View Poll Results: Are you a technical human?
Engineer, tech, mechanic, pilot, or renaissance (wo)man who drives anything that goes up or blows up
75.68%
I just like the pain and suffering and it is fine to have something cheap with a P Badge
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Engineer role call...
07-13-2018, 12:42 PM
#1
Three Wheelin'
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Engineer role call...
I have noticed that a lot of us on the board who are gluttons for punishment in owning and maintaining these cars are engineers, mechanics, and technical people. I also see a lot of pilots in the group. I guess it makes sense because it requires a higher level of capability to fix it and an appreciation for the complexities that make it unique and fun to drive.
These things are all out of warranty now, so why do you still have one?
These things are all out of warranty now, so why do you still have one?
07-13-2018, 01:06 PM
#2
I couldn't afford one when they were in warranty - but I am happy to do the maintenance on one now.
I don't know how involved that will be - I've done things like replacing the coolant pipes and tees myself, but I wouldn't go as far as rebuilding an engine.
Structural Engineer by degree - 10 year oil and gas, gave it all up to run a coffee roastery.
I don't know how involved that will be - I've done things like replacing the coolant pipes and tees myself, but I wouldn't go as far as rebuilding an engine.
Structural Engineer by degree - 10 year oil and gas, gave it all up to run a coffee roastery.
Last edited by Joefus; 07-13-2018 at 01:13 PM. Reason: Added work history
07-13-2018, 01:10 PM
#3
Drifting
Mechanical Engineer by degree, Clarkson University 2000.
Now a Applications Engineer for a Machine Building company. Started here in 2001 as an ME and worked across to the sales / conceptual side of life...
Now a Applications Engineer for a Machine Building company. Started here in 2001 as an ME and worked across to the sales / conceptual side of life...
07-13-2018, 03:05 PM
#5
Race Car
Mechanical Engineer by degree
I've been working on/building cars since I was 16. Skill has always afforded me the ability to enjoy cars that I may not afford otherwise. When I was 16 and had to buy my own car and pay for insurance, I built a badass 72 Hemi Orange 340 Duster. Stripped the body down to metal myself, did all body work except for welding and paint, built the motor, and did up the interior. I won several trophies including first at World of Wheels, Street Machine Nationals, etc...all before graduating college. I took a part time job at a performance auto parts store while in college to make money and get parts cheap! As an engineering project senior year, I built a Thermodynamics Lab set up to demonstrate effectiveness of turbocharging and designed/built entire Turbo setup. Fun to do what you love and have the school pay for it.
To me, let someone else take the BIG depreciation hit. Buy the right car, know the risks, go for the cleanest & lowest mileage possible within price range...drive it and enjoy. So far, it's been a financially sound strategy for every used car I've owned. $/Mile over time is a fraction of what it'd be if I bought knew every 2-4yrs. I personally don't like taking a car to the dealer for service even when I purchased new and under warranty....always a hassle with some bull$**t upsell.
The Cayenne S is the highest mileage (w6ok miles at time of purchase for me). I usually go for under 30k miles about 4-5yrs old. I really don't need it, but it's a fun car to own..:.and it's a boat load of car for the money. Mine drives like new and kids love it....what more could I ask for?
I've been working on/building cars since I was 16. Skill has always afforded me the ability to enjoy cars that I may not afford otherwise. When I was 16 and had to buy my own car and pay for insurance, I built a badass 72 Hemi Orange 340 Duster. Stripped the body down to metal myself, did all body work except for welding and paint, built the motor, and did up the interior. I won several trophies including first at World of Wheels, Street Machine Nationals, etc...all before graduating college. I took a part time job at a performance auto parts store while in college to make money and get parts cheap! As an engineering project senior year, I built a Thermodynamics Lab set up to demonstrate effectiveness of turbocharging and designed/built entire Turbo setup. Fun to do what you love and have the school pay for it.
To me, let someone else take the BIG depreciation hit. Buy the right car, know the risks, go for the cleanest & lowest mileage possible within price range...drive it and enjoy. So far, it's been a financially sound strategy for every used car I've owned. $/Mile over time is a fraction of what it'd be if I bought knew every 2-4yrs. I personally don't like taking a car to the dealer for service even when I purchased new and under warranty....always a hassle with some bull$**t upsell.
The Cayenne S is the highest mileage (w6ok miles at time of purchase for me). I usually go for under 30k miles about 4-5yrs old. I really don't need it, but it's a fun car to own..:.and it's a boat load of car for the money. Mine drives like new and kids love it....what more could I ask for?
07-13-2018, 04:47 PM
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Ex-physicist who when that died in the US industrial world wandered over to computers and did that for a few decades as a general computer wacko - from building them, to writing software for them, to websites (HTML 0.9..) to networking and on and on. Now retired from all that and concentrating on riding my motorcycle more.
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07-13-2018, 05:44 PM
#8
Burning Brakes
Degrees in ME and Physics and kind of EE too. Professional Engineer. Love figuring things out and fixing things.
07-13-2018, 05:54 PM
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Mechanical Engineer by degree
Do all my own repairs/maintenance, rebuilt a couple of 911 air cooled engines over the years. It's somewhat a therapeutic escape from the daily business grind.
Do all my own repairs/maintenance, rebuilt a couple of 911 air cooled engines over the years. It's somewhat a therapeutic escape from the daily business grind.
07-13-2018, 06:57 PM
#10
EE here with career spent in technical sales and business development in the semiconductor industry.
Grew up working on cars and I find the troubleshooting therapeutic. Dealing with people and numbers all day can be soul-draining.
My hands need to accomplish something on a daily basis. Plus it keeps me connected to family and friends when we commiserate about issues we're solving.
Grew up working on cars and I find the troubleshooting therapeutic. Dealing with people and numbers all day can be soul-draining.
My hands need to accomplish something on a daily basis. Plus it keeps me connected to family and friends when we commiserate about issues we're solving.
07-14-2018, 11:16 AM
#11
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I do technical sales of paper handling equipment in the high-speed digital printing market. Learned to work on machines with a Honda MR50 I got when I was 10 and on cars with my first 914 at age 16.
