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I have been a dealership owner for Alfa, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Maserati back in the golden days of carbs and easy Bosch injection. I started as an independent shop with the Italian Ferrari wizard Alf Francis as my mentor, instructor, friend at my shop. Because he was so famous with Enzo we had within three months 5 275 GTB/4's in the shop for upper end jobs as unleaded gas came on the scene. The man was an old grand master on all Italian. It wasn't long before we had Lambos and Ferraris lining the street in the middle of Kansas of all places. I was an engineer already but I learned more in that man's last 24 months than I had in six years working at a Ferrari dealership while getting my degree and masters. A high-end used exotic store with killer service and parts location ability should be your dream. I met the brothers at Harvard getting an MBA who ended up with Lambo before the Chrysler buy out. I worked with them as a Service Engineer at the factory and then teaching mechanics so they could go to dealerships. We set up a school in Dallas and I had 5 brothers who had been with me for three years working on the exotics join me at the school. We had lots of guys try to become exotic techs but only a few made the grade. Today at most shops no one knows how to maintain the older cars and I field questions from dealerships on how to all the time. I see there are no learning shops out there anymore. For the last 15 years we have been parting out really dead exotics to keep the older cars alive worldwide. I have been playing with the idea on building a new facility to teach, repair and race the Lamborghini in the GT3 category. Our entry requirements will be that you know the mechanics of an automobile like the back of your hand for an oral test. That is book knowledge. The hands on we will show you in all types of applications over a two year period. At the end the 5 guys we pick will be able to walk into any exotic shop and be begged to work there. You will have to have a tool set that would make a GM store mechanic cry. Snap-On will become your wife's worst enemy. Cleanliness in your person and your work is of the upmost importance. You could get tired and just barely lean on a Countach and your butt mark could cost ten grand to fix. Grease from a shoe, pants or hand on the interior is the end of you life as an exotic mechanic. Your ability to work advanced math is a must, your quickness to recognize a problem and create a solution must be cat like. Once you master all of this grasshopper you will become a real exotic mechanic. At Lambo in the 80's there was a group of brothers in the factory shop. These guys were like gods to the Lambo world. Now they are all gone and to this day no one at the shop has taken their place. Working on the new cars in most cases requires you to be an electronic whiz. But be a hands on guy also that can rebuild a 5 litre with your eyes closed. That will make your shop a success.