Me having worked on both, I can assure you if that person was a "good" competent autmotive mechanic he wouldn't be that flummoxed.

Sure, the oil filter is a bit different, and there is a distinct lack of a cambelt, and it may take a while to memorise the torque wrench settings for various nuts and bolts. Or it may take an extra minute to find which menu you have to go through to reset the service indicator. But that would be for the first particular car...the second one that come along wouldn't be a problem

The point is..he will still work it out, it's not rocket science.

Like I'm sure a Subaru mechanic wouldn't know exactly how to pump up the suspension on a Metro (or MGF ). But I bet he could work it out easily enough.

 

i dont dispute the fact that he would work it out, im just saying it may take a little longer. But yeah, i would agree with you. I still dont agree with ps.lewis that ALL CARS ARE THE SAME though. Im an A\C engineer and although in principle every system works alike, not every system is the same. This applies to anything i suppose.

 

Ali - you & me both know that it would take a little longer for anyone in a strange enviroment to get his bearings !

Take for instance an Volvo Truck trained tech & fire him in today to say a problem on an Iveco or a Renault, then problems would occur !! Most faults that tech or as i call them engineers , come across are usually common & thus are easy fixes !

Though i do agree that a decent engineer, should pick it up in no time

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Pete - yer still an ****

 

He is NOT an Engineer unless he is Chartered!!!!!!!!

And he isn't Chartered as he wouldn't be a grease monkey if he was!!!!!!!!!

No, he would be working with me at the cutting edge of rocket science!!

Pete

 

My guys are

Pete, its not rocket science we are going on about is it though ??

Its a baby boxer engine & at a miniscule 2 litre capacity

 

Oi!!! less of the chartered ...that's just an extortionate subscription to have some fancy letters after your name

(says the BEng post graduate )

Do agree about spanner monkeys being called engineers regardless of qualifications though

 

I agree entirely!!!!

The Subaru Impreza is a simple, basic car that most people with an ounce of engineering ability can maintain correctly!!

And you have Chartered Engineers working on Volvo trucks?? while we DESPERATELY are seeking Engineers and cannot recruit them!!

The wages on offer are the problem, not many top Engineers will start on a poxy £50k!!

About time we started offering proper money!!

Pete

 

I no longer work with Volvo, moved over to a much bigger company

Though when i worked there some of the guys were earning in excess of your figure above

 

Thats because pretty much all industry sectors shot themselves in the foot...they all cried out for engineers, then come gradations day they turned their noses up and said "sorry, we only want experienced engineers (on a starting salery of £20K)." But they'll happily pay £16K to a brainless desk clerk to sit in the corner and do the photocopying

 

I wouldnt pay more than 14k

 

It's sad that we cannot recruit quality Engineers on £50k - they just laugh when they hear that figure ................... and you can't blame them really, with chavs on the national average of £35-40k its a disgrace!!

Certainly I wouldn't get out of bed for £50k, so why should they??

Pete

 

Pete - You talk pish

 

EH???



Pete

 

I think that he means; that you're full of ****e Pete.

Hope this helps.

 

dfhh

 

Dont feed him mate

 

Pish pete, its what you fill your little bottle at the side of the bed with, you know, the one matron empty's every morning ??

 

yeh good point
cant realy be assed anyhows