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Lohe

11-08-2005, 07:08 PM

Me at class...

Here is where I am at all day..... :help

My office chair's

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My Desk ( ya I know it messy)

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My mini fridge for my wine.

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It is portable it has this motor to move it.. :)

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The confreance room.

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I hope E90 M's get a better ass ( rumor is they will)

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O boy I wish this was the coupe ...
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Lohe

11-08-2005, 07:08 PM

who needs I drive bah just take them out...

http://album4.snapandshare.com/9124/15842/508821.jpg

O and dont ever forget the M POWER

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MAN I love those motor's and that new V10 HOLY SHIT is that thing bad ass!!!!!

97alpineM3

11-08-2005, 07:12 PM

Lohe

11-08-2005, 07:25 PM

Cool pictures... at one time or another... I thought about doing that stuff... then just decided to go into kentic physics and automotive engineering instead...

Hope it works out for you... cool pictures...

Les

Most the people in the tech line / BMW NA engineering have come from BMW STEP... Its one of the best steping stones if you want to get high up with BMW NA...

But my plan is to become a non-working shopforman or service manger at a dealer.

DEUTSCH STOLZ

11-08-2005, 07:25 PM

damn dude, those are some badass pics, congratulations on being where u are, i am definetly envious, i work for my parents construction company and am considering a move to bmw tech. LOHE, How bad do they discriminate for driving record, i just got a 85 in a 60, its the only ticket i have had in about 5 years, but its a damn bad one, would they not let me in because of this? have fun with school it looks like a lot of fun.

Lohe

11-08-2005, 07:39 PM

Good luck it is very hard to get in. First you have to go to some sore of basic automotive school. IE I went to UTI, there are others like wyotech(sp). Only 2 kids ( out of 16) in our class came from the wyotech the rest are UTI Grads. 2nd out of the 3500ish grads only 16 get in. (240 a year get in nation wide not sure how many UTI grads in a year but its ALOT). So they only take the best people for this program. They look at your grades ( I had a 4.0 in UTI and my honors), they look at your attendance rate ( I had a 99.89 I missed 4 hours one day when I went to the ER), They look at your work history in the autofield 6 months MINIMUM. ( I had worked at a BMW dealer for 2 years 1 and 1/2 of which I was in the shoping working on these cars). I also have taken all the ASE test and have MASTER ASE. They look at your driving recored no more than 2 tickets.. DUI you are scrwed dont even bother with it. O and tickets they pull you current driving recoreds 3 years back. Hmm O ya and random drug test... I think that is all.

O and I hope you like homework and reading.... :) O and LOVE BMW's

sirtiger

11-08-2005, 07:47 PM

that is just cool to play... I mean work with those stuff. :)

Lohe

11-08-2005, 07:59 PM

Our teacher calls it conqueoring not playing ;)

IchLiebeBMW

11-08-2005, 08:02 PM

Cool, fun place to work ehh?

Lohe

11-08-2005, 08:06 PM

I loved working at the dealer I cant wait to finish and get back there.

ronsolo3

11-08-2005, 08:27 PM

thnx for sharing...very cool! that dash board looks intimidating

bimmerboy328i

11-08-2005, 08:29 PM

I am an intern now at BMW and getting sent to STEP after I graduate high school this year. Can't wait, I love working up there.

Lohe

11-08-2005, 08:41 PM

thnx for sharing...very cool! that dash board looks intimidating

Its not bad when you do stuff like this all day :)

HighAltitudeE30

11-08-2005, 08:53 PM

damn man, i want to get into that too, i applied for it allready, its a randoom shot what car company i get into, if any. damn, i wish i could get step.

98technom3

11-08-2005, 09:03 PM

I am at UTI's brand new campus in Norwood, Mass and am doing everything I possibly can to get into BMW Step. I have had a few SOCs (student of the course) have a 3.9 GPA so i am hoping they will take me and i have plenty of experience. I am in the first inagural class of the campus too....CANT WAIT

Lohe

11-08-2005, 09:15 PM

damn man, i want to get into that too, i applied for it allready, its a randoom shot what car company i get into, if any. damn, i wish i could get step.

