Ya'll know me. Just your average drunk, faul tempered, redneck Mechanic who came up the old ways.
Well I thought I would give a supposed A.S.E. cirtified Mechanic from here a break. Jason Sobol. The kid that claims to be a wrench needing experiance. Turns out he not only owns less then $400 in tools, nor has the desire to purchase his own. He thinks he is going to work in my shop for me, using my tools.
I brought him down to Florida with me to help me get a friends stuff moved. So I could see if I could tollerate having him work up close and personial with me. So far here is what I have found out:
The kid lies thru his teath. He has no F-car or Pontiac Knowledge. Execpt what he sees in books or here, on a.a.c.f. He is very dishounest. He owns less the $400 in tools He has never in his life worked as a Mechanic out side of a grease pit pulling oil drain plugs. Yet claims to have apperntiaced for a old english car repairman at a shop he refuses to name. Claims to be a cirtified deisel tech, yet has no idea what a N-14 or N-14 Plus Cummings Deisel is, swears it must be a 2003 up engine! Can not even change the air filter on a 2001 Chevy Tahoe, let alone reset the air filter monitor with out damaging it!!!! (I now have to buy a air box for one). Can not tell a 1968 Pontiac Lemans from a 1972 GTO. Noting this
1968 Lemans has a enduro front bumper, a Ram Air Hood, a 70 rear bumper, a pair of third gen fender heat extractors, and is painted 1969-1970 Chevrolet Hugger Orange. When I asked the owner of the car (next door to where we are staying) about it, I was told it was a mid 90's custom job. Mr.Sobol thinks it's all stock, and argues it can't be a 1968, has to be a 1969 because it mhas "tail lights in the rear bumper"This know-it-all that knows less then most new users here, fooled me on line. I made the mistake of taking someone at their word. When you meet him in real life you see how less then knowledgible he is. I know when he gets back to ohio the fur will fly on a.a.c.f. So im giving ya'll a heads up from down here. I hate drama, as much as I hate posers.
Charles Bendig currently in Hudson (Tampa Area) Florida