XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 16/3/2023 3:59 pm, The Real Bev wrote:   
   > On 3/14/23 2:09 AM, Xeno wrote:   
   >   
   >> Obviously different from this end of the world - and from when I worked   
   >> in dealerships. I can take you to any dealership here and there will be   
   >> a *factory trained technician* on staff, usually someone quite   
   >> experienced with the marque and, usually, more senior. I have even   
   >> attended advanced dealer technician training courses run by the   
   >> factory/importer.   
   >   
   > A friend's kid is that guy.  He started out as a traveling bicycle   
   > repairman, was plucked out of that really good auto repair school in   
   > Riverside (I think) by BMW to go to THEIR school.  Eventually he became   
   > the top BMW in the US (and the trophy to prove it) and was sent to   
   > represent the US in the world contest in Germany.  The Germans always   
   > win, but the test is to put a new (not yet released, not just unused)   
   > disassembled engine together while explaining what you are doing to a   
   > proctor.  Not sure how 'win' is judged -- probably by time since I can't   
   > imagine any of the contestants being unable to do that task.  Became   
   > chief mech for the dealership and then service manager, which he found   
   > boring.  Now they send him to diagnose difficult problems all over the   
   > country.  I think he's 55 now.  Not too shabby.  His dad still would   
   > only drive a BMW because of the discount and the free repairs.   
   >   
   > Is it snarky to say that I don't think this situation could have   
   > happened if he'd been hired by Toyota?  :-)   
   >   
   It does happen like that at this end of the world.   
      
   --   
   Xeno   
      
      
   Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.   
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