u/Master_m1santhrope

Ladies and Gentlemen, the heart won over the head and mistakes were made.

So I wanted something older as I cannot fathom spending 20k on an 8 year old grocery getter, nor am I in the financial position after going back to college as a mature adult, having a mortgage and kids etc

So I spotted a 2003 s60 2.0t in the UK on car and classic. 5 cylinder engine 💦

Mot for a year (only done in July this year), one owner for 13 years etc etc

Spoke to the dealer (private who specialises in mid 00s future classics) in the UK, got pictures of the entire underside and a good breakdown of it mechanically.

Spent weeks muling over it and once I signed a contract I said fuck it and bought it sight unseen (yes I know)

Went to the UK, and the car was cosmetically as advertised and better than most 10yo cars you see on the roads here. 4x goodyear tyres and the AC blows an arctic wind, all electrics work etc.

Buuut. The exhaust is fucked and now blowing in two places after the spin back to holyhead.

It needs a few diy jobs like transmission oil change, pads and handbrake shoes and an engine mount which is fine.

But the exhaust is 580 quid !!

Now here's my predicament and bare with me folks. To being it over I arranged the Vat/customs through an agent in advance. Ferry flights and trains etc already down the drain.

To nct it, I need to vrt it. So I would have to do the exhaust and vrt it, both totalling over 1600 quid, but there's no guarantee now that it won't fail the nct on something unknown and imo, the MOT is not as strict as nct if it passed last month with an exhaust that's crispier than a crispy pancake

Sunk Cost Phallacy - do I quit while I'm ahead, try flog it up north or to someone who will break it or even keep it for a future track project.

OR - do I just plow ahead and spend money on it I don't feel comfortable spending.

The other solution is for myself and the missus to keep going with one car (we both work in the same town so don't need two cars and the current one is paid off) and we use money initially set aside for new windows as a large down payment on something like a relatively new Suki Vitara or Swift (we will split the loan/finance)

Try not to abuse lol

So I have finished a L8 in Mech Engineering and I had two offers on the table all at once.

One was a design engineer role with a great company (small) with a really nice team of people working on a variety of projects.

The second was a company that specializes in one aspect of the installation of wind turbines.

I took the latter as I wasn't 100% sure design engineering was for me and because the latter is more niche.

Now a few days out from starting I am stuck wondering if the decision I made was correct and if I have inadvertently sorted myself into a box that won't be easy to get out of should I not like this role.

Obviously I need to start and get my experience but after 4 years of college I'm less sure of my future than I expected I would be.

As the title suggests. I've done this before with other companies and it was never an issue.

Has anyone tried this with Aviva ?

They seems to be quite strict on the age of the vehicle.

For context it's an old volvo s60. Base 2.0T not anything fancy like a t5 or R

Update: changed over through the app, 88 euro refund on it's way !

ME grad here.

Finding the job hunt is getting to me now.

How is everyone dealing with it.

Sitting in the car park of the gym looking at a 3yo id3.

It has Landspider tyres on the rear and Winda on the front.

Both new brands to me.

But C'mon people, EVs are heavy and have oodles of torque. Shit tyres on a kia picanto, fair enough but if you can't afford oem grade tyres then buddy, you can't afford the car.

This was for a graduate role.

"you'd outgrow the role"

"You would come to me in 6 months looking for something more"

This was all in relation to a rejection.

Followed by "it was my gut feeling"

The person who said this hosted the first round, but I still got a follow up round.

If it was a gut feeling why waste my time

Hi all.

I've received a few rejections lately that hint to either my age or my age an ambition (m32).

Obviously I'm a bit older than most graduates but I wonder what balance should I strike in an interview.

I obviously need to sound motivated and driven but there seems to be an assumption that I will want to move on or up within the first year.

It's quite annoying

looking at used cars atm.

all 2023 first owner pcp trade in cars I assume.

I've noticed a few still rocking the oem Continental tyres (looking at only one brand and model)

a few with very low mileage <30k are on new sets of fronts only. As an aside this has me worried this particular car has heavy front tyre wear.

Main point is, even if they chew tyres, why the absolute fuck do people not rotate tyres ??

Worst of all is every single one with new front boots has chinese shite on it.

At this point I think people in Ireland are either cheap, thick or both.

People are spoofers

I had a post about using a controller on the pc a while back and finally got around to using my cheap KB&M and it's waaaay better aim and accuracy wise.

Waaaay better up close although my left hand is still a little clunky.

I'm in casual mode just so I can get used to it a bit more but first few games I'm 5-8 kills/game up from a ten match average before of 3.33.

Are there any good small KB and wallet friendly mouse that can be recommended?

Not asking for specifics off anyone who might work in the role but want to know what the ball park figure is.

Just applied but I am in the interview process with other companies (some have poor and others okay salaries) and I wanted to check before I commit my time and theirs to a potential rejection if it's low af

I've had a stressful one this week with multiple interviews for different companies, some on the same day.

Today I totally forgot about 1 which I thought was on site but it turns out was on a call.

Either way I've missed it (wasn't overly pushed on it) and burned a back up bridge 🙈

Genuinely struggling to find many private sales and the few I find are high priced or shiteboxes

This is across a few brands not just one brand/model.

Seems like the market right now is saturated with dealer cars purely because people don't have the money to anything but finance

I keep seeing possibly the same guy in a Ghillie suit in casual mode, near level 500.

I play casual because I'm a casual player handicapping myself buy using a controller on PC, but whats the benefit to a highly experienced player in casual mode ??

Are casual mode players and bots just ego fodder ??

I got some tickets from a well known competition site today.

Max tickets was 799, when I checked about 7 pm there was close to 400 left - draw at half ten.

This competition has been up well over a week with slow up take, hence why I took a punt.

Checking the entry list just now and surprise surprise, all 799 tickets were sold.

I find it hard to believe 400+ people bought tickets in the last 3-5 hours.

Has there been any known cases or suspicions around some of these groups ?? Who even regulates them.

Looking at cars and seeing a lot of low KM volvo S60 in dealerships sort of in the range of 15k to 20k for the last gen between '14 & '18.

Filtering for private sales and people are asking the same often with twice the miles.

What is going on

Hi all,

I've been in contact with JDMAW a few weeks back RE importing a car. The price they quoted was high pre vrt, as expected in this market but then one of the lads at work mention getcars, the Japanese website they use.

So I set up an account with them (getcars) out of morbid curiosity and the two hybrids I was looking at have a significantly cheaper avg sale price even when including the charges on their website, the duty and vat, by nearly 45% !!!

I know there is a fee and all but has anyone had an experience with bidding using JDMAW ??
Like should I throw in a bid on their site at a lower price based off the getcars metric and see what happens ?

For context the quote JDMAW gave me has no breakdown

Long story short, almost all my kills are long range, my close ups are either opportunistic or ambush.

In the heat of the moment I am frankly dreadful up close.

How much am I losing out using a controller and how long for anyone who's come from consoles to PC, does it take to get genuinely good at mouse/keyboard

Upgraded my gtx 1660 to a rtx5060 recently.

Noticed mild difference playing pubg but I'm not sure if it's all in my head.

Immediately afterwards my avg kills went up by a few kills, kills at range are cleaner, I'm still crap in close quarters though.

I feel like the peripheral vision is clearer and I hence why I spot more around me.

Am I imagining it.

PC not high spec, 10th gen i5 10400K - defo a bottleneck now.