richardmorris Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Today, exactly 14 months to the day since I passed the LGV Class 2 driving test, I passed the module 4 driver CPC practical demonstration test (I somehow managed to get a perfect score), which means that I can finally drive trucks for a living Now, to find a local haulage company which will take on newly-qualified drivers (newly-qualified, but with nigh-on 25 years of prior experience of driving other vehicles, including vans, minibuses and 7.5 tonners). I already have a couple of leads.Where is local? A couple of neighbours at work always seem to want drivers- conference haul and CARS international both in GU248jb. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Where is local? A couple of neighbours at work always seem to want drivers- conference haul and CARS international both in GU248jb.If companies always looking for drivers there's usually a reason! Could be an experience gained though. Sent from my Redmi 4 using Tapatalk alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Where is local? A couple of neighbours at work always seem to want drivers- conference haul and CARS international both in GU248jb. Local for me is the SS postcode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 If companies always looking for drivers there's usually a reason! Could be an experience gained though.Sent from my Redmi 4 using TapatalkThey’re both expanding quite quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Who was looking for Range Rover bits?Prince P may be breaking one soon.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46912691Don't know exactly what happened there, make of it what you will.Police are looking for a white Fiat Uno in connection to the incident. Lacquer Peel, JeeExEll, yellowperil and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Didn't realise he rolled it! It was on lbc as I drove home and the way they described it he dinked someone's car, they shook hands and went their seperate ways! Rolling a modern rr must take some doing with all the electricity bollocks they have, when I nearly got driven into on the a1 in days hyundai ioniq modern it pretty much braked itself and lit the dashboard and lcd up like a Christmas tree. Nearly ruined my planned manouver into l2 as it had the brakes on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 ^ Aah well, fortunately no-one was seriously injured in either car. Which is surprising given his age. Cue 'safe Land Rover' advertising. The outcome could have been less fortunate had he taken the Imp today. chadders and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Local for me is the SS postcode Sarfend? Tescos? Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I wouldn't want to be the one to try to tell him what to doI'd like to be the magistrate who convicts him of dangerous driving with intent to endanger life and gives him a custodial sentence. Who the Fucking hell thinks a demented senile 97 year old should be allowed at the wheel of a motor car ? His children and grand children should have dealt with the problem before he had a serious crash. Spineless twats all of them. Apart from Simitar Anne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Police are looking for a white Fiat Uno in connection to the incident.Have you read Barcelona Plates by Alexi Sayle??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Sarfend? Tescos? Southend, yes ^^ The idea of driving for Tesco has some appeal, but their nearest depot is in Thurrock, which is an area I've worked in for ages (I currently work in Grays, having previously worked for the same company in West Thurrock for eight years) and would dearly love to get away from, due to how far it is away from home and how awful the traffic often is around Lakeside and on the A13 at peak periods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Yeah, winter is here then. Mrs DW had to go to Cardiff today, so she drove to the standard collection caper train station of Caersws, which is pretty much in the arse end of nowhere, so she could at least do some of the journey not in a Perodua Nippa. She arrived back at the station at half ten pm, and discovered the front door locks entirely seized shut with ice. Thankfully, she had phone signal, and I suggested the tailgate (being a hardened 'shiter when it comes to getting into a car with broken locks) which was fine. She's now in and driving home, but both front doors are still iced shut! She's not happy about that, but she is at least in a gently-warming car and on her way. Shep Shepherd, loserone and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Today, exactly 14 months to the day since I passed the LGV Class 2 driving test, I passed the module 4 driver CPC practical demonstration test (I somehow managed to get a perfect score), which means that I can finally drive trucks for a living Now, to find a local haulage company which will take on newly-qualified drivers (newly-qualified, but with nigh-on 25 years of prior experience of driving other vehicles, including vans, minibuses and 7.5 tonners). I already have a couple of leads.Congrats! One of my friends passed his test and managed to get in quickly at Canute Group. He was only about 22 at the time as well. Worth a try! Edit: they went down the pan in December apparently. My pal had moved onto another driving job a year or two ago so I wasn't aware they'd gone. Their yellow artics used to be all over Sarf Essex at one point. