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Hello, my name is Doug Brons and I am a BMW Technicain at the local BMW Dealership. I have been turning wrenches for the last 9 years. I have wanted to start my own repair shop ever since I became a technicain, but I always felt I needed more experiance, or the timing was not right, etc. I have re-kindled my dream and signed up for class at the local community college, which starts this week. I came across this forum and found that is has a lot of great information on it. I am hoping that as I continue with my course this semester, I will be able to bounce ideas off of you guys and maybe in return I will find a few pointers for other members or future members.

 

Note: If this is not the place for this type of discussion, please erase my post. I will understand.

 

Thanks,

 

Doug Brons

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