14 years, what have you done?
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Amazing to see what posters can fit into 14 years, 
I started this thread based on another thread, but now I have thought about it, the millennium was a huge corner in my life, I was 29, had done time in the Army, was single and doing all sorts I should or shouldn't have been, had nothing to do with any of my family, I had fallen out of love with cars, I moved around the country on a whim.
Complete contrast to now really.
I started this thread based on another thread, but now I have thought about it, the millennium was a huge corner in my life, I was 29, had done time in the Army, was single and doing all sorts I should or shouldn't have been, had nothing to do with any of my family, I had fallen out of love with cars, I moved around the country on a whim.Complete contrast to now really.
Hmm..since 2000...
New cars:
BMW M5
Smart ForTwo
R230 SL500
VW Touareg V8 (2)
Cayenne S
BMW 645Ci
BMw E63 M6
997 RS.1
997 RS.2
Jeep Wrangler unlimited
Same main house, same wife
Bought house in Scottsdale AZ for winter
Bought very small condo to use as office
Four trips to Ring, two to Spa, lots of track days
retired in 2008, started consulting in 2009
-worked in Singapore, Beijing, Prague,SF, Boston,NY.
1 Boxer, I Poodle, three Great Danes
wrote a bunch of automotive reviews for magazines.
New cars:
BMW M5
Smart ForTwo
R230 SL500
VW Touareg V8 (2)
Cayenne S
BMW 645Ci
BMw E63 M6
997 RS.1
997 RS.2
Jeep Wrangler unlimited
Same main house, same wife
Bought house in Scottsdale AZ for winter
Bought very small condo to use as office
Four trips to Ring, two to Spa, lots of track days
retired in 2008, started consulting in 2009
-worked in Singapore, Beijing, Prague,SF, Boston,NY.
1 Boxer, I Poodle, three Great Danes
wrote a bunch of automotive reviews for magazines.
since 2000, the year before leaving school with nothing but GCSE's, I have achieved everything I have wanted to and more in terms of job, business, investing, money, travel etc but the most imported things I have done are become an uncle, found out I will be a dad, married the girl I started to date in 2000 and it still feels like a new relationship, remained a close as ever to my family and still have the same great friends I had in 2000 and new friends I have met along the way.
Amen to that.
Quit drugs,
Quit touring,
Started making TV music,
Terrible car accident,
Got married,
One boy,
One girl,
Got divorced,
Bought house,
Sold house,
Long series of cars,
Met lovely girl,
Time passed,
Kids happy,
Got old,
Did many good things,
f
ked up a lot,
Started business this year,
Still here.
Quit drugs,
Quit touring,
Started making TV music,
Terrible car accident,
Got married,
One boy,
One girl,
Got divorced,
Bought house,
Sold house,
Long series of cars,
Met lovely girl,
Time passed,
Kids happy,
Got old,
Did many good things,
f
ked up a lot,Started business this year,
Still here.
Got divorced
Got engaged
Got married
Became a grandfather
Had had 6 BMW's
Retired 6 years before planned
Restored a steam engine
Bought a caravan
Bought a truck for moving the steam engine
Travelled the world and visited 12 new countries
About to be a grandfather again
Flown on an A380 for around 100000miles
Got engaged
Got married
Became a grandfather
Had had 6 BMW's
Retired 6 years before planned
Restored a steam engine
Bought a caravan
Bought a truck for moving the steam engine
Travelled the world and visited 12 new countries
About to be a grandfather again
Flown on an A380 for around 100000miles
Went from primary school to secondary school,
Joined Air Cadets
Got pretty decent GCSE's
Went skiing in the alps a few times
Got up to many things in the Air Cadets (including being held at what most people would call gunpoint. Twice.)
Passed driving test!
Got not-great A-levels (see: got up to many things in air cadets)
Turned down for apprenticeship
Did nothing for a few months after A-levels
Got up to many more things in the Air Cadets
Got current job
Bought my first car!
