Lexus or Honda?
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A walk in the park is exactly what they were. If you've done your homework all that's left is to read the questions carefully... the wording on them is very vague. They'll ask a question such as "what's the most likely cause for this problem?" and give several answers that could all cause the same problem, and you have to decide which would be the worst cause.... but other than that, they're really pretty simple.Tiso said:
not sure about lexus but at bmw they dont pay much to hunt down rattles
I would have thought your biggest problem at BMW would be electrical diagnosisdoug piston said:
I've had to totally rewire my stepdad's 7-series... goddamn wiring in that thing was worthless from the factory.
I could say I'd like to work at Honda to get the discounts... but I don't buy ANY stock honda parts anymore... I use WIX oil filters, and Mobile 1 synthetic... so stock oil filter and oil is out (besides that, I can get free oil at any dealership... it's all on tap... and lexus uses full synthetic in their hoses now)
If this were between Lexus and Acura.. it'd be Acura without question.. cause where ever I go to work, I want it to be for the technology in the cars, and the training to repair it.. and Lexus and Acura stuff is top of the line... Honda is still going to be getting the hand-me-downs from Acura.
Think I'm going with Lexus for the lazer guided cruise control, and direct cylinder injection... and who knows, maybe I'll buy an IS or SC one of these days to park along side my civic.
what 7 series????
It's a 91 735idoug piston said:
Decent car... mint condition... pathetic wiring.
what kind of questions did they ask in your interview. im thinking about applying to honda but i dont want to blow the interview, also i would be applying for a sales position
I just did an install on an LS430....based on the pain in the ass that that was I would say go Honda.
My friend had a 325i convertible from that era...Killa_CiViC said:
pathetic wiring. Weak headlight switch, cheesy weak brakelight switch, crazy ass confusing climate controls...anfrey
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well s**t, in that case choose whatever you feel you'll want to work on more... if pay is the same, then it doesn't matter.... i would suggest you try to go to rennlist porsche technitian training, as porsche techs get paid quite a lot more than most ofther auto techsKilla_CiViC said:That's exactly what I would be doing... but every dealership requires some kind of specialty training... I've been working for Toyota... I've been to all the Toyota training classes, and am Toyota Mastered.... Well, that doesn't count for Lexus, so I'd have to go to Lexus training classes and get Lexus mastered... same would be the case for Honda........... but the bottom line for all of them is, it's all basically the same stuff... some have more goodies than others, but there are not too many different ways you can build a car... once you understand the way the basic systems for all of them work, moving between brands is not that hard.
I'm NATEF trained, ASE certified, and Toyota certified... a few more certifications never hurt
What kind of install did you do?Beelzebubba said:
Breathalyzer.
It's like doing a starter cut out. Couldn't find any constant under the dash with more than 10 volts though. Had to fishtape a wire alongside the hood release cable under the hood to the battery. All and all it was a pain in the ass. Hondas have big 10 gauge constant 12v wires. Hell, they might be 8 gauge...they're big. Nice and easy.
That, and I'm Honda biased anyway...
It's like doing a starter cut out. Couldn't find any constant under the dash with more than 10 volts though. Had to fishtape a wire alongside the hood release cable under the hood to the battery. All and all it was a pain in the ass. Hondas have big 10 gauge constant 12v wires. Hell, they might be 8 gauge...they're big. Nice and easy.
That, and I'm Honda biased anyway...
Yeah, I can see that being a b***h of a job... depending on what year 430 it was, it's possible the key isn't connected to anything but the computer... turn the key, and the car takes car of the rest.Beelzebubba said:Breathalyzer.
It's like doing a starter cut out. Couldn't find any constant under the dash with more than 10 volts though. Had to fishtape a wire alongside the hood release cable under the hood to the battery. All and all it was a pain in the ass. Hondas have big 10 gauge constant 12v wires. Hell, they might be 8 gauge...they're big. Nice and easy.
That, and I'm Honda biased anyway...
Well, I went to an advisory board meeting for all the Toyota and Lexus dealership service managers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area today to do a meet and greet to all the managers, and had three lexus dealership service managers, and two toyota service managers practically fighting for my attention to interest me in coming to work for them.... for a while I thought they were going to start a bidding war on me. 
The lexus service manager that I'd talked to before made sure he had my cell number right, and left the meeting earlier than most of the others... told me he was going to check what the hold up was in his HR department and said he'd call me as soon as he knew something.
So I may end up with a better deal than I originally thought.
It's good to be in demand. 8)
The lexus service manager that I'd talked to before made sure he had my cell number right, and left the meeting earlier than most of the others... told me he was going to check what the hold up was in his HR department and said he'd call me as soon as he knew something.
So I may end up with a better deal than I originally thought.
It's good to be in demand. 8)
Congratulations!Killa_CiViC said:Well, I went to an advisory board meeting for all the Toyota and Lexus dealership service managers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area today to do a meet and greet to all the managers, and had three lexus dealership service managers, and two toyota service managers practically fighting for my attention to interest me in coming to work for them.... for a while I thought they were going to start a bidding war on me.
The lexus service manager that I'd talked to before made sure he had my cell number right, and left the meeting earlier than most of the others... told me he was going to check what the hold up was in his HR department and said he'd call me as soon as he knew something.
So I may end up with a better deal than I originally thought.
It's good to be in demand. 8)
Sewell is supposed to be a nice company to work for. I've never actually worked for them but that's what I was told that works over at Cadillac on Lemmon . Good benefits.
I tried to work for the Park Place dealerships. They told me I'd have to stock and pull orders for at least a year before I made the counter. I'm not ASE certified to pull orders so screw them.
Sewell is who I'm going to work for.... Park Place really wanted me too, but same excuse... they wanted me to change oil for a year to get used to the dealership and the way they do things.... plus they run on a team system, so the team splits it's flag hours evenly.... Sewell runs lateral support, and I'm going to be put with a master tech to train along side him until he thinks I'm ready for my own bay..... for a guy who's fresh out of school, I think that's the better option.Beelzebubba said:
IS350 6speed, here I come
..and any NOS discontinued parts I could get my hands on.