into a big company. working for dealers you will almost always be supplied w/ work b/c of warrenty issues and the like.
just some food for thought, do some thinking if you just want 2 learn performance or make cars ur career. it will make a big difference what school you choose.
