Hey everyone!! I want to apologize for the lack of a morning video today! I accidentally scheduled the video for 8:00 p.m. rather than 8:00 a.m., OOOOPS! Well I hope you still enjoy :))
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Currently cycling the French Alps with my Dad, so uploads will be paused for the next couple of weeks, sorry y'all!!!
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I am currently deep into a VERY VERY VERY long video!! I am not slackin' I swear! I could do like 3 20 minute videos, or this one is probably going to be almost an hour oh my goodness!!
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You guys!!! I'm out of town right now, so I haven't even seen these in person yet, but Brandon just posted a pic of his new wheels on Instagram so I had to share!🤩 I'm freaking obsessed! They look so good!!! And they're gonna look even better once we get an engine in there and some proper suspension. WOW!! Just wanted to update everyone who was following along on this project and was excited to see!!!
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DON'T MISS IT!!!!! Tonight on @MrDanielSoliz 's channel! Bring your questions, comments, "vocab word of the month" and let's talk Smokey!!
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Have you heard?! Automotive Book Club LIVE is back! Join @MrDanielSoliz and I over on his channel for our next stream, discussing the first 50 pages of Smokey Yunick's 3rd book in his autobiography series: the INVENTIONS!
Friday, 2/21 at 5pm Central Time - we hope to see you there!!
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Join me TOMORROW, 1/24 at 8pm Eastern Time, right here on YouTube, for a Livestream with Dave Macholz, President and CEO of AVTECC (youtube.com/@AVTECC, www.avtecc.org), a not-for-profit organization that offers skills-based automotive testing and certifications for advanced level systems. I am really excited about this for so many reasons.
Advancements in the industry are coming at us so fast: self-driving technology, ADAS systems, EV technology, and other high-tech additions to our vehicles... and who are the people working on these? There isn't an industry standard to ensure that the right people - those who are properly trained and fluent in these systems - are working on these cars.
I often worry that there will be a catastrophic or news-worthy incident of something going terribly wrong with a vehicle service, and the government will come in and mandate certification of their own - and the government isn't working in the industry, and doesn't understand what actually has to go into repairing these vehicles. So I am a HUGE fan of these grass-roots, volunteer-based solutions coming from inside the industry itself. I feel like it places the power back into the hands of the people.
You undoubtedly have also heard me talk about other voluntary automotive certification tests, and although I strongly support testing and certifying your knowledge in every sense that you can - especially as a new technician trying to get your foot in the door - there is only so much you can prove with a written test, right? It basically proves that you can pass a test, and many trades people are hands-on learners to start with. Many of us who are fluent in the job struggle to sit down at a computer and pass an online exam. The industry has been craving a hands-on high level certification model for SO LONG and I am so excited to see this take off!
Let me know in the comments if you have any specific questions for Dave, and I will try my best to get them answered for you, and please join us for the Livestream tomorrow at 7pm Central, 8pm Eastern Time!
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Just a heads up that this video will be going live on Sunday morning rather than my usual Friday morning!! Just to be aligned with everyone's favorite weekend car show schedule! Thinking this might work out best!!
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