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Title: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: tunnie on 16 May 2013, 21:42:59
Needed to get a few gifts for some members of staff that helped my team recently, so took one of the testing girls with me to Tesco as she would know what girls want  ::)

Being a women and a bit lazy  :-X - She offered to drive (its actually quicker to walk, but hey-ho!)

She drives a 2007 BMW Z4, not the usual choice for a gir I thought, manual too, not auto! I commented on the car, but she said, Ohh I'm getting rid soon, I'll be getting a Porsche Cayman S  :o :o :o :o

She's only 24  :o :o :o

I decided not to mention I drive a 13 year old 160k family barge  :-[
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Varche on 16 May 2013, 21:46:11
Needed to get a few gifts for some members of staff that helped my team recently, so took one of the testing girls with me to Tesco as she would know what girls want  ::)

Being a women and a bit lazy  :-X - She offered to drive (its actually quicker to walk, but hey-ho!)

She drives a 2007 BMW Z4, not the usual choice for a gir I thought, manual too, not auto! I commented on the car, but she said, Ohh I'm getting rid soon, I'll be getting a Porsche Cayman S  :o :o :o :o

She's only 24  :o :o :o

I decided not to mention I drive a 13 year old 160k family barge  :-[

How testing?
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: tunnie on 16 May 2013, 21:46:59
Pre-live testers for all our mobile products  :y
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 May 2013, 21:54:17
Needed to get a few gifts for some members of staff that helped my team recently, so took one of the testing girls with me to Tesco as she would know what girls want  ::)

Being a women and a bit lazy  :-X - She offered to drive (its actually quicker to walk, but hey-ho!)

She drives a 2007 BMW Z4, not the usual choice for a gir I thought, manual too, not auto! I commented on the car, but she said, Ohh I'm getting rid soon, I'll be getting a Porsche Cayman S  :o :o :o :o

She's only 24  :o :o :o

I decided not to mention I drive a 13 year old 160k family barge  :-[

 ::)  I remember that some time ago I told you to buy a M5-M3.. you wont be young again..
 
seems you are spending too much time with oldies :-\
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: tidla on 16 May 2013, 22:26:07
You can have a nice sporty car at any time in your life.

Its just the power to weight ratio seems to diminish and you need a block and tackle to get out after a journey of more than ten minutes. :D
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: dbug on 16 May 2013, 22:29:58
Yep get the fast sports cars out your system when you're young - once you get married & have kids a sports car is a PITA - had to get rid of a nice TR6 as it took longer to load up 2 kids and all their gear than drive anywhere!  Flogged it and bought a 3 lit Ghia Granada.

Once the kids get older you can dip your toes again in the faster motors - I went down the track of running (as fun cars) a Ferrari Dino ('72) and a TR4A ('67) before I got divorced - still got the TR though ;)

Remember a red sports car adds an inch to your willie size ;D ;D
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 16 May 2013, 22:41:41
Maybe Tunnie your too sensible at times and need to live a little can hear that jag calling you.

bet shes not buying that cayman cash ;) if she is got her number tigger gayes will want a sniff :y
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: omega3000 on 16 May 2013, 22:59:06
Needed to get a few gifts for some members of staff that helped my team recently, so took one of the testing girls with me to Tesco as she would know what girls want  ::)

Being a women and a bit lazy  :-X - She offered to drive (its actually quicker to walk, but hey-ho!)

She drives a 2007 BMW Z4, not the usual choice for a gir I thought, manual too, not auto! I commented on the car, but she said, Ohh I'm getting rid soon, I'll be getting a Porsche Cayman S  :o :o :o :o

She's only 24  :o :o :o

I decided not to mention I drive a 13 year old 160k family barge  :-[

She must be earning that a year mr.tunnie  ::)

Ps .... Are all the evening news readers single ?  :-* :)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 16 May 2013, 23:03:45
Maybe Tunnie your too sensible at times and need to live a little can hear that jag calling you.

bet shes not buying that cayman cash ;) if she is got her number tigger gayes will want a sniff :y

Ah yes Luvvie I've always had a soft spot for testing women!  :-*

Wrong job? I thought Tunnie was a 67 old retired gent, who hankers after a Jag....  :-\
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Del Boy on 16 May 2013, 23:29:54
Tunnie, get us a job mate  :y :y.
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 16 May 2013, 23:44:08
Maybe Tunnie your too sensible at times and need to live a little can hear that jag calling you.

bet shes not buying that cayman cash ;) if she is got her number tigger gayes will want a sniff :y

Ah yes Luvvie I've always had a soft spot for testing women!  :-*

Wrong job? I thought Tunnie was a 67 old retired gent, who hankers after a Jag....  :-\

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: tunnie on 16 May 2013, 23:50:43
Tunnie, get us a job mate  :y :y.

Sadly no jobs going here at moment, in fact it's the opposite :(
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: pscocoa on 17 May 2013, 00:05:05
You could get a new Cayenne on lease for £700 per month plus initial deposit. She may get car allowance.
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 17 May 2013, 00:38:50
that would be a good car allowance time you take 40% tax off :o
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Rog on 17 May 2013, 08:10:21
Maybe Tunnie your too sensible at times and need to live a little can hear that jag calling you.

bet shes not buying that cayman cash ;) if she is got her number tigger gayes will want a sniff :y

It's a big problem. Lots of peaople assume that if you drive an expensive car that you're loaded. Really not so, it's all about priorities. I Once knew a guy who had a Bentley and his Mrs a big 4x4. They went bust, did a runner leaving huge debts. I never borrow (borrow/leasepurchase /whatever) money to buy car, don't have the cash then I don't get the car, easy  :y