How is it a random shot? :confused

I had 9 SOC's and when I did my interview they didnt even care to much... :rolleyes glad I worked so hard for them....

I didnt take it but 1/2 our class took ford fact they say it helps for your interview but I dont know if it will, really it might be something they say just to get you to take it so they get more money.

98technom3

11-08-2005, 09:20 PM

yea seeing how ford fact is 6 grand!! how much do they care about your professionalism grade? i heard that and attendence are the biggest things?

catalyst.

11-08-2005, 09:35 PM

Damn your living my dream man..

Im only 17 and i know thats exactly what i want to do. If you dont mind me asking, what were your high school grades like? how many AP's and stuff did you take?

catalyst.

11-08-2005, 09:37 PM

I am an intern now at BMW and getting sent to STEP after I graduate high school this year. Can't wait, I love working up there.

How long have you been an intern at BMW? and how did you get the internship?

Lohe

11-08-2005, 10:10 PM

yea seeing how ford fact is 6 grand!! how much do they care about your professionalism grade? i heard that and attendence are the biggest things?

It is a big factor ( see my above post #6) They are very strict on who they let in.

Damn your living my dream man..

Im only 17 and i know thats exactly what i want to do. If you dont mind me asking, what were your high school grades like? how many AP's and stuff did you take?

My HS grades kinda are the SUXOR.... but they didnt even look at them they look at your "basic automotive training school" Like Universal Technical Institute(UTI) That is also where most the BMW STEP facilites are with UTI. Also see above post for my UTI info.. 4.0 GPA, 99.89 attendance rate, 99.06 average LAB grade, Directors Honor roll list 12 times, 9 SOC's ( top in your class out of around 30 students for that subject like brakes, auto trans ect), nominated for ALPHA BETA KAPPA National Honor Society, I have taken and pased all 8 ASE test's and caryy MASTER ASE TECHNATION. And have a ton of other credits for auto stuff... Like 609 ( a/c certified) moog, All Data, ect ect.

So my UTI grades are the ROXOR.... and that is what they look at.

I am an intern now at BMW and getting sent to STEP after I graduate high school this year. Can't wait, I love working up there.

Ummm I would really like to know how you pulled this off? With no Previous "Basic auto school" they pretty much wont let you into step.... I know this for a fact I worked at a dealership in the shop on the cars doing warranty work and everything. The dealership I worked for wanted to send me to STEP and we started talking to the BMW field service reps and others. They said we cant get you in unless you get some sort of "basic auto training". And no my 4 years at HS in autoshop didnt count. Which sucked for me I had worked on cars for 1 and 1/2 years so it made UTI pretty boring for me.... Still learned alot from it but it doesnt go into alot of depth....

Mpowered02

11-09-2005, 07:07 AM

Aah...brings back some memories. I just recently graduated STEP from the Columbia, MD training center and am starting work on Dec. 5th at South Bay BMW in the Los Angeles/Torrance, CA area.
Good luck that last week before graduation when all of the work is due. That was one of the most stressful weeks of my life and i've even been through college, etc (i'm actually 32!). Seemed like more work than was humanly possible to get done in the time alotted, but just hunker down and you'll get it done. Good luck with the rest of the program...

For those of you interested in getting into STEP, aside from the required 98% attendance and 3.6 minimum GPA requirement for your time in post secondary tech school (UTI, LTI, Wyotech, etc.) IMHO the most important part of the application process is the interview. The interview is really what gives them the idea of wether you would be sucessful as a BMW tech. If you have the drive and commitment they are looking for then you have a good chance.

bimmerboy328i

11-09-2005, 08:23 AM

I take Automotive class during school. After school lets out at 3:20, I go straight to BMW in the afternoon until 9 where the shop turns into a classroom for me. I am with a Master Mechanic working on everything he does, and learning as I go. It's called the AYES programs through our school that lets student's work at the dealership to get trained. I won't be getting sent to STEP I, it will be STEP II which is the same as I except it's not crammed all together in a couples of months, I take classes during every week.

