Really? $1,000?!?!
I bet most wish they were 18 again, I know I do. 
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ouch, that sucks!!! we had a couple classes like that, but my friends dad was our teacher and it was usually my group of friends getting our cars ready for the night of racing and drifting. We just had to have him "teach the class" (as we did all the work) so the administration wouldn't get all pissed.Wow..no auto shop, well my second option was always the auto hobby shop on base...that is, if that is an option for you.
Yea...2nd race, from a 20 roll...3 to 4th gear shift and then BANG!!, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK. Last dyno was 426 RWHP...once the new motor is finished, I am estimated 605 RWHP on a conservative tune with pump gas.
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Local French school had adult education classes evenings twice a week. Automobile mechanics was one of them. Old 2 post lift that used a bar to spread the posts apart from each other. My truck would fit on the lift. I did however pull the engine out of my 1988 Beretta and replace the crank and rod bearings and add a cam. 
The teacher was my age and we became close friends.
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The teacher was my age and we became close friends..
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ohh ive detailed cars as a side business.
20 an hour hardly covers the chemical cost.
so really you're making like.. 5-6 an hour. thats more understandable man.
i tried doing that with my buddy as a full time thing, there's just too many rainy days.. or the sun is so high/hot that you can hardly apply chemicals. That's a tough business to run without your own garage or detailing center.
20 an hour hardly covers the chemical cost.
so really you're making like.. 5-6 an hour. thats more understandable man.
i tried doing that with my buddy as a full time thing, there's just too many rainy days.. or the sun is so high/hot that you can hardly apply chemicals. That's a tough business to run without your own garage or detailing center.
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I worked at Subway making 5.15 an hour in HS. I worked 40 hours a week during school, and minimum 80hours a week during summer. Usually 16 hour days Monday through Saturday with 8 hour day Sunday. So 104 hours a week. So thats roughly $1080 before tax a paycheck. I still only had a 86Tbird POS that was worth maye 500 bucks.. I wasted ALL my money on partying and strippers and just overall stupid ****. Now I work 40 hours a week with weekends off and make more then I ever did then.
You guys in HS that get a truck handed to you are Effing lucky. If you work in HS you should beable to pay your own repairs, and still beable to pay insurance. Other wise you wont make it in life.
You guys in HS that get a truck handed to you are Effing lucky. If you work in HS you should beable to pay your own repairs, and still beable to pay insurance. Other wise you wont make it in life.
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and why are people assuming that there will be beer there? just cause its after prom at a beach house doent mean where gonna drink....
I don't give young guys a hard time, I give idiots a hard time. It just so happens that many of the idiots out there also happen to be young. Unlike this fella below...
This kid's got it!! Why can't you figure it out?
Ah that helps explain some of this... maybe you should try getting a real job, or reducing your expenses.
Interesting...
And I'm sure they charged you what a dealer would have right?
Does someone need to call the WAAAAmbulance for you? Welcome to life. No need to be a ***** to the poor guy, it's not his fault that you made poor financial decisions.
What a surprise.
Edited to add: Actually it doesn't surprise me at all. How could you "just" find out you are failing a class that bad? Didn't you have some idea when you were failing the tests?
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sorry if im late on this, but dude seirously, you say you make 20 an hour?
i work 2 jobs make 8.50 and hour at one as a daily job and $100 or so a day on the side doing demolition/ flipping houses with one of my teachers(maybe once a month)
I'm also a senior in high school, i do ALL of the same things you do, probably even more.
i Afford my preventative maintenance, repairs, truck payments, mods, gas, and insurance.
plus beer(let's get real here..), partying, mall, clothes, prom, senior week, etc.
i do all of that on top of my 20 hours of school and 50 hours of work a week.
It's called saving some money, learn to do it!
put 100 dollars a week aside for spending on things like prom and friends, you'll be good to go.
don't complain about not having money, working ain't that hard.
i work 2 jobs make 8.50 and hour at one as a daily job and $100 or so a day on the side doing demolition/ flipping houses with one of my teachers(maybe once a month)
I'm also a senior in high school, i do ALL of the same things you do, probably even more.
i Afford my preventative maintenance, repairs, truck payments, mods, gas, and insurance.
plus beer(let's get real here..), partying, mall, clothes, prom, senior week, etc.
i do all of that on top of my 20 hours of school and 50 hours of work a week.
It's called saving some money, learn to do it!
put 100 dollars a week aside for spending on things like prom and friends, you'll be good to go.
don't complain about not having money, working ain't that hard.
