All modern cars today have extensive amount of electronics, some required for good engine performance, reduce the emissions, and others gadgets. What is your thoughts especially with mechanics who understand the mechanical aspect of the vehicle but not quite sure of the electrical/electronics.
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Excellent! If I was young starting out now (instead of being retired), I would go to my local community college and see if they have a two year Associates Degree to become a professional auto technician specializing in the electrical, electronics subsystems which are so important to modern cars. And with the new hybrids etc, you’ll be in big demand and earn a high salary for sure. Check out the http://www.IATN.net website too for training and education tips. But try to get that community college Associates Degree. Once you have it, you can apply for all kinds of electrical/ electronics related jobs outside of the auto industry too. You have to understand how the systems work before you can use the test equipment properly. There’s an old engineering truth about computers wherever they’re used (which is everywhere today): “Garbage in / Garbage out” meaning you can have all the computers and test equipment in the world helping you, but if you don’t input the proper data and know how everything is supposed to work, you’ll be there a long time trying things (like part swapping) that may not get you anywhere and cost a lot of wasted time and money. That’s what many consumers are complaining about today, that the auto technicians appear to be guessing sometimes about what is wrong with their car.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:02 amQuote
If you are talking about design,,i think it is a great idea. outside of that, mechanics of today don’t NEED to know about all the electrical components because cars have built in diagnostics and most shops have a computer to read the errors. For electrical components, mechanics are moreso parts swappers now adays, rather than mechanics of old who had to listen to the car and intuitively figure out what was wrong.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:06 amQuote
Its a good thing to get into, my thoughts on electronics though, is that they worsen vehicle performace and cause havok when one little thing goes bad, and with the direction the industry is heading its gonna be all machine based, the new Lincolns as of right now cannot have the transmission fluid changed by hand, it has to be done by special equipment at the dealer.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:21 amQuote