Mpowered02

11-09-2005, 12:00 PM

STEP II is definitely not the same as STEP I. I specifically asked the Technical Team leader at my STEP school what the difference was between STEP I and II and he said that STEP II is simply just a shorter version...meaning you only get the basic classes and not the more advanced stuff. I don't think they even get Body Electronics III in STEP II and that class is necessary for all the current cars in my opinion. The electronics on the cars is so complex now...I wouldn't even think to work on an E65 electrical problem without having had Body Elec III...

98technom3

11-09-2005, 03:14 PM

the gpa minimum now is 3.0 but a 3.5 is preferred....97.5% attendence REQUIRED 100 preferred....1 yr (was just changed FROM 6 mths) commitment with BMW after step is over....no more than 2 tickets within 3 yrs from application point

TinmanF1

11-09-2005, 03:43 PM

man, I wish my office looked like that!

L8

Dark Vadors

11-09-2005, 04:24 PM

Studie

11-09-2005, 04:40 PM

id do that but id need to make a lot of money. anyway to get on a bmw race team as a mechanic through this process? whats the salary for these guys?

Lohe

11-09-2005, 05:14 PM

yah the STEP program is a great way to get in to a bimmer dealership, when i worked for a local BMW dealer there were 4 or 5 step kids as they called them there and now the some of the techs there are making $100k+ a year.... pretty god damn good money for a mechanic!

heres a pic of my office :D

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It's technician and a bunch of BMW STEP kids at the dealer I was out/going back to are in the 100K+ a year range one of the reasons I am glad I did this.

A mechanic cant tell me how byteflight works..... or on a E65/66 (new 7's)that when you press the volume up button on the MFL ( multi function steering wheel) The signal then goes to the SZL then on the byteflight fiber optic to the SIM then on byteflight wire to the ZGM then over the PT-CAN bus to the control display then sends it over the MOST bus to the RAD (radio) to the AMP to tell it to turn it up.... :buttrock :eyecrazy O and this happnes in millia seconds.

But then on the 04+ it is a little diffrent becuase they got rid of the ZGM well kind of they just put the SIM and ZGM in one box... and call it a SGM.... their is a reason these guys make alot of money you really have to know how the car works.

I take Automotive class during school. After school lets out at 3:20, I go straight to BMW in the afternoon until 9 where the shop turns into a classroom for me. I am with a Master Mechanic working on everything he does, and learning as I go. It's called the AYES programs through our school that lets student's work at the dealership to get trained. I won't be getting sent to STEP I, it will be STEP II which is the same as I except it's not crammed all together in a couples of months, I take classes during every week.

STEP II is NOTHING like STEP I and now they have fast track it has even less class...:help I have a paper that shows what each class gets I will have to dig it up and try and post a pic of it... But STEP II is almost 1/2 of I and if I was in your shoes I would try to some how get into I if it isnt to late.

STEP II is definitely not the same as STEP I. I specifically asked the Technical Team leader at my STEP school what the difference was between STEP I and II and he said that STEP II is simply just a shorter version...meaning you only get the basic classes and not the more advanced stuff. I don't think they even get Body Electronics III in STEP II and that class is necessary for all the current cars in my opinion. The electronics on the cars is so complex now...I wouldn't even think to work on an E65 electrical problem without having had Body Elec III...

