Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
The classes got harder as expected but Wednesday was the reality check for me. This is the day I realize how little I knew about the Spyder and that I had just jumped from Junior High School to College and I really needed to finish High School if any of this stuff was going to click with me, it was a very humbling and frustrating day.
One of the first things we did was to go though 2010 and 2011 schematics and compare the differences in the two years. This thing is huge and pretty much takes up the whole table.
I also found out to never sit on the front row unless you like your instructor to see how slow you really are at getting this stuff.
The rest of the day was pretty much trouble shooting but with little or no help from BUDS. We would flip one of the switches that made things go bad and would then have to figure out why by going through the schematics because BUDS wasn't telling us anything. About mid day I just checked out in my mind because I wasn't getting it and there was no faking my way through this one. I pretty much gave up at that point and knew I needed to go back to High School before I starting playing with the big boys.
Dave from the media group was going to here the next day to shoot some video of me going through the school and it couldn't have been a worst time for him to do that. If he could have been there on day one or day two he would have got some good shots of me working on the Spyder and pretty much knowing what I was doing, instead he got me walking around with my head in the clouds watching my clock and hoping for the day to be over.
Because Dave was going to be there they went ahead and handed out the cool tech shirts, certificates for completing the school and some cool hats. I didn't earn any of that so I didn't get any of that and that's cool, these guys had to know their stuff to successfully complete this class. I got a certificate of successfully attending the class and that's about all I felt I earned at that point.
After class I went over to Kurt's house and we changed out my cluster and reset the suspension and tore into the clutch to see how it was holding up after 30,000 miles.
I didn't get back to the hotel till around 11:30 and I was beat mentally and physically. It was one of those long days that couldn't end soon enough.
So the next day I have dealt with my obvious short comings and was ready to hit the class with a good attitude and to make the best of the day. I already figured out there was no point in taking the test seeing it would just confirm what I already knew and I wasn't going to get anything for it seeing that was already handed out the day before. It took a little pressure off of me knowing where I stood and what I needed to do if I really wanted to be a real Spyder tech and not just someone who played one in the movies.
There is a lot I need to learn and these guys said they would help with getting the material needed to get me up to speed on the Spyder. I have a new found respect for the guys that work on these things and I really don't see how you could not take this class if you were making a living at this. I guess you could squeak by with your High School Spyder education but why stop there when there is so much more you could learn to be a better tech and to make your job easier and make your customer happy even if they did have a problem with their Spyder. I think we all would agree that we can deal with problems as long as they are fixed in a timely manner and are fixed right the first time.
The guys showing up for the last day in their new duds.
This is what real techs look like, not wannabe's like me.
Lots of photo ops.
Dave doing his video thing
One of the first things we did was to go though 2010 and 2011 schematics and compare the differences in the two years. This thing is huge and pretty much takes up the whole table.
I also found out to never sit on the front row unless you like your instructor to see how slow you really are at getting this stuff.
The rest of the day was pretty much trouble shooting but with little or no help from BUDS. We would flip one of the switches that made things go bad and would then have to figure out why by going through the schematics because BUDS wasn't telling us anything. About mid day I just checked out in my mind because I wasn't getting it and there was no faking my way through this one. I pretty much gave up at that point and knew I needed to go back to High School before I starting playing with the big boys.
Dave from the media group was going to here the next day to shoot some video of me going through the school and it couldn't have been a worst time for him to do that. If he could have been there on day one or day two he would have got some good shots of me working on the Spyder and pretty much knowing what I was doing, instead he got me walking around with my head in the clouds watching my clock and hoping for the day to be over.
Because Dave was going to be there they went ahead and handed out the cool tech shirts, certificates for completing the school and some cool hats. I didn't earn any of that so I didn't get any of that and that's cool, these guys had to know their stuff to successfully complete this class. I got a certificate of successfully attending the class and that's about all I felt I earned at that point.
After class I went over to Kurt's house and we changed out my cluster and reset the suspension and tore into the clutch to see how it was holding up after 30,000 miles.
I didn't get back to the hotel till around 11:30 and I was beat mentally and physically. It was one of those long days that couldn't end soon enough.
So the next day I have dealt with my obvious short comings and was ready to hit the class with a good attitude and to make the best of the day. I already figured out there was no point in taking the test seeing it would just confirm what I already knew and I wasn't going to get anything for it seeing that was already handed out the day before. It took a little pressure off of me knowing where I stood and what I needed to do if I really wanted to be a real Spyder tech and not just someone who played one in the movies.
There is a lot I need to learn and these guys said they would help with getting the material needed to get me up to speed on the Spyder. I have a new found respect for the guys that work on these things and I really don't see how you could not take this class if you were making a living at this. I guess you could squeak by with your High School Spyder education but why stop there when there is so much more you could learn to be a better tech and to make your job easier and make your customer happy even if they did have a problem with their Spyder. I think we all would agree that we can deal with problems as long as they are fixed in a timely manner and are fixed right the first time.The guys showing up for the last day in their new duds.
This is what real techs look like, not wannabe's like me.
Lots of photo ops.
Dave doing his video thing
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