Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours

I am doing my mentorship at the Bavarian Garage in Glendora, California. If what you mean by contact is who I usually contact to go in for mentorship, then that would be my mentor Pedro Miranda, the owner of the shop. I have done a total of 32 hours. Most of my mentorship consists of working around the shop which includes: Washing cars, assisting on taking off tires, helping do oil changes, brake flushes, and the everyday maintenance and repair of the daily customers' cars that roll in. I usually am working with Nick the mechanic who is Pedro's main mechanic in the shop. I am very lucky and blessed to have such a great opportunity to work with mechanics with so much experience. They also let me drive some of the nice BMW's from the parking lot into the garage which is awesome because some of them are straight up beasts (fast).

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

         

1. Summer Mentorship Log

2. Contact Name & Number:

  Pedro Miranda:: 626-372-05689

3. Questions Raised:

   About how much do these people pay to have they're alternator replaced?

  

   What will I learn in the time to come?

   Will I learn more about the electronic tuning needed to be done to a car with a new engine?

   Will we eventually take out a transmission from one of the cars?

   Does it cost more to have an older BMW or a newer BMW to be worked on?

4.  What is the most important thing gained from this experience?

   The opportunity to watch how an engine is pulled out and how to use the lift to get it out.

5. Senior Topic:

    My senior topic is going to be automotive repair. Doing my mentorship hours here led me to further confirm my topic choice because I loved being there and it was a great experience to be able to work in a top notch shop.