people taht are outside the industy are sooooo naive.
an automotive mechanice is a very proffesional, skilled job. We have to know a lot of stuff, from physics side of things, right through to binary code, and priority messaging systems. Just because Bob down at the local servo is a yobbo, doesnt mean there aren't proffesionals in the business.
And yes, for the amount of knowledge we have to carry around, the pay is absolute crap.
sorry if that came off a bit harsh, i just get sick of hearing about how un-proffessional mechanics are