Bought my second car a year later
Left Air Cadets after seven years
Not bad
Joined Air Cadets
Got pretty decent GCSE's
Went skiing in the alps a few times
Got up to many things in the Air Cadets (including being held at what most people would call gunpoint. Twice.)
Passed driving test!
Got not-great A-levels (see: got up to many things in air cadets)
Turned down for apprenticeship
Did nothing for a few months after A-levels
Got up to many more things in the Air Cadets
Got current job
Bought my first car!
Bought my second car a year later
Left Air Cadets after seven years
Not bad
- Moved from primary to secondary school which was some kind of living hell.
- Travelled all over the world with my parents.
- Left school at 16 but with very good GCSEs as I could not face being there any longer. A few years later I began studying for a degree in Motorsport Engineering and dropped out. Now I have just completed first year of a Music degree at a top 10 university and averaged a first.
- Passed my driving test one month after turning 17. Had around 50 cars since including 6 Porsches, 4 MGB GT V8s, a beautiful Triumph GT6 Mk.1 and many, many more. Some silly, some functional. Played with 125cc motorbikes too. Used 40 year old + cars every single day.
- Met someone that I knew within a couple of weeks that we would spend our lives together. We got into debt together after 6 months to start a business and subsequently had two failed businesses before beginning to earn a living. Now we are engaged.
- Lost my grandfather the day after we had announced our business plans.
- Moved into first house and subsequently into second with a garage.
Since 2000, I left uni, joined the RAF. In that time, I've seen and done I never thought I'd ever see or do in my life! Spent a fortune on having and building upto 5 super fast Polo G40s and a Corrado G60.
I've since sold the VWs, bought a house, been promoted and also had a few more sport cars but mainly commuter cars. I've got engaged, and having a child in Jan '15.
Now deciding to either stay in RAF upto 22yr point (8yrs left) and get pension or PVR now and look at off shore and earn the money.
I've since sold the VWs, bought a house, been promoted and also had a few more sport cars but mainly commuter cars. I've got engaged, and having a child in Jan '15.
Now deciding to either stay in RAF upto 22yr point (8yrs left) and get pension or PVR now and look at off shore and earn the money.
Left school in 2001 (with crap grades)
Went to college to improve grades (failed)
Spent 4 years working in a range of industries (sign fitting to insurance).
Started working for a Large insurer in london in 2005.
2011 Got offered job with same company but in Sydney.
2011 Moved to Sydney
2012 met Aussie girlfriend
2014 deciding where to spend my life!!
Went to college to improve grades (failed)
Spent 4 years working in a range of industries (sign fitting to insurance).
Started working for a Large insurer in london in 2005.
2011 Got offered job with same company but in Sydney.
2011 Moved to Sydney
2012 met Aussie girlfriend
2014 deciding where to spend my life!!
Survived school.
Got a BA and then an MA in ancient history.
Dated a bloke.
Attempted to start a business, failed miserably.
Broke up with bloke.
Worked for The National Trust.
Got a job in the Civil Service.
Moved to London.
Dated 2nd bloke.
Realised that I like neither the Civil Service nor London.
Attempting to start another business.
Self-published an eBook and started work on the 2nd one.
Still dating 2nd bloke.
Several of my friends are on the property ladder and even more of them are either getting married or having babies, I'm lagging behind in both. On the other hand if I'd been more successful I wouldn't have taken the step of moving to the city, which has been a learning experience even if it means I'm now desperate to return to the countryside, and I'd probably still be single XD
Got a BA and then an MA in ancient history.
Dated a bloke.
Attempted to start a business, failed miserably.
Broke up with bloke.
Worked for The National Trust.
Got a job in the Civil Service.
Moved to London.
Dated 2nd bloke.
Realised that I like neither the Civil Service nor London.
Attempting to start another business.