Very true BODY III is one of the best classes we are coming up to it soon. But I have goen ahead and read most of the book allready... that MFL-AMP thing is something you would learn in body III electronics

bennyfizzle

11-09-2005, 05:19 PM

random drug test=teh suck....thats why god made these (http://www.thewhizzinator.com/)

Dark Vadors

11-09-2005, 05:38 PM

It's technician

hahaha i knew you were going to say that :D thats why i put that, just screwin with you.

and as for the race team thing... you definitely will not get rich working as a mechanic for a race team, the pay can be good but not $100k thats for sure and its very very hard work, unless you are a engineer or driver then the pay is much better. Working for weeks or months straight with 16+ hour days not unusual. I work for The Racers Group/ TRG and we have a 2 car daytona prototype team and a 2 car GT GTO.R team in Grand Am and im glad im not a mechanic for one the teams because they bust their asses.

bimmerboy328i

11-09-2005, 08:12 PM

Lohe, don't know if my Service Manager will send me to STEP I. Maybe if he sees the way I work at the dealer now he will change his mind. I mean I do a pretty damn good job for being an intern.

98technom3

11-09-2005, 08:24 PM

how were the ase tests? i am definately taking all of mine before i apply. ill do anything that will help me get in...and that will definately help.

so i pass a1-a8 does that make me a master ase or once i pass a1-a8 theres a master test?

98technom3

11-09-2005, 08:31 PM

i have my 609 cert already but what is the moog and all data tests u took?

Lohe

11-09-2005, 10:06 PM

i have my 609 cert already but what is the moog and all data tests u took?

moog is just some lame suspension one... and ALL DATA is a lame computer one pretty worthless but the school offred them for free so I did them..

For master ASE you need to have passed A1-A8 and have 2 years of in the field working on cars in those areas. ( I think you can sub. 1 year of school for 1 year of work) O and there is a L1 test ( advance test) but you dont have to take it for master. I have not taken the L1 yet but I heard it isnt to hard. ( I didnt think the normal ASE are hard at all)

98technom3

11-09-2005, 10:09 PM

alright sweet...im definately doing them all before i apply

nickdrivesm3

11-09-2005, 10:11 PM

nice facility, mine was similar in Fremont, CA

I thought you werent allowed to take pics though...

Lohe

11-09-2005, 10:15 PM

nice facility, mine was similar in Fremont, CA

I thought you werent allowed to take pics though...

"shrug" why not.?

Ya its a brand new building. I think we have something like 23-25 cars.

nickdrivesm3

11-09-2005, 10:23 PM

we had the about the same. We got e90 but not e60 M5 =(

Its cool though, I'm at a dealer and I'm happy with it.

10 points for STEP

Eddy@ApexRaceParts

11-09-2005, 10:24 PM

do you have to keep learning to stay up to date on newer cars? i mean the tech jump from an e36 to an e90 is a lot

cmasrfr15

11-09-2005, 10:30 PM

Good for you guys. I was thinking of doing the same thing when i was a little younger but have deffinately decided i don't want to work on cars for a living. My dad owned his own foreign mechanic shop for 20 years(bmw ferrari porsche benz, etc.) Working for a dealership is much better, especially bmw. They really take care of good employees. And working for a race team is VERY DIFFICULT. My dad now works for the Alex Job factory Porsche team.

Lohe

11-09-2005, 10:46 PM

do you have to keep learning to stay up to date on newer cars? i mean the tech jump from an e36 to an e90 is a lot

Yes the dealers send you back to classes they have to meet CORA standards for BMW of NA or they start losing out on alot of stuff. To hold BMW MASTER you have to have every current class. ( they give like a 1 year grace for when a class just comes out like E60 M5, 05 update ect.) But if it comes out and you dont have it within that year you lose BMW master untill you get all them done.

dansciol

11-09-2005, 10:59 PM

Nice thread.
I graduated from UTI Houston Oct 8th 04, and I was accepted to STEP about 7-8 months later. I had to wait for my driving record to clean up for the 3 year period. Didn't see much mention of driving record requirements in this thread. I interviewed with the same guy 3 times, until I was finally accepted. Lol, he liked the persistence though.

