DAY IN THE LIFE AS A BMW TECHNICIAN 2019 

Lmao

Because

Thanks was thinking about doing a comparison between working for each brand.

Stupid design like tensioner in a tight space

@@yulopthegreat you think tensioner is in a tight spot? Wait till you get to n20 vacuum pumps my friend 🤣🤣

@@power7785 haha god bless

@@power7785 *fuck.. these foreign cars be hard af. I've been working on toyota, nissan, and honda and replacing anythung is a walk in the park compared to BMW or audi or Mercedes, etc*

Do you ever miss BMW?

Goes a long way.

One day

THX!

Everything I know about BMW I learned at work, since I have never touched a BMW before hand.

User error... Lol

I am in Canada

Honestly the best thing you could do is contact the dealership and ask them if they offer an apprenticeship program

I know BMW's are a PITA to work on and mechanics hate working on them but I figured the less reliable BMW's would make a mechanic more money than a reliable Toyota.

im in the same boat brotha, im not ASE certified but i started working as an entry level at a independent shop who specialize in mostly euro’s, im a big BMW enthusiast so i got the chance to work on them for a while until, BMW had an open position as a lube tech, although i have a whole list of experience when i started working at the shop from replacing heater cores, engine swaps, transmission swaps, transfer case swaps, oil changes, brake jobs, you name it pretty much alot of improvement and knowledge from when i started, with BMW i will start off as a lube technician but slowly work my way to my ASE’s and training with them. But look around for shops that will be willing to give you a shot to learn and experience the mechanical field.

I’m in the same boat also. I actually have an e92 335i also. Had it for 7 years now and started turning wrenches on it slowly. Biggest jobs I did was replace turbos and drop the tranny for rear main seal. I was thinking of working for a shop starting from the bottom but the pay isn’t so great. I make 30$ hr doing simple maintenance so it’s difficult to take a pay cut.

Nice, i worked at chevy for 1 year and loved the amount of room in the engine bays.

@@LetsDriftMedia just a lot of trucks /:

@@RubMySchmeat You don't like working on trucks?

@@SI0AX I do but it but when they are lifted and stuff and you gotta do work on them with a ladder then you’ll know lol

@@RubMySchmeat Ah, wow, yeah I've seen how insanely high they lift them to the point you have to climb on them. No wonder. I remember having to reach out into the engine bay of a Ranger pickup with my ass in the air and tensing my abs so my organs don't get crushed when working on my dads 2008 Ford Ranger(I'm a small dude, lol).

Did you change any sensors in the process? and was everything working before hand? I learned that with BMW anytime you replace any sensors or modules it requires reprogramming. But if you only changed the bumper that is strange.

Just be careful, almost got fired for posting this video while working at that dealership.

I used to work at a Volvo dealership. It looked like that BMW shop except with white tile floors.

@@LetsDriftMedia ok thank you

@@LetsDriftMedia Why did they want to fire you? What in the video makes them look bad? Edit: NVM, saw another comment explain that you asked if you could film, they told you no and you did it anyway, lol!

You are supposed to, they have weighted jugs of sand at the dealership to do that.

@@LetsDriftMedia was it just set the toe and go. Or the sand bags really used

I did.

If you can get into BMW already go for it, doesnt hurt to apply and see what happens. It is always better to have work experience already tho so if you cant get in BMW now just get your experience at Nissan and try again later down the road.

Asked if I could film videos at work, they said no and I still did it, Almost got fired while working for BMW for still doing my videos.

Check my other videos have one explaining how I got to where im at.

Eventually you will get sent to BMW training, but most of the time its online repair manuals or asking a fellow tech or calling in and opening a case.

Majority of the training is done with online videos. You will get sent to training when videos are done and need to move up in technician levels.

Thanks guys!

Warranty pay is usually less than customer paying for the work as its book time with warranty which is often less money

0.4 means 0.4 of an hour. Each 0.1 = 6 minutes. 0.4 is 24 minutes. So if a job pays 1.7 hours, he has to try to finish the job faster than 1 hr 42 minutes.

Depends where you work, I have friend with salary jobs making way more then me but only in the fleet or diesel area. And working at a dealership at least for BMW and Import, you are bumper to bumper there is no specified heavy line tech but if you can do everything chances are you will make more then your co workers.

@@LetsDriftMedia I’ve heard one my auto tech instructor saying places like metro working with union pays more but only way to find out lol. I work at a shop and seems most def they will pay the guy with the most know how and certs at a high end dealership(s). Thank you brother, for giving me insights

Out of chevy bmw and toyota, I would say Toyota at least for me. Everyone has difference preferences though.

@@LetsDriftMedia *toyota is easy so I'd chose toyota aswell*

Sorry man I never want to go back to working at the dealer. I have a few friends with private shops I will try to make some content there for you guys.

The brand being expensive does not translate to a tech being paid more. I worked at Lexus for 5 years then went to Acura(less expensive brand). Acura paid me a tech higher hourly rate. Been with them for almost 10 years now.

Dont forget most customers have dash cams nowadays.

🥰

As stated I dont work for BMW anymore but it was cool, I prefer working for Toyota though.

hey bro, im considering uti long beach esp for the bmw step, toyota and porshe program. any thoughts or advice?

