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Dragstang83 · 09-26-2002, 06:43 AM

I ran upon this post on www.feoa.net the Ford Escort Owners Association. I am amazed at how well traveld this post has become. It has to be one of the worst/funniest things I've ever seen. Worst because, well DUH, if anyone did that with My Stang, or my Escort for that matter I'd be pissed. There is no diff between a $35k 03 Cobra and a Beat *** Escort I bought for $400 when it comes to respect from a tech. The funniest thing was the fact that reps from Honda, BMW, Acura, Chevy, and even Yamaha and now Nissan have posted replies. I don't know where this Tech got his training from, but I graduated from UTI, and I took their Ford FACT program while I was there, and I don't remember there being a class in their curriculum about Beating the hell out of a car. Even when I was in Hot Rod U and we dynoed the cars, we were taught to repect them, and to be very carful at all times Anyone even reving a car before a dyno pull got docked points from their grade at the least. People even got suspened or expelled from the school if they were caught F*ing around even if it was their own car they were putting on the dyno. I truly think mechanics need more regulations. I also think they need more pay, and more recognition for the awsome work that most of them do, but it is people like this guy who gives mechanics bad reps. I know If I were that guys supervisor, or even a co-worker with that guy, I would be very dissapointed in him. I might even go as far as finding a new dealership to work at because I wouldn't want to work at a place with a bad reputation. Who in their right mind is going to get their SVT serviced there. If I lived in San Antonio and that was the only SVT dealership, I'd be renting a uhaul and towing my car to Austin, or Houston, or even Dallas or El Paso if I had to to find someone who would treat my car right. Hell I'd trailer the damn thing back to Detroit if I had too. One person went as far as saying the guy had no respect for the hand built engine. When it comes to my Mustang there is no fooling around with it because I built the engine with My OWN hands. Let me hear about a mechanic or a parking attendant so much as getting my car over 5 mph without me being in the car. Then let me get ahold of his car, or his neck. I hope it is true that that guy got fired, I wish there was an Americas Most (un)Wanted list for mechanics. He would be Public Enemy #1. With all the training I've had and all the jobs I was denied because of a not so clean driving record, then to read that guys like this get positions as SVT techs, just makes me so upset.

09-26-2002, 06:43 AM	#79
Dragstang83 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 1	I ran upon this post on www.feoa.net the Ford Escort Owners Association. I am amazed at how well traveld this post has become. It has to be one of the worst/funniest things I've ever seen. Worst because, well DUH, if anyone did that with My Stang, or my Escort for that matter I'd be pissed. There is no diff between a $35k 03 Cobra and a Beat *** Escort I bought for $400 when it comes to respect from a tech. The funniest thing was the fact that reps from Honda, BMW, Acura, Chevy, and even Yamaha and now Nissan have posted replies. I don't know where this Tech got his training from, but I graduated from UTI, and I took their Ford FACT program while I was there, and I don't remember there being a class in their curriculum about Beating the hell out of a car. Even when I was in Hot Rod U and we dynoed the cars, we were taught to repect them, and to be very carful at all times Anyone even reving a car before a dyno pull got docked points from their grade at the least. People even got suspened or expelled from the school if they were caught F*ing around even if it was their own car they were putting on the dyno. I truly think mechanics need more regulations. I also think they need more pay, and more recognition for the awsome work that most of them do, but it is people like this guy who gives mechanics bad reps. I know If I were that guys supervisor, or even a co-worker with that guy, I would be very dissapointed in him. I might even go as far as finding a new dealership to work at because I wouldn't want to work at a place with a bad reputation. Who in their right mind is going to get their SVT serviced there. If I lived in San Antonio and that was the only SVT dealership, I'd be renting a uhaul and towing my car to Austin, or Houston, or even Dallas or El Paso if I had to to find someone who would treat my car right. Hell I'd trailer the damn thing back to Detroit if I had too. One person went as far as saying the guy had no respect for the hand built engine. When it comes to my Mustang there is no fooling around with it because I built the engine with My OWN hands. Let me hear about a mechanic or a parking attendant so much as getting my car over 5 mph without me being in the car. Then let me get ahold of his car, or his neck. I hope it is true that that guy got fired, I wish there was an Americas Most (un)Wanted list for mechanics. He would be Public Enemy #1. With all the training I've had and all the jobs I was denied because of a not so clean driving record, then to read that guys like this get positions as SVT techs, just makes me so upset.