If you’re BAD at math…go into sales. Otherwise your career as a mechanic is going to be limited…actually I take that back. It should be okay…as long as you understand what the tools are telling you. You’ll be a "crutch mechanic" but…there are plenty of those who do that for a living. The truth is being a mechanic is an engineering discipline without the heavy thinking. You’re only working on cars…mechanical engineers work on just about anything.

Simple repairs…limited math. Rebuilding an engine or building a race engine…a whole lotta math. (see what I mean by limited?)

The thing is the math you need for everyday life in just about any field (except heavy sciences and engineering) you should’ve learned in high school. If you spent high school goofing off (like me!) then you need to work 2x as hard in college. Besides…it’s not like there’s attractive women in your cc program.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…there’s no more room in the world for crappy mechanics. If you come into it saying "cars are my passion" versus "well…it’s a career" you’ll do well. If it’s the other way around you’ll hate your life 5 years out. It’s more zen than anything. Problem solvers are good mechanics (and engineers), "it is what it is" persons are not.
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Unless you have a really high deductible you are much better off just letting insurance take care of it. You did file a police report didn’t you? If my brand new Challenger was almost stolen I know I would have.
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