I'm just going to butt in this conversation a second...... I graduated from a trade school 3 years ago for alternative fuels/automotive. I've earned my degrees from the Alternative Fuels Consortium of America, and I'm 2 tests short of an ASE Master Tech Cert.....and I went straight from college to the Material Handling Industry. I took the advice from an older friend whos been an automotive tech for almost 45 years, and was top of his game, with all the possible training and certifications. Automotive is way too unstable to earn a decent, regular living.

I understand that the Forklift world isn't what people say it was in the "good ole days", but I wasn't in this industry then, and even with what it is today, I wouldn't go back to automotive if I could help it. It may feel like its crumbling underneath your feet, but as long as I'm still showing up on monday morning to do my first PM's of the month, I'd never look at another car again.

--Just an opinion from some punk kid ruining the world-- lol.