Self-published an eBook and started work on the 2nd one.
Still dating 2nd bloke.
Several of my friends are on the property ladder and even more of them are either getting married or having babies, I'm lagging behind in both. On the other hand if I'd been more successful I wouldn't have taken the step of moving to the city, which has been a learning experience even if it means I'm now desperate to return to the countryside, and I'd probably still be single XD
Edited by MentalSarcasm on Monday 14th July 08:22
- Failed lots of GCSE's
- Became a mechanic as punishment; 6 dealerships
- Won a British championship in 1/10th scale nitro r/c racing
- Got married
- 20 hamsters
- Quit being a mechanic and returned to education (Foundation Degree just completed)
- Made GT Academy UK finals twice
- 1 daughter
- 10 cars
- Became a mechanic as punishment; 6 dealerships
- Won a British championship in 1/10th scale nitro r/c racing
- Got married
- 20 hamsters
- Quit being a mechanic and returned to education (Foundation Degree just completed)
- Made GT Academy UK finals twice
- 1 daughter
- 10 cars
Quit my job that I'd just finished my apprenticeship learning
Started new job - new apprenticeship
Bought first house
Got two dogs
Many promotions at work
Owned many cars and bikes
Did up first house, sold for 50% more than purchase
Bought a big new build house
Got married
Raced motorcycles at British championship level
Been all over on holidays
Jacked job in after 12 years
Got a new job same thing but better
Now in the present I have no decent car, no bike and I'm living in a fking nightmare new build estate full ofs, it's so depressing, me and the wife are saving every single penny to buy ourselves out of the place, such is the loss in value.
The worst decision of my life, but we will get out of it and move on (no pun)
Started new job - new apprenticeship
Bought first house
Got two dogs
Many promotions at work
Owned many cars and bikes
Did up first house, sold for 50% more than purchase
Bought a big new build house
Got married
Raced motorcycles at British championship level
Been all over on holidays
Jacked job in after 12 years
Got a new job same thing but better
Now in the present I have no decent car, no bike and I'm living in a fking nightmare new build estate full of
s, it's so depressing, me and the wife are saving every single penny to buy ourselves out of the place, such is the loss in value. The worst decision of my life, but we will get out of it and move on (no pun)
finished Uni
worked in the city
left,
started own business
made a few million
took a gamble
lost it all
started again
Drove across the sahara (and got engaged on a dune under the stars)
moved house 5 times
Married
had the nicest of cars, and the skankiest of cars, back to something reasonable
Became a father to the most beautiful, amazing, irritating, loveable bundle of fun.
paid off a mountain of debt and started again.
fell in love all over again with the wife
Working fkING hard.
worked in the city
left,
started own business
made a few million
took a gamble
lost it all
started again
Drove across the sahara (and got engaged on a dune under the stars)
moved house 5 times
Married
had the nicest of cars, and the skankiest of cars, back to something reasonable
Became a father to the most beautiful, amazing, irritating, loveable bundle of fun.
paid off a mountain of debt and started again.
fell in love all over again with the wife
Working f
kING hard.- same wife, although I majorly cocked-up along the way, she's still here
- had 2 daughters (now ~12 & 13 1/12)
- changed company
- change job within new company 7 times
- been fortunate enough to have bought 9 new cars in that time
- taught children how to ski
- they're now better than me!
- lived in 2 rented properties
- bought newly constructed house
- sold that
- moved to/from temporary rented
- constructed new house
- travelled all over the world with work, racking up hundreds of thousands of air miles in the process!
- had 2 daughters (now ~12 & 13 1/12)
- changed company
- change job within new company 7 times
- been fortunate enough to have bought 9 new cars in that time
- taught children how to ski
- they're now better than me!
- lived in 2 rented properties
- bought newly constructed house
- sold that
- moved to/from temporary rented
- constructed new house
- travelled all over the world with work, racking up hundreds of thousands of air miles in the process!
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