It's just a car remember.
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: tunnie on 17 May 2013, 09:09:18
I get feeling daddy maybe buying it for her  ::)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 17 May 2013, 09:38:35
I get feeling daddy maybe buying it for her  ::)

well get in there he may have some change for an old jag  :y or he may even have one he will let you borrow ;)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 May 2013, 09:40:46
"Z4" and "sports car" in the same discussion? ???
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: aaronjb on 17 May 2013, 09:45:36
I bet she doesn't live in the big smoke though - my money would be that she lives further out with cheaper rent and spends a large proportion of her income on her car instead of her house ;)

I know a few people like that - their car payments are nearly as much as my mortgage..
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Rog on 17 May 2013, 09:51:19
I get feeling daddy maybe buying it for her  ::)

well get in there he may have some change for an old jag  :y or he may even have one he will let you borrow ;)

borrow  Have   :y
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 17 May 2013, 10:08:50
"Z4" and "sports car" in the same discussion? ???

My thoughts to.

For me a sports car is a car that can be entered into motor type sports without re-building it from scratch first....
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 May 2013, 10:41:12
"Z4" and "sports car" in the same discussion? ???

My thoughts to.

For me a sports car is a car that can be entered into motor type sports without re-building it from scratch first....

Yes, or at least one where the design priorities have been towards reducing weight and making a car that handles and has decent performance. Cutting and shutting a 3 series to appeal to fashion victims doesn't cut the mustard, I'm afraid. ;D
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Andy B on 17 May 2013, 10:42:43
.... - their car payments are nearly as much as my mortgage..

But my mortgage is very nearly finished  ::)  ::)  ::)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: 05omegav6 on 17 May 2013, 12:16:04
.... - their car payments are nearly as much as my mortgage..

But my mortgage is very nearly finished  ::)  ::)  ::)
Watch out Bury, I see a midlife crisis coming your way ;D
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Andy B on 17 May 2013, 12:29:01
....
Watch out Bury, I see a midlife crisis coming your way ;D

I think I'm already driving it  ;D  ;D .......

a TVR would be nice though  ::)  ::)  ::)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 May 2013, 12:51:23
....
Watch out Bury, I see a midlife crisis coming your way ;D

I think I'm already driving it  ;D  ;D .......

a TVR would be nice though  ::)  ::)  ::)

A mate of mine who used to tour with our kit car group has just had a kid.. Hence the need for a third seat. The solution was a Cerbera. :-* Having spent some time in the same convoy last weekend, I'd say it "ticks boxes". :y
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: 05omegav6 on 17 May 2013, 13:23:37
Trust he has a spare Cerebra for those 'when, not if' moments ::)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 May 2013, 14:27:28
Trust he has a spare Cerebra for those 'when, not if' moments ::)

I don't think it's any worse in that respect to a kit car, which is what he'd be driving otherwise... As long as you get one with the engine that works - the AJP8.
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 17 May 2013, 14:38:26
.... - their car payments are nearly as much as my mortgage..

But my mortgage is very nearly finished  ::) ::) ::)
Watch out Bury, I see a midlife crisis coming your way ;D

I can have it any moment if I found some money ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Andy B on 17 May 2013, 15:19:19
.... As long as you get one with the engine that works - the AJP8.

The only main thing wrong with the Rover V8 are the Lucas bits  ;)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: 05omegav6 on 17 May 2013, 16:22:53
.... As long as you get one with the engine that works - the AJP8.

The only main thing wrong with the Rover V8 are the Lucas bits  ;)
Right :y so that's the ignition system and the fuel delivery system... nothing important then ::)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Andy B on 17 May 2013, 18:20:20
.... As long as you get one with the engine that works - the AJP8.

The only main thing wrong with the Rover V8 are the Lucas bits  ;)
Right :y so that's the ignition system and the fuel delivery system... nothing important then ::)

No, nothing that would strand you at the roadside  ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 May 2013, 21:01:19
You won't find a ROver V8 in a Cerbera. ;)

You just don't want the straight 6.
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Andy B on 17 May 2013, 21:08:06
You won't find a ROver V8 in a Cerbera. ;)

You just don't want the straight 6.

I know .... pity, because I like the looks of the Cerbera  ;)
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 May 2013, 21:21:25
You won't find a ROver V8 in a Cerbera. ;)

You just don't want the straight 6.

I know .... pity, because I like the looks of the Cerbera  ;)

Yes, it's aged well. Hard to believe it's a 1995 design.

IMHO the replacement V8 is MUCH more suited to a TVR than the Rover V8 though.
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Andy B on 17 May 2013, 22:02:15
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IMHO the replacement V8 is MUCH more suited to a TVR than the Rover V8 though.

I don't know much about the AJP8  :-\ I know that the AJP6 wasn't particularly rated
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: bored bigyin54 on 18 May 2013, 01:06:08
Needed to get a few gifts for some members of staff that helped my team recently, so took one of the testing girls with me to Tesco as she would know what girls want  ::)

Being a women and a bit lazy  :-X - She offered to drive (its actually quicker to walk, but hey-ho!)

She drives a 2007 BMW Z4, not the usual choice for a gir I thought, manual too, not auto! I commented on the car, but she said, Ohh I'm getting rid soon, I'll be getting a Porsche Cayman S  :o :o :o :o

She's only 24  :o :o :o

I decided not to mention I drive a 13 year old 160k family barge  :-[
thats unusual for you  . you normaly make a comment  ;D ;D
Title: Re: I'm in the wrong job....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 18 May 2013, 09:27:26
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IMHO the replacement V8 is MUCH more suited to a TVR than the Rover V8 though.

I don't know much about the AJP8  :-\ I know that the AJP6 wasn't particularly rated

The AJP6 has issues and is probably best avoided. :y