Really? How do you check the brake lights with only one mechanic?
Actually, the only time I've ever seen two mechanics work on a car at once
is during an MOT, when the government decides how much the garage is
allowed to charge. I assume that it's cheaper to pay one guy to sit in the
car and turn the lights on at the same time as another guy checks they all
work and are aligned, than it would be to have one mechanic walking
backwards and forwards between the light switch and the front of the car.
Especially given how little money these junior guys probably earn.
To: "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net
cc:
Subject: Re: Silver cars (was Re: Metal prep started -- reassurance?)
You mean that in the UK, a garage will have TWO mechanics
working on a car at the same time???
If they started doing that here, the labor rates would double!!!
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 01:35 PM 8/23/00 +0100, you wrote:
> When he took the car for its MOT, the junior mechanic (whose
>job is to sit in the car and play with the light switches and things when
the
>other mechanic tells him to) just gawped at the shiny silver paintwork.
Then
>the car went up on the ramp, and the gawp became even bigger when he saw
the
>same shiny silver paint all over the underneath of the car too! Must have
made
>his day.....
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