hahahaha

 

Ummm.....you guys are so nice and proper I'm starting to doubt if there is any testostrone left on these forums:P

The first proper answer to the question in this thread should have been "We need full body shots/photos for honest and through evaluation, preferably bikini shots for best, most accurate opinion and advice".

 

Here is a little piece on the gal mechanic on the Risi ALMS team:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...00694#37300694

 

Just to give you a little more encouragement....

I'm a woman who works on my own cars. Not as much now as I used to, but I still take care of the bolt ons and stuff!

If you love it, I say do it -- and the guys actually respect you more cuz you know what you're doing and you're a chick =)

 

Stumbled upon this thread.......'NOT a Porsche tech" BUT I am actually letting my wife(Carole) bolt-on the TPC turbo kit I bought.She has always liked and been involved with my cars,so I figure Why not?
We are awaiting the arrival of the turbo kit,once here she will start the installation!
Here is a link to the introduction...

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...l-r-rated.html


Stacy

 

There is a female tech at my local BMW dealer, not an issue in any way.

Number one piece of advice that applies to everyone: Follow your passion.

 

I'm with most of the people here. If you have a passion for cars and want to make it a career and can handle your hobby being your means of income, then absolutely go for it. However I do advise against UTI, especially if you have the slightest idea as to how a car works. The main course at UTI is geared towards someone who doesn't have the most minuscule hint of what a car is. The best knowledge you will gain is from working on the cars themselves with a technician who has been in the field for at least 10 years.

I learned more in 4months working in a shop than i did in a year at that school. If you don't know much about the workings of cars, then it's a great place to start out at. However you might also want to look at Wyotech. I hear they run an excellent program.

- Robert

 

Go for it

 

A little different, but I know of a few installers for Best Buy that are female. Most of them are very, very good as they tend to be more detail oriented and personable than the average male installer.

The downside is how the customers tend to treat them. Most don't care either way, but there's a distinct percentage that use it an excuse to hit on the female installers, complain later on of them breaking something because they're a girl (which is 99% of the time false and proven so because the female installers I've met are much better at noticing little issues on cars than the guys), or just punk out because they don't think a girl can really handle the install (which I've found is typically from people who were going to punk out anyways, the girl installer just gives them a "good excuse").

If its what you enjoy, go for it. I'd love to have a female installer in my install bay, I fall into that category of "difficult to deal with male installers", so having a nicer female installer for customers to deal with would be great, heh.

 

That's who came to my mind right away!

 

I used to run a BMW service dept and personally hired a female apprentice, whe turned out to be one of our best techs. Her forte was in the diagnostics side of things where she would most often help the other techs who would be banging their heads against the wall over the simplest of problems. Her attention to detail also shone through on the mechanical side especially on re-builds. This is a common trait that woman tend to have more than men as I have seen in the manufacturing world where I now make a living. Go for it.