misty

It dosen't look so good does it. One of the lads came to work this morning in his 04 BMW M3 convertable. Hard top, sat nav, all the toy's £42000!!!!!!!
The brakes look **** poor though, sliding calipres on a car like that???? do me a favour!!!
dave

Wish

iTrader: (2)

And how do you know, he wasnt left money when his dad died ?????
Or something along the same lines ?

mn_angrybeats

Jealous ??

misty

No he earned the money!! That wasn't my point I meant it looks good how we went on strike for a decent wage, and therer parked on the yard is a brand new M3.
dave

Not at all were good friends, not my style, and it's got sh*t brakes!!!!
dave

Wish

iTrader: (2)

Fair enough ...... Must be a drug dealer ......LOL

kammy

LOL...you mean pimp? Good cars though
kam

S.B.

Whats a firemem?

talizman

iTrader: (1)

Have you ever met a "full-time" fireman?

Working 4 days on and 4 days off (up here anyway) means that most have a second job!

Jammy gits.... if only I were allowed a second income.....

turboman786

**** brakes? What are you used to...6 pots or something??..the m3 brakes are superb.

IanWatson

Jammy gits - risking their life to save others

misty

Most!!!!!!!

No but I do have these!!!

dave

turboman786

Fair enough, but its strange how you think the m3 has '**** brakes' when they are widely acclamied by the motoring press and by (most) people who drive them...

Scoob99

iTrader: (1)

People say the same about me, how do I afford my Scoob, I'm a postman, what a lot of people don't know is I got compensation from a serious RTA and my wife told me to buy it as well Thats why I love her soo much
Cheers
Colin

turboman786

People often ask me how I afford my 996 and m3...I tell them I sell crack!

ScoobyDoo555

People often ask me how I afford my Scoob and nice lifestyle.

I tell them to mind their own fcukin' business. Simple really.

Dan

ADP

lol

looks like Im not the only one who drives a car "too good for his job"

I have a 53 plate S2000(26k car) most people at work drive sheds. I spend most of my spare time trading / investing in the stock market, if I didnt I wouldnt drive such a nice car! Simple, I keep it fairly quiet, but if people ask me I do give them an honest (though not detailed answer) Other people do other things to get more income, ebay, carboots, jobs on the side whatever........its all good, the extra money can really make the difference between having enough money to live off or having enough money to enjoy.

R1916v

Exactly, I don't earn a huge amount but soon I will have a few things on the side which will bring in some more income and hopefully will be able to get rid of the blue beast. Apart from the directors an dthe odd beemer/rx8 most of the cars at my work suck, and I work for a large company.

misty

PMSL!!!!
dave

sh4un

Oh Please, most of the jobs a Uk firemen gets called too are putting out burnt out cars, statistically being in the building trade is far more dangerous...

Flame suit on !

misty

No, it's a fair comment mate! But the reason why the building trade is "more" dangerous, is a lack of training, skill and Professionalism in the area of safety that the fire service is renowned for. If by more dangerous you mean that a brickie/builder is more likely to fall of a ladder than a fireman, then that again is purely down to operator error, and a lack of skill in ladder work. But, if by more dangerous you mean that a brickie/builder is more likely to get killed or injured doing his day to day job? than a fireman doing his day to day job ie attempting to rescue someone from a burning house! or by cutting someone from a crashed car then I don't think it is more dangerous. At the end of the day it's down to safety, if you are brought up in a profession to treat safety as paramount, then by the very nature of that, you are less likley to be injured or killed, but that doesn't make it any less dangerous.
dave

sti-04!!

misty - well said

ProperCharlie

lots of people ask me how i can afford to drive a pug 406 (P reg). i tell them that i have to maintain my image.

PG

A lot of people ask why I sold my Scoob and now drive a Mondeo.......

Its because after having gone out on strike and eventually agreeing a deal with the Govt. I have only seen 3% of the rise due to the b@stard$ moving the goalposts every time they are due to pay out the next instalment.......not that I am at all bitter

Although one of the guys on the watch did just win £300k+ on the lottery ... might try and tap him for a STi ??

misty

nice to hear from you again PG! Yeh I know what you mean, Heard it from a very good source mate, we're getting the rise and the back pay in june!!! should be nice. But then again with the 15yr money going!!! that probably equates to a pay cut for us mate eh?? Still must'nt grumble at least we got a job eh??
dave

Phil

IS an M3 Convertable only £42k ?

misty

Ex demo, Phoenix yellow, 5k miles, sat nav, phone, 19" wheels (may be standard?), 10 cd stack, leather, hard top, oh! and crap sliding caliper brakes!!!! You would have thought on a car selling for that much, a nice set of Brembo's, or AP six pots would be the norm, wouldn't you??
dave

Phil M

An M3 conv to that spec will be 47-48k easy.

misty

Why would he lie about the price? if I was buying something that cost 48k, I wouldn't tell everyone it only cost 42k!!! I may tell them it cost more but certainly not less!
dave

jaf01uk

Oh you guys stop, my keyboard is going to short circuit with the tears! I feel so sad for the poor hard up firemen in our local new £2 million pound fire palace when they have to go out on their 2 jobs a week at night and disturb their sleep and means they sleep in for their main job! Of course the training is good, thats all our local boys ever do, last bastion of good old british industrial working values! Wish we had 40 year old shift system rather than modernise like the rest of the world
Gary

misty

Well there's nothing to stop you from joining the best job in the world mateyboy!!!
In fact in the past 10 years or so the training on joining has got easier and easier, so a whining, whinging, *** jockey like your good self should have no problems getting in eh???
dave