And I'm sure they charged you what a dealer would have right?
and another thing. I WORK AROUND THE WEATHER I WASH CARS!!! when you have prom and a new computer cause your house got struck by lightning and you gotta pay that off as well yea thats why i cant just pull $1,000 out of my *** and say "here". so shut the hell up ive had a bad day already. im under alot of pressure right now
What a surprise.
Edited to add: Actually it doesn't surprise me at all. How could you "just" find out you are failing a class that bad? Didn't you have some idea when you were failing the tests?
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yea i know i still have some growing to do but i was just sayin. i have over $10,000 worth of tools from snapon, craftsman, sk, mac, and many other companies and 6000 in my truck, which all of it came out of my own pocket, yea it hurts to just give it out but i have no reason to complain because it'll do nothing but help me later on. i've gained alot of respect in my hometown because i worked hard to get where i am so far. i just hate it when people complain about stupid things. it probably wont be the last time he see's that kind of bill. if i ever complained about that my dad would have just been like "its life, you better get use to it". me and my best friend just tell everyone "its just a feeling it'll pass".
Hang onto those tools man, those will last a life time. I hope this kid takes a lesson from you. Speaking of the kid, we still haven't been told what the trouble codes are....previous symptoms, etc...but I have seen a lot of "advice" LOL.
So what about it cadkins09? Did you run down to autozone?
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Gotta have tools man. Good for you!
Hang onto those tools man, those will last a life time. I hope this kid takes a lesson from you. Speaking of the kid, we still haven't been told what the trouble codes are....previous symptoms, etc...but I have seen a lot of "advice" LOL.
So what about it cadkins09? Did you run down to autozone?
Hang onto those tools man, those will last a life time. I hope this kid takes a lesson from you. Speaking of the kid, we still haven't been told what the trouble codes are....previous symptoms, etc...but I have seen a lot of "advice" LOL.
So what about it cadkins09? Did you run down to autozone?
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qft. honestly, how do you not know that.
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Invoice + tips - expenses = profit. i.e. Your Pay
If it takes you 2 hours to detail a car and you charge $20/hr you get $40. But if you spend $30 in supplies then you only make $5/hr. SO, raise your rate or buy cheaper supplies. Dont forget to figure in your fuel cost and travel time. Plus wear/tear/insurace cost on the vehicle you drive to get there.
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I'm gonna help you out. Business 101 style.
Invoice + tips - expenses = profit. i.e. Your Pay
If it takes you 2 hours to detail a car and you charge $20/hr you get $40. But if you spend $30 in supplies then you only make $5/hr. SO, raise your rate or buy cheaper supplies. Dont forget to figure in your fuel cost and travel time. Plus wear/tear/insurace cost on the vehicle you drive to get there.
Invoice + tips - expenses = profit. i.e. Your Pay
If it takes you 2 hours to detail a car and you charge $20/hr you get $40. But if you spend $30 in supplies then you only make $5/hr. SO, raise your rate or buy cheaper supplies. Dont forget to figure in your fuel cost and travel time. Plus wear/tear/insurace cost on the vehicle you drive to get there.
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I don't give young guys a hard time, I give idiots a hard time. It just so happens that many of the idiots out there also happen to be young. Unlike this fella below...
This kid's got it!! Why can't you figure it out?
Ah that helps explain some of this... maybe you should try getting a real job, or reducing your expenses.
Interesting...
And I'm sure they charged you what a dealer would have right?
Does someone need to call the WAAAAmbulance for you? Welcome to life. No need to be a ***** to the poor guy, it's not his fault that you made poor financial decisions.
What a surprise.
Edited to add: Actually it doesn't surprise me at all. How could you "just" find out you are failing a class that bad? Didn't you have some idea when you were failing the tests?
- NCSU
This kid's got it!! Why can't you figure it out?
Ah that helps explain some of this... maybe you should try getting a real job, or reducing your expenses.
Interesting...
And I'm sure they charged you what a dealer would have right?
Does someone need to call the WAAAAmbulance for you? Welcome to life. No need to be a ***** to the poor guy, it's not his fault that you made poor financial decisions.
What a surprise.
Edited to add: Actually it doesn't surprise me at all. How could you "just" find out you are failing a class that bad? Didn't you have some idea when you were failing the tests?
- NCSU
1st im not an idiot.
2nd save most of my money but I help my friends out a lot, and im paying for a new computer also and I got college next year also.
3rd, I bought it for $6,000, $3,000 cheaper than the dealer. And my parents had bad credit at the time so they wouldn't have gotten a loan for a car anyway.
4th, the teacher doesn't like me very much, I found it quite amusing that I had a 30 in that class, it doesn't matter that much to me anyway, because it's a computer class and I dont need it to graduate, but now I have like a 85.
5th , are you saying im an idiot because I use turtle wax ice? Thats LAME!