I'm Dan - from Medway in Kent - 33 years old, currently working as a telecomms engineer. Previously worked in computers (retail sales then 2nd line tech support). Took over running their phone system as I fancied a change, ended up working for the company who made the phone system as a field engineer for 6 years, now working as as on-site engineer but as a customer once again!
Before that I'd worked part time in an electronics shop and did 2 years of a degree in electrical and electronic engineering - but dropped out of that as the maths was too much for me (calculus
) and I wasn't finding it interesting, probably because of that! I still find some stuff that I learnt on the degree course useful though.
Always had company cars in my previous jobs, so never really did much work on them mechanically. I then had a nissan micra (beggars can't be choosers ...) and bought a 2.5V6 pre-facelift elite in December 2005. I'd always liked the look of omegas, and since an accident which gave me a prolapsed disc a few years ago I've had to pay more attention to seating position etc.. I had a post-facelift omega as a hire car at one point and remember it was pretty much the
only car that I felt comfortable in almost immediately. I started fixing some things on the 2.5 myself, but only really due to the backup and how-2's provided by the members on here (albeit initially on the "other" forum). Upgraded to a 3.0V6 post-facelift elite a couple of months ago, which had a few teething problems but pretty much all sorted now (including cam belt, tensioners and water pump). I still like the sound of the V6 engines, much nicer than the sound of 4-pot's that I'd driven up to that point. Running costs are higher, but hey ... no pain, no gain!
I enjoy getting my hands dirty on cars, have always been a "hands-on" type person and cars is something different to computers and phones. I've learnt a lot about omegas in 7 months (and bought a few tools ...). Despite the "issues" with Omega's it didn't put me off buying a second one - a good bunch of folks on here who respond suprisingly quickly at times - I'd not have attempted some of the jobs I have done without the reassurance of the backup provided herein!
) as the PDA version, but as the CPU in the phone is a bit limited you can only have a few POI's (points of interest) active on the display when driving. "Safety" cameras it is then ...