I'll be starting in the Upper Saddle River NJ class on Nov 21st 05. Can't wait.:alright

MillerTime1nine

11-09-2005, 11:47 PM

Sweet A$$ pix, u lucky dog u!

Boosted

11-10-2005, 02:20 AM

Cool, one of my clients went through that program and is one of the only BMW certified techs in the local area. BTW, MN peeps, check out "Evolution Street & Performance" in St.Cloud if you need a good tech and talk to Justin. :) Nice cars at that facility btw mang.

Lohe

11-14-2005, 04:06 PM

Thanks ya its a great place and boy do you learn alot.

Shoe Coupe

11-15-2005, 12:18 AM

Regarding the below, Dude you just made me pitch a tent....

A mechanic cant tell me how byteflight works..... or on a E65/66 (new 7's)that when you press the volume up button on the MFL ( multi function steering wheel) The signal then goes to the SZL then on the byteflight fiber optic to the SIM then on byteflight wire to the ZGM then over the PT-CAN bus to the control display then sends it over the MOST bus to the RAD (radio) to the AMP to tell it to turn it up.... :buttrock :eyecrazy O and this happnes in millia seconds.

SpeedLi///Mit

11-15-2005, 12:48 AM

Nice pics man..

I am a fellow uti grad... graduated from the Phoenix campus in 2000. I took the Jaguar pace program.. I was considering step.. but all the ass kissers I didn't like a school were planning to take it. :D

good luck with everything man.. I am thinking maybe after I am gold certified for Jag.. I might give BMW a try. :alright

hey, you think you could do me a huge favor.. if I did go to BMW I'd kinda like to take step first... would you ask your teach if they can take in a former uti grad? I know I can go back to uti.. but I dunno the policy on the grad programs.

thanks!

Jeremy

98technom3

11-15-2005, 02:26 PM

yes u can go back to grad programs...(i go to uti too) all you have to do is go to the campus and talk to someone in student services/employment and they will tell you/give you what u need to apply

cobradav

11-25-2005, 05:24 PM

who needs I drive bah just take them out...

if you can take out the i-drive then maybe you can tell me how to quiet down the door open/ key in, seat belt not on quick enough, ice alert warning chime on my car???? you do awesome work man and i love that small fridge thing you got going on there, what car does that come in?
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O and dont ever forget the M POWER

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MAN I love those motor's and that new V10 HOLY SHIT is that thing bad ass!!!!!
if you can take out the i-drive then maybe you can tell me how to quiet down the door open/ key in, seat belt not on quick enough, ice alert warning chime on my car???? you do awesome work man and i love that small fridge thing you got going on there, what car does that come in?

Lohe

11-25-2005, 05:35 PM

I will have to look into the chime voulme I dont think it can be changed. The fridge ( rear A/C) is an option in 7 series.

cobradav

11-25-2005, 05:48 PM

dang, i wish they would have told me about that fridge when i got my '05 760i which even without the fridge is still an awesome car. The chime/gong can be quieted down but the way i did it on my wife's '04 645cic didn't work out too well, i stuffed socks up in the area where the sound was coming out of and it was great til she tried to use her stereo then i was busy pulling the socks back out of there, apparently that loud chime noise is actually coming out of the speakers !!! by the way the chime is normal my 7 series but way too loud on her 6 series, its really odd and im not sure if or why BMW did this on purpose.

cobradav

11-25-2005, 06:54 PM

I will have to look into the chime voulme I dont think it can be changed. The fridge ( rear A/C) is an option in 7 series.

geeze maybe there is a fridge back there, i never looked, i never even thought to look back there. next time i'm up at the other house i'll check it out, thanks man i might have a fridge and not even know it yet (i wonder if i'll be able to reach back there from the driver's seat while im driving down the road since its the shorter 760i instead of the Li ?)

