Boy Scouts Troop 840 at Autogeek to earn their Automotive Maintenance Merit Badge - 2017

[Setec Astronomy]

Wow, what a great day for those kids! Way to go, Mike!

[MeanMike]

As an eagle scout, this is super cool. I remember changing the oil in another scouts parents 80's S10 blazer to get this merit badge about 25 years ago. Me and a few other scouts were already "car guys" before we could even drive, so we took it upon ourselves to get this merit badge. It would have been even cooler to do it at a place like that on that truck.

[Mike Phillips]

Thanks for helping are young boys out.

Maybe one of them will become a car nut.

It was a genuine pleasure and I'm so glad Frank stuck around after Cars & Coffee to lend me a hand. These boys had a lot of energy!


You know... thinking back, the first car I ever built was a Pinewood Derby Car as a Boy Scout. Then I moved onto building plastic model cars, then to subscribing to Hot Rod magazine, then to taking over the washing and waxing of Mom and Dad's cars, trucks and boats, then to purchasing my first car at the age of 15 an old quarter mile track racer Model T.


You never know where Scouting will lead you....

[Mike Phillips]

For those interested in the complete list of topics we covered,


Automotive Maintenance merit badge requirements


We started at 10:00am and finished around 1:30pm


I don't think I could have held the collective group's attention much longer!

[Bobby B.]

This is awesome! Thank you for spending some time with the Boys Scouts and teaching them the proper way to detail a vehicle. Keep up the great work

[Eric@CherryOnTop]

This was really awesome to read. Way to go Autogeek on helping out the community and to Frank for lending a hand!

[Mike Phillips]

Wow, what a great day for those kids!

The feedback from the Scouting organization was overwhelmingly positive.

Way to go, Mike!

I may have taught the class but everything we do here is always a team effort. That's not a glib statement it's a fact. No one sees all the work that takes place behind the scenes to support events like these.

On behalf of all my coworkers... thank you...

As an eagle scout, this is super cool.

I remember changing the oil in another scouts parents 80's S10 blazer to get this merit badge about 25 years ago.

Me and a few other scouts were already "car guys" before we could even drive, so we took it upon ourselves to get this merit badge.

It would have been even cooler to do it at a place like that on that truck.

Yeah the boys dig the truck...

I used it the last time we held this event and it was popular then too. While it would be good to show the boys how to correctly and safely use a hydraulic floor jack and then how to correctly and safely place jack stands to support a raised car, by using the truck I remove any risk and liability to Autogeek.

So either way would be good but I tend to choose the safer and more fun way for the kids plus my truck needed an oil change.

[BillE]

Now, that is good story to start the morning with.

Simply outstanding Mike!

Bill

[damaged442]

Awesome work! That's a lucky group of kids right there!! A memorable experience, for sure!

[VISITOR]

awesome!!!