advice required

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:13 pm

Shug wrote:
GregR wrote:
Shug wrote:
Fairy muff mate The internet is sh*te at getting across tongue in cheek stuff.
who's cheeks have you got your tongue in now?
Jealousy gets you nowhere Gregor......

Well it isnt Gordons, he said so further up...

Post by **simon** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:22 pm

thinfourth wrote:From friends in the IT industry that got in to IT from it being a hobby and now it is there job and now they hate IT as it is no longer a hobby it is a job.

I can relate to that

Post by **Shug** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:59 am

Digital wrote:Does the Scottish Caterham Academy series still run? Always struck me as a bit of a bargain for circa 17K (you do have to build the car yourself) plus a few K for running costs. Cheaper than buying an Exige...

Jamie - ex ITR owner

I may be wrong, but I think they packed it in after a couple of years, didn't they?

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:49 pm

WOW so many responses,cheers guys!!

ok,i checked out the bell college course and you have to have qualifications that i sadly don't have

though i'm still going to investigate more into it.

THinfourth....thanks for the advice,given me lots to consider and i would LOVE a PAX in the seven.
i would really be interested in both hillclimbs,sprints and auto testing...just tell me what i have to do.would any more experienced drivers be willing to 'take me under their wing' so to speak?!?!?hints and tips etc.

the caterham academy sounds a great idea,read about it in EVO as they still do it down south,though at the mo i don't have much tech knowledge and i'd prefer to get more tech and driving knowledge before i tried that
BUTits defo something i'd be interested in after a while.

digital....think i used to see you post on type-r-scotland didnt i?
enjoying the VX?

cheers again guys,see some of you on thursday

DEan

Post by **Shug** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:21 pm

deano15482 wrote:WOW so many responses,cheers guys!!

ok,i checked out the bell college course and you have to have qualifications that i sadly don't have
though i'm still going to investigate more into it.

As a 'mature' (ie, not 16) student, there will be more leeway. Speak to the course leader, as Dom suggested.

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:22 pm

MATURE!!!

you're pushing it a bit shug!!!

i will talk to the guy though..cheers.
you going to knockhill on thursday?

The_Rossatron · Post by **The_Rossatron** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:22 pm

I'd advise going down the apprenticeship route, you get paid for it (not much) but it's better than paying for tuition - much more of a hands on approach than a class. And if you find the right place there might even be no neds!

Post by **Shug** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:25 pm

deano15482 wrote:MATURE!!!

you're pushing it a bit shug!!!

i will talk to the guy though..cheers.
you going to knockhill on thursday?

Nope - W*rking.......

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:26 pm

The_Rossatron wrote:. And if you find the right place there might even be no neds!

sadly the moon aren't looking for anyone just now!!
thanks rossatron,but i'm really hoping i get the job i'm going for just now so it's kinda something i can do on my time off....roughly 4 days a week so couln't full commit to something like that.
however if i dont get the job then i'll be looking.

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:36 pm

Do garages still do apprenticeships? I did two years of mine before jacking it in and going back to university to learn about 'puters'n'stuff. TBH it was soul destroying, but I guess it wouldn't be if it were something more motor-sport-ish ... anyway, my advice (having done some of all of these things) is to go as far as you can in mainstream education. So if you can blag your way onto a university (or other higher education) course (which as a mature student is easier than you might think), do it!

Being grown up will force itself upon you in due course, so no rush to get there (jobs, children, mortgages, ...) and if by some chance you manage to bypass it completely then well done!

Cheers,
Robin

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:40 pm

robin wrote: Being grown up will force itself upon you in due course, so no rush to get there (jobs, children, mortgages, ...) and if by some chance you manage to bypass it completely then well done!

haha i suppose so,
i'm just out of a serious relationship at the moment and now i can commit to all the things i couldn't when i was with my girlfriend.
e.g going to knockhil whenever i want,spending all cash on the car etc..though she did want me to buy an exige!!!
miss her like crazy though....just tryin to keep busy at the mo.

Post by **simon** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:34 pm

I don't think you're classed as a mature student until you're 25.

Digital · Post by **Digital** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:29 pm

Hi Dean,

yep, I occasionally still post over on TRS

The VX is great, enjoying it a lot so far, but still miss the Teg, especially when this month Evo are raving about it once more...

Exige (S2) is the long term plan for me, couldn't stretch to one this time around, but the VX will do me a while yet. If you get a ride in an Exige you'll be hooked

Couldn't find anything on Google about the Caterham series in recent years, it used to be sponsored/run by Glenvarigill, hand't realised that it had ended though. Seemed like a good combination of races/sprints/hillclimbs.

Jamie

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:44 am

john something from CAR magazine is currently competing in the series down south...may be the way to go

got to love the teg,can't wait till EVO hits the shops this month!the teg they used is run by a fella called Barry from http://www.itr-dc2.com
its fair to say he's chuffed with the outcome!!!!

right i'm off to bed cos i've had a few tonight...for the first time in a long time
its taken me half an hour to write this message!!

night night!
Dean(half steaming faction)

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:11 am

The caterham series lasted 1 year and then went belly up. It was not too good as there was 6 cars 3 ex karters who were damn fast and took it far too seriously, then there was a guy who owned a garage and was a bit slow, Another guy who had been hillclimbing and sprinting before. Then there was the wild card entry from TSE team scottish elises the great Rossini. It was a fun year especially the croft event where a load of folk came down in suppport and i acted as support vehicle.

Note blue car is race car brown car support car. While others turned up with trailers camper vans and Gordon Sheddon as race mentor.

After that one season it died a death.

Out of the southern caterham series there has only 1 driver that has even made it slightly big and he got a drive at le mans in a morgan but not on a paid basis. So if you are wanting to become a paid driver you are better entering the forumla ford series where you will need loads of money and loads of talent. Especially when you are racing against little tarquin whose daddy is a millionare and if you get in his way he will punt you off as he has a spare car back at the transporter.

If it is cars that are your passion then maybe consider trying to become a salesman or if it is the oily bits you like then consider being an engineer of some sort. Another idea is think about RAF as i would love to be able to move over to aero engineeering. For advice on this ask richard and come along to the cloak and dagger.

As to your PM asking about autotesting and sprinting ask in a public forum as folk that know more then me will pop up and say hello.

Still not too sure if i am going thursday but if i do and you spot a little brown 7 i will happily take you for a blast.