Jisi

11-25-2005, 08:03 PM

that is a beautiful job

chyya

11-25-2005, 08:50 PM

are you still in arizona? ill be willing to donate my time testdriving those bimmers

///M LIFE©

11-25-2005, 10:51 PM

Now that looks exciting.

cobradav

11-25-2005, 11:10 PM

Now that looks exciting.
the noise that makes as you pull into a driveway might be really exciting if not really expensive as well. SCAAAAAPE

95MMM

11-25-2005, 11:19 PM

cobradav

11-25-2005, 11:26 PM

im retired
i was going to get an early sixties BMW bike like i used to have when i was a kid (solo seat, earles forks) but instead i picked up an 05 Triumph bonneville T-100, no not the tangerine, for some odd reason the local dealer had a black/white one sitting on the showroom floor and they actually knocked about a grand off the price. I don't pile the miles on big bikes like i used to so this is perfect for me. i really want to trade the wife's 645cic in on a M6 convertible when they become available (do the euro delivery bit) but i'm concerned that the chime/gong deal will be too loud on that too and i wont go thru that again.

qmainracing

11-26-2005, 03:00 AM

cobradav

11-26-2005, 10:39 AM

I start STEP January, 9th in Columbia, MD...can't wait until then... :thumbup: Nice pictures of the shop. I see a pic of an E36 in the shop, are you trained on them too since there has been the E46 and now the E90 out, or do they stick to the newer vehicles?
i stick to newer vehicles
05 911 carrera s
05 760i
04 silverado
04 645cic
03 911 turbo and
my fave 05 Triumph t-100

Lohe

11-26-2005, 12:00 PM

I start STEP January, 9th in Columbia, MD...can't wait until then... :thumbup: Nice pictures of the shop. I see a pic of an E36 in the shop, are you trained on them too since there has been the E46 and now the E90 out, or do they stick to the newer vehicles?

I think he was refering to STEP training, Yes it is mostly on newer vehicles but they do go over some E36 stuff but not much we only have that one E36 in their. By the time you start they might not even cover E36 at all.

cobradav

11-26-2005, 12:03 PM

I think he was refering to STEP training, Yes it is mostly on newer vehicles but they do go over some E36 stuff but not much we only have that one E36 in their. By the time you start they might not even cover E36 at all.
yeah we know
what they need to do is train them now to turn down the volume on warning chimes in newer cars and come up with a better method
one simple solution is to make cars so they wont start up without the seat belt fastened NOW HOW HARD WOULD THAT BE????

cobradav

11-26-2005, 12:15 PM

Cars Dont Need Software

Lohe

11-26-2005, 12:31 PM

Well thanks for taking my thread completly :offtopic :rolleyes I went and looked at all 26 post you have made it they all tend to be the same thing. If you are that worried with the gong, take it into your local dealer I am sure they can address it for you.

You wont have a fridge it is an option on LI only sorry.

And "cars dont need software" .... umm ok sure :confused dont know what you are trying to say here.

Yes Chyya I am stilling living in AZ right now till march. But I dont think they will let you test drive them. :stickoutt

98technom3

11-27-2005, 02:34 PM

the program only goes back 5 yrs i history for training.

dunski

11-27-2005, 02:56 PM

I loved working at the dealer I cant wait to finish and get back there.
In AZ?

N. Scottsdale?

Lohe

11-27-2005, 03:10 PM

In AZ?

N. Scottsdale?

No I worked at BMW of Murray in Utah. And thats where I will be going back to.

kovachian

11-27-2005, 04:18 PM

That's awesome. I'm attending UTI's Mooresville campus right now and I can't wait to graduate in late March. I recently got accepted for the Audi academy and I'll be headed to their PA school in july '06. I just hope the money is as good as they say it is, as I'm going to need a metric s***ton to fund my gearhead hobbies and dreams of a nice house and garage.

I seriously considered BMW but everyone, their best friend and their grandma all want Mercedes, Porsche and BMW. I decided to go for one of the underdogs Audi. Maybe after a few year's time I can slowly work my way through VW's corridors into Bentley, Lamborghini or even Bugatti (probably not but it's an entertaining thought!).