brillomaster

sorry very boring one here... friend of a friend at uni.... been together coming up to 5 years now, so all good!

Yes unfortunately the long standing subaru partnership has ended - nowadays they're mainly preparing all the Aston Martin GT cars, and the mini countryman WRC cars. They did take me to their museum/show off room after the interview... lots of lovely motors, including a rothmans metro 6R4, numerous world championship winning subarus, Aston Martin DBR9, BAR Honda F1 car, and a rather tasty Gulf liveried Lola LMP1 car.... if im ever having a bad day i'll just take a wander round there to get my spirits up! i unfortunately wont be working with race cars, ill be on the automotive technology side, but still, it'll all be chassis development and optimisation, the famous prodrive active differentials, and then fabrication of other components and composite materials. However im no engineer so i wont be doing that myself, but i'll be making sure that the projects run on time and on budget I am a bit nervous, but hopefully i'll pick it up quickly - plus my passion for all things automotive hopefully shone through in the interview - anything that makes a car go, stop or corner better is well up my street!

Thought i'd share a bit of good news! After the last four years managing market research projects for clients i have no interest in (skincare and healthcare products, and cheese ) and for a company that hasnt promoted anyone for 2 years, hasnt given payrises for 2 years, and after realising i was getting paid less than people who'd been in the company half the time i had, i decided enough was enough.... the work wasnt difficult, but just wasn't interesting or rewarding, so looked elsewhere.... So, i know i wanted to do something related to the thing i like... cars, and racing! was going to apply for the Aston Martin and Jag Landrover Grad Schemes, but happened to also look on the Prodrive website, since i know they're just down the road. And seems they were recruiting for a project coordinator, to start as soon as possible! winged them across a CV, and then one interview and some online aptitude tests later, they offered me a job! Massively massively pleased, so happy to be leaving a dead end job and working for possibly the most reputatble racing outfit in the UK, Prodrive! and yes, managed to negotiate a 24% pay rise for the same working hours, so dead chuffed! Going to be spending all day around cars and automotive technology - all they do is performance motoring! Only thing im worried about is that its 20 miles away - which equates to 9600 miles a year! dont really want to put that on the zed, so will probably buy a cheap diesel snotter just for commuting and keep the zed for weekends. but overall, really pleased! start on the 4th of December!

you're not wrong, she looks well moody! But a great look for a zed, good work!

any updates? if you arent gonna get to do anything with the little chap, send him on to the next person - gotta be lots of people doing interesting things in the autumn. Hell send him back to me and i'll take him to tenerife in a few weeks

Yep, as suspected, saw you coming off the sainsburys roundabout this afternoon just as i was coming on - i would have waved, but doubt you would have seen me! Lovely looking zed you have, have to get you to some meets! talking of which, Wasso?

Welcome from a fellow Leamington Spa Zedder! Thats clearly the best colour you've got as well! if i see you around i'll wave!

I cant say im that surprised to be honest... imo starting at £500 is too high to get people interested. P'raps start at £300, and hopefuly get a few bidders. Also if the tyres are on 3-4 mm of tread, they'll need replacing in the not too distant future... and also white is a very marmite colour for wheels, you would get more interest if they were standard! EDIT - just noticed mismatched tyres pretty much all round, so would definitely need replacing! i'm lowering my starting bid to £200, sorry!

errrrm... Limp Bizkit - Rollin'

He'll definitely have a CYPRES, without a shadow of a doubt... after all, 'RED BULL SKYDIVER DIES AFTER 120,000FT FREEFALL' wouldnt look very good as a headline on the worlds newspapers!

should have got to Maccamans a couple of weeks back now - unless postie has lost him again...

I must disagree with the others on here - everyone knows that Wanli's are the tyre of choice for most high powered BMW, Porsche and Audi drivers - i hear they're getting a good rep with Lamborghini guys as well such is their levels of grip and wet and dry traction. in terms of tyre rating i'd say Falken, Toyo, Continental, Pirelli, Bridgestone, Michelin, WANLI!!!

Thats SIR Stirling Moss and SIR Jackie Stewart, don't you mean!

+1 my gfs 1.1L 206 seemed to dance over the snow no problem! and theres my zed unable to even reverse 6 inches!

gotta agree with zugs... i had a shower wiper that wasnt getting used in the shower at all... so was reassigned to car wiping duties - 1 minute before i get in and all windows and roof are clear of water. Especially important for me as if i dont spot a car through the side window before i try and pull out behind two vans i get my bumper taken off.

Wow this thread has gone downhill fast! PS Katy Perry for me please

You mean neither of these fine gentleman would be able to drive a car? Nah just have the compulsory 10 year retest, that would fail most over 65s.

ewwww too much information

+1 -1 Are you mad?

Could try the Santa Pod Drift what ya brung days? a lot closer to surrey, just up the M1. if you havent done any drifting before they're probably better as you can start on simple donuts and figure of eights around cones before being unleashed on a full course!

well this is a first, i actually agree with people on here! i also think 10 year retests is the way to go.... but back to the specifics, there are some good and some bad points - like zero tolerance on alcohol is a good idea - if you're a young driver, you dont drink. period. However not being able to travel between 11pm and 4am or take a full car load of people? thats surely taking away one of the key reasons why young people get a car in the first place, so you can get back from late night gigs without relying on public transport or being picked up by your parents!

Where are you starting from??? cos if you're in southampton, you wont get much driving in in scotland - equally if you're up north then cornwalls probably not for you. However, wales... just about everyone can get there, and its got some cracking roads

I think the line 'sometimes i like to have 2 at a time' says more about you than them both being black!

haha good work, i do wonder why insurers give you such ridiculous quotes sometimes. when admiral sent through my renewal they wanted over £2000 for the year, but after two phonecalls that had dropped to £950, which considering im 25 with 1year ncb is fine. but still a mere £697 for a zed is a billy bargain!

or it could mean you're a closet schizophrenic?