Put a factory BMW oil filter on don’t use aftermarket

@@LetsDriftMedia thank you. Ill go get one. In your opinion is car safe to drive to go get one. My only means of transportation.

Hard to say since my heart is with Toyota. The brand is not as important, what is important is what you like to work on, Out of all the dealerships I have worked at, I have been the happiest at Toyota.

Thank you 🙏🏽

ICE motors will probably not be gone in your lifetime. I say this being a High Voltage Tech (Electric Car Guy) at a dealership. Yes they will become the focus going forward, but the average age of a car is 12 years old right now and increasing. The models being sold now will be on the road for some time. Plus EVs are gonna break and somebody has to fix them.

They will become more and more common but people will still have jobs as anything with mechanical will always break down

What these guys said ^^ Dont think I will see ICE cars gone in my life time considering we still get early 2000 vehicles coming in, but even so Hybrid or full electric cars are not going to fix themselves or run forever mait. free. Tesla still has technicians.

One or the other, you only get paid for what you flag if you flat rate

@@Mrgetbusy1 ohhh okay thanks

real flat rate out side of CA you only get paid for the hours you flag, in CA everywhere I worked you get paid what you flag or what you are clocked in for, which ever is higher.

@@LetsDriftMedia okay thanks for the info I live in Cali

@@ssjammasternate that’s the only good thing about Cali, is that although you’re considered flat rate, you can still get paid for your clocked in time if you have low flat rate hours, unlike other states where if you flag 30 hours and you’re there for the 40 hours you’re only getting 30 hours worth of a check.

Correct if you want to do it according to BMW standards

@@LetsDriftMedia what are the weight that they put in the car?

Of course man thats our paycheck as a flat rate techs why wouldn't we?

@@LetsDriftMedia so when it's warranty work do you guys just not get paid? Or are you paid less by BMW NA? When you reccomend something is it truly because a customer needs it or simply because it's a quick buck if they fall for it? Dealer told me i needed new engine mounts and they wanted 1800 for it. My car def doesn't need engine mounts. Still though, super dope what you do. Working on bimmers all day doing what you love thats all that counts!

@@camposjesus3725 When its warranty we still get paid just the labor rate is usually alot lower then customer pay. I only rec things that the car actually needs that I see failing but there are alot of people who just rec stuff to make some money off a customer. Also you have to consider dealer hourly rate is so high because they have to pay everyone, Parts guy, tech, service writer, porter. vs independant is alot less employees thats why they can charge less then the dealer. Dealers also only use factory parts which are insanely expensive vs aftermarket. Thanks for watching and commenting man I appreciate it.

Magnums

@@jshaw1552 those don’t rip inside you ?🤢

Idk about the inside you part . they have different types like extra tight and ribbed for extra grip. They even got kool colors check them out.

I think he said in a video he since he worked at toyota for a long time he was able to make more money going back to toyota for the long run

What Jam said, plus I bought a house. No BMW around my area now.

A lot of bs goes on being a tech

A shop is a shop. The brand of car we work on doesn’t matter because techs are techs - most are pretty cool.

Bought a house where BMW was not a reasonable commute, Plus being higher with Toyota Certs meant more pay in my situation.

Couldn’t say every place is different and wages are always changing.

Every dealership relies on warranty, I will always say Toyota is built to last vs BMW but no matter what brand you work for you will always see more warranty repairs than customer pay repairs you have to consider there are alot of warranty recalls that add to the scale.

@@LetsDriftMedia Yeah, I heard everyone hates warranty work because the car manufacturer puts very low hours on the job so the technician ends up getting paid less for their work.

This was back in 2019 so 28$

What.. let go at Infiniti in 2011, after a 0.50 raise after two years working… For a whopping 17.00 an hour, Did a Range Rover apprenticeship with the VA had me doing timing chains and heater cores/evaporators 16.00 an hour… 🖕you Infiniti and RangeRover. One in Long Branch one in Orlando…like to see them 📉

@@LetsDriftMedia right on brother! keep up the good content, appreciate the info!

At BMW I would say 4-6 vehicles average.

@@LetsDriftMedia that is a lot

They're paid 'Flat Rate'. It's a type of commission where you're paid based how long a job would take, regardless if you do it faster or slower.

@@naumectica856 ah so why does it matter so much for him about the hours?

@@TheBaccaClench the faster he works, the more money he makes. But you don't wanna work too fast because you could miss something, if you are working slow, you aren't making money.

.4 of 1 hr, Dealership techs get paid per job they do.

BMW wanted do fire him?

@@SI0AX I’m sure they have talked to him regarding recording the work place. He also have mentioned in the video that he couldn’t post the this video online while he was working for BMW. I’m sure BMW didn’t want him to show things like OSHA violations by the techs, or whatever shady things that could have happened there behind the scene. The goal of these dealership are to sell services and to be honest they could careless about the customer car. No dealer would survive if they are honest about their recommendation or services lol

@@kennypham8585 Yeah, he said in another comment that he had asked permission to record and they denied him and he went on to record anyway, lol.

That’s about half an hour

1.69 oil change on a Porsche Cayenne.

Simon

Don’t think it’s a downgrade if I earned more $$$ lol working for a high end brand doesn’t make you any better then someone else.

@@LetsDriftMedia I say otherwise

@@chemaeduardo145 cool

Not really. There wasn't any BMW near where I moved to. Toyota just ended up making more sense for me.