Anyone else going? There are some pretty good classes.

http://automechanika-chicago-us.messefrankfurt.com/chicago/en/for_attendees/welc...

I'll be there.  Friday, I will wear my red Snoopy Nerd t-shirt

crackerclicker wrote on Mar 14^th, 2015 at 1:49am:


If you have never done it check out one of the architectural boat tours, they are pretty cool. Hopefully the weather will be decent.

Snoopy Nerdz!

For those who are bringing family with, and are a different kind of nerd than us, here are some options for them.

Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo.  Also held at McCormick Place.

http://www.c2e2.com/ 

MLB:  Chicago Cubs are away that weekend.  Chicago White Sox are hosting the KC Royals.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=cws#y=2015&m=4&calendar=...

NBA:  Chicago Bulls play off schedule has yet to be posted.

http://www.ticketsnow.com/NBA/chicago-bulls-tickets/?extcmp=gw500931&wt.mc_id=NB...

NHL:  If the Blackhawks and Predators make it to Game 6, it will be in Chicago April 25th.  Good luck getting cheap tickets.

http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/app

AHL:  The Chicago Wolves are one win away from clinching a Calder Cup Playoff spot.  Schedule not released yet.

http://www.chicagowolves.com/

Museum of Science and Industry:  http://www.msichicago.org/visit-the-museum/museum-info/

Shedd Aquarium  http://www.sheddaquarium.org/

Field Museum:  http://www.fieldmuseum.org/

Art Institute of Chicago:  http://www.artic.edu/

Adler Planetarium:  http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/

I just downloaded the Automechanika App and made an Attendee profile.  Look me up.  John Schlitz (aka bluesman).  Not sure if we can communicate via the App.  630-730-1818  text me if you want to meet!

I'm in the attendee profile also my name is Chris Linville. 630-383-8772

Today was fun.  Had a great time.  Had the pleasure of meeting fellow Autonerd Magicmatt!  Tomorrow, I will have lunch in the trade show area.  Hope to meet Adam and Chris.  I hear from Matt that Carckerclicker is here, too!     Hope everyone attending enjoys their time at Automechanika.

I'm game to meet up for lunch.

I really liked Eric's class, had some good base engine techniques and I enjoyed the case studies, they make you think.

busjockey wrote on Apr 24^th, 2015 at 8:55pm:



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.

busjockey wrote on Apr 24^th, 2015 at 9:00pm:



It's at the rear of the trade show floor, and up one floor.  You can see it if you look up at the rear of the event.

Tell me when and where, I'm in the 6.7 class tomorrow.

I'll give you a text after class, trade show floor is fine.

I will see you in front of your class then.  I will wear a white Blues Brothers t-shirt.

Alright guys, having a cup of Joe by the cars at the front entrance if you want to meet.

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.

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.

busjockey wrote on Apr 26^th, 2015 at 6:41pm:


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

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

bluesman wrote on Apr 26^th, 2015 at 7:04pm:


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

sneaky pete wrote on Apr 26^th, 2015 at 7:22pm:


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.   

sneaky pete wrote on Apr 26^th, 2015 at 7:22pm:


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?    

crackerclicker wrote on Apr 26^th, 2015 at 9:37pm:


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.

Good to see you there Crackerclicker. You caught me off surprise! I'm like who is this white boy ? LOL!!!  It was a pleasure meeting you and proud of being a part of the Autonerdz community  

sneaky pete wrote on Apr 27^th, 2015 at 12:00pm:


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

Norberto S. wrote on Apr 27^th, 2015 at 1:16pm:



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