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Reply #30 - Apr 26th, 2015 at 7:04pm
 
It was a great pleasure meeting my fellow Autonerdz!  busjockey, crackerclicker, Superglide78, magicmatt.  Give me a call if you're in the neighborhood.

After this weekend of training and expo, I really want to travel to other training events now.  The weekend was lots of fun for me.
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Reply #31 - Apr 26th, 2015 at 7:13pm
 
Yes it was very nice to meet you Bluesman! I'm sure I'll see you around. Smiley

Bus jockey - I agree Jim Morton's class was very good.

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Reply #32 - Apr 26th, 2015 at 7:22pm
 
wish i could have made it. you guys wanna list the classes you went to and a quick review. there is some bitching on iatn about the training.
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Reply #33 - Apr 26th, 2015 at 8:39pm
 
Understanding, diagnosing, and repairing fuel trim problems. Presenter: Bernie Thompson.
    I think this class was good. I did learn some things and walked away with a better understanding of fuel trims. Bernie did not spend the class trying to sell his products which I appreciate.

Mastering Voltage Drop. Presenter: Jamie Lazarus
  Unfortunately this class I could have done without. I didn't really take away anything new. He did seem to be plugging Power Probe pretty hard. He mentioned his affiliation with Autonerdz quite a few times also which I didn't mind.  Smiley

How a gas analyzer can streamline diagnostic procedures. Presenter: Ron Bilyeu
  I bought a hand held 5 gas last year and really needed a class on what I'm looking at. I feel that I got that from this crash course in gas analyzers, or at least a good start.

Analyzing the Ignition Waveform. Presenter: Jim Morton
   Best class I took! At times Jim was a little hard to understand but he always had my attention. I was feverishly writing notes and had a hard time keeping up with the flow of information. It was the only class I took that I didn't doodle in the training material.
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Reply #34 - Apr 26th, 2015 at 9:37pm
 
busjockey wrote on Apr 26th, 2015 at 6:41pm:
sorry I didn't meet the rest of you guys.


Yeah, me too.  I missed out meeting you & Superglide. 

Ironically, I ran into Matt on my way outta the hotel.   Cheesy

bluesman wrote on Apr 26th, 2015 at 7:04pm:
It was a great pleasure meeting my fellow Autonerdz!


Nice to meet you too.  Now we just gotta convince your buddy to give Tom a call  Wink.

sneaky pete wrote on Apr 26th, 2015 at 7:22pm:
you guys wanna list the classes you went to and a quick review.


Scot Manna's GDI was good and will be useful in the shop right away. 

In my opinion, Eric Ziegler's Essential Diagnostic Steps class was misnamed.  While it was good, it wasn't what I expected, and was mostly things I've already learned here and from experience.  One thing is for sure, though, you will not get bored in his class. 

Jesse Zacariasa's Using PIDs & Transducers for Transmissions had some  surprisingly good nuggets.  I used to attend transmission trade shows frequently, and the training was typically all the same silver bullet, hot line style classes that get old after awhile.  Mr. Zacariasa made some fairly big leaps in judgement during some of his case studies, but I'm excited to head back to the shop to start using some of his techniques. 

The only class I had to walk out of was Diagnosing Body Modules with the Scan tool.  I couldn't adapt to the training style of the two instructors, and the class itself was very basic.  It really is my own fault because I've seen one of the instructors on YouTube time and time again, so I don't know what made me think his live class would be any different.

The final class for me was Wayne Colonna's Transmission & Drivability Diagnostics.  This was exactly what I expected, a silver bullet class, but with an exceptional handout.  ATSG tends to organize their data and diagrams just the way I like to see it.  It was worth the hour and a half.   Smiley

sneaky pete wrote on Apr 26th, 2015 at 7:22pm:
there is some bitching on iatn about the training.


You mean this one?

http://members.iatn.net/forums/read/msg.aspx?f=forum4&m=12548&fv=0&ar=0

I find myself agreeing with a lot of what Mr. Heipp wrote, but how did he form his opinion of the training as a whole by attending only one class? Smiley   

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Reply #35 - Apr 27th, 2015 at 11:23am
 
Ah man, go figure.  I share an elevator with one of the Autonerdz' most prolific opponents, but I don't even know when I'm ten feet away from a Nerd, lol.

you should have said hi, I have same problem spotting you guys Wink
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Reply #36 - Apr 27th, 2015 at 12:00pm
 
crackerclicker wrote on Apr 26th, 2015 at 9:37pm:
but how did he form his opinion of the training as a whole by attending only one class?


that's exactly what I thought when I read it.

so were classes less than 3 hours or did it all depend on the class. I really wanted to hit up Donny Seyfert's Ecoboost class. thought that would have been interesting.
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Reply #37 - Apr 27th, 2015 at 12:16pm
 
rheipp wrote on Apr 27th, 2015 at 11:23am:
you should have said hi, I have same problem spotting you guys


Haha!  Actually, I wasn't completely sure it was you.  Until I saw the photo of Scott Groen and you for your charity competition at Vision, I was still having a hard time telling you and Scott Shotton apart.  Smiley  Heck, I think it's been roughly a handful of years since I attended your Driveability Guys class.
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Reply #38 - Apr 27th, 2015 at 1:16pm
 
Good to see you there Crackerclicker. You caught me off surprise! I'm like who is this white boy Smiley? LOL!!!  It was a pleasure meeting you and proud of being a part of the Autonerdz community Smiley 
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Reply #39 - Apr 29th, 2015 at 8:10pm
 
bluesman wrote on Apr 26th, 2015 at 7:04pm:
It was a great pleasure meeting my fellow Autonerdz!  busjockey, crackerclicker, Superglide78, magicmatt.  Give me a call if you're in the neighborhood.

After this weekend of training and expo, I really want to travel to other training events now.  The weekend was lots of fun for me.


Nice meeting you too, thanks for the contact info.
crackerclicker wrote on Apr 26th, 2015 at 9:37pm:
Ironically, I ran into Matt on my way outta the hotel.   


Nice to meet you, wish we had more time  to chat.
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Reply #40 - Apr 29th, 2015 at 9:06pm
 
sneaky pete wrote on Apr 27th, 2015 at 12:00pm:
so were classes less than 3 hours or did it all depend on the class.


I believe there were a few short classes, but the majority were around 3 hours.

Norberto S. wrote on Apr 27th, 2015 at 1:16pm:
You caught me off surprise! I'm like who is this white boy



Lol, sorry about that.  For some reason, when I saw your name tag, it just clicked.
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