Great News :D

[Bailes1992]

or do you get the job started and then spend some of the money

*Im in full grumpy Dad mode today, its been most entertaining

Don't worry it will be late this year/early next year before I get a new car.
That way I'l have some christmas money, birthday money and a little time to save up.
If i get £1000 together, plus my Focus is worth £1000 part ex then I can get a very nice 406 with change left over

[Gary406]

sam i gotta say buying a D8 and making it look like a D9 is a waist of cash and time

also the brembos on a 110 is also a waist of tim and money it only has 110 bhp so it doesnt need big brakes

[Bailes1992]

sam i gotta say buying a D8 and making it look like a D9 is a waist of cash and time

also the brembos on a 110 is also a waist of tim and money it only has 110 bhp so it doesnt need big brakes

Nooo not V6 Brembos

Brembo do OEM discs and there sh*t hot! Also nto much more than standard discs Coupled with DS2500 pads and it will brake very well indeed

[steve_earwig]

sam i gotta say buying a D8 and making it look like a D9 is a waist of cash and time

I reckon with the age of these cars, overall condition is more important. What if you were given the choice between a well maintained 1998 2.1td D8 or an abused 1999 HDi D9?

If you find a decent D8 and you have the time & cash to spare, then go for it

[sirwiggum]

In my opinion Bailes, you have made the right choice by you

And this is coming from someone who works in IT, has a CCNA and the Computer Science degree
However, there is no point doing it if you don't feel that it will motivate you, as it would end up as what you do for the rest of your life until retirement. Sitting at a desk in front of a computer all day is not for everybody.

I know people who work in IT who are demotivated, and they have said that they would rather have done a trade job. However, what lured them in was the careers adviser promise of cash (it isn't great tbh compared to trades and banking) and a professional job (most IT jobs you wear normal clothes, and if you are demotivated you wont want to sit and do it anyway).

Always follow your dream, what *you* want to do, not what careers advisers / friends / parents tell you you should do.

So good on you Bailes, good luck!

[mjb]

also the brembos on a 110 is also a waist of tim and money it only has 110 bhp so it doesnt need big brakes

What's the power of a car got to do with the braking requirement?

[steve_earwig]

Oooh, I have an opinion about this. It seems to me that in these days of ABS, brakes fitted to the cars are far more powerful than they really need to be - it gets those important stopping distances down and hey, they'll never lock up with ABS so why worry? The result is lots of underused disks going rusty. The ones on the back of the 406 seem to be quite good at it, plus my brother just had to replace the fronts on his Boring 'cos the insides of them were a mass of rust.

[FarmerPug]

ive a set of normal brakes i think mintex or apex. They do the job, the car stops quickly. what more do you need.

[Bailes1992]

The brakes will be completley OEM in terms of size etc.
Just a good quality disc and pad setup and I love the feel of braided hoses and it looks nicer too

[rwb]

Been doing IT for two years.
Had plans to go do my Cisco CCNA and become a network engineer.
Almost finished my current IT course but the last 18 months I have had nil motovation, really starting to hate IT.
I applied for university but didn't have any enthusiasm to go, infact I didn't really want to go.
I decided to bite the bullet, withdraw my university application, finish off the course I'm currently doing and look elsewhere.

So after being turned down for a car bodywork course I had a word with my old man...

Start as an apprentice as an electrician in august

Can't fecking wait

Should be able to afford a lovely D9... Or do I get a D8 and make it a D9 rep like I'd always planned? Or do I get an XUD based van?

Ahh well... I'm happy :p

FWIW: sounds like a good idea to me

Get a C15D; they're cool

[plod]

Or do I get an XUD based van?

FWIW: sounds like a good idea to me

Get a C15D; they're cool

Strewth!
Years back did thousands of miles in C15's - oh yeah, sweating your rocks off in them seats, no thanks - must be getting on for 40 yr old design
Buy a bingo instead, at least it's only about 15yr old design

[Gary406]

also the brembos on a 110 is also a waist of tim and money it only has 110 bhp so it doesnt need big brakes

What's the power of a car got to do with the braking requirement?

seriously ? am i reading this question correctly ?

the power of a car has a bloody lot to do with the braking requirements

[Gary406]

sam i gotta say buying a D8 and making it look like a D9 is a waist of cash and time

I reckon with the age of these cars, overall condition is more important. What if you were given the choice between a well maintained 1998 2.1td D8 or an abused 1999 HDi D9?

If you find a decent D8 and you have the time & cash to spare, then go for it

but really , why ? if its a well maintained D8 then keep it original , there is no big difference (my opinion) between the D8 and D9 apart from a posh front grill and some tarted up headlights.

i would rather spend the cash and time keeping the well maintained D8 maintained even better.

my point is . changing the front end and back end of a D8 into a D9 would probably cost more to do than the actuall D8 is worth ?

why ?

each to their own i supose .

[highlander]

What's the power of a car got to do with the braking requirement?

seriously ? am i reading this question correctly ?

the power of a car has a bloody lot to do with the braking requirements

Only for track use. A 110HP car and a 500HP car, weighing the same, could use precisely the same braking system (cylinders, pads, brakes, servos, calipers, etc) as each other, providing they're braking from 70 MPH down to a dead stop.

In a track day car, then you're quite right - you'd want really great brakes on that 110HP car to guarantee you can brake at a shorter distance from the corners, allowing you to remain faster for longer, thus reducing your lap times.

[Gary406]

i know what your saying but in the real world a big BHP car has big brakes and vice versa.