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Southend, yes ^^ The idea of driving for Tesco has some appeal, but their nearest depot is in Thurrock, which is an area I've worked in for ages (I currently work in Grays, having previously worked for the same company in West Thurrock for eight years) and would dearly love to get away from, due to how far it is away from home and how awful the traffic often is around Lakeside and on the A13 at peak periods. Friend of mine also lives in the SS2 postal district, and he drives for Tescos. He's probably somewhere out there on the road as we write.... .....One of my friends passed his test and managed to get in quickly at Canute Group. .... Edit: they went down the pan in December apparently. .... Couldn't hold back the tide, then. Angrydicky, wuvvum, chadders and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Congrats! One of my friends passed his test and managed to get in quickly at Canute Group. He was only about 22 at the time as well. Worth a try! Edit: they went down the pan in December apparently. My pal had moved onto another driving job a year or two ago so I wasn't aware they'd gone. Their yellow artics used to be all over Sarf Essex at one point. Canute were based just off the A13 in Wennington. I had no idea that they'd gone bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Friend of mine also lives in the SS2 postal district, and he drives for Tescos. He's probably somewhere out there on the road as we write.... I'm in the SS1 postal district, which is GR9 for the seafront and town centre egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Yeah, winter is here then. Mrs DW had to go to Cardiff today, so she drove to the standard collection caper train station of Caersws, which is pretty much in the arse end of nowhere, so she could at least do some of the journey not in a Perodua Nippa. She arrived back at the station at half ten pm, and discovered the front door locks entirely seized shut with ice. Thankfully, she had phone signal, and I suggested the tailgate (being a hardened 'shiter when it comes to getting into a car with broken locks) which was fine. She's now in and driving home, but both front doors are still iced shut! She's not happy about that, but she is at least in a gently-warming car and on her way.Key blade in mouth for 10secs, pop in lock. Boom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Yes, I discovered the 406 freezes it's doors to the seals this morning, not had that since the blue zx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Vasaline on the doorseals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Key blade in mouth for 10secs, pop in lock. Boom Yeah, the front doors won't even unlock from the INSIDE apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Yeah, the front doors won't even unlock from the INSIDE apparently.One for a hairdryer and graphite oil then.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Friend of mine also lives in the SS2 postal district, and he drives for Tescos. He's probably somewhere out there on the road as we write....Grew up in SS9 (Leigh) and then lived in SS3 (Wakering) and SS0 (Westcliff) before moving away. Yeah it's far from perfect but I miss the place, the shite content in the area is second to none too. I'd consider moving back if the house prices weren't so mental. Shep Shepherd and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'm in the SS1 postal district, which is GR9 for the seafront and town centre Ah....the seafront, the Kursaal, Churchill's nightclub, the memories.... When I used to visit SS2 regularly, the "Cruise" involving various luridly-painted, jazzed-up small cars (mostly Corsas, Saxos, 106s) parading along the seafront was the thing. I took my 635 along that stretch and felt very out of place. Angrydicky and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Ah....the seafront, the Kursaal, Churchill's nightclub, the memories.... When I used to visit SS2 regularly, the "Cruise" involving various luridly-painted, jazzed-up small cars (mostly Corsas, Saxos, 106s) parading along the seafront was the thing. I took my 635 along that stretch and felt very out of place. I currently live within five minutes' walk from the Kursaal New POD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I currently live within five minutes' walk from the Kursaal I wonder if I should try the CX over the speed humps on the seafront? Just for the craic, like. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 I wonder if I should try the CX over the speed humps on the seafront? Just for the craic, like. The speed humps were removed a few years ago, when the council turned the Golden Mile into a 'shared space' with a 20mph speed limit and average speed cameras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 The speed humps were removed a few years ago, when the council turned the Golden Mile into a 'shared space' with a 20mph speed limit and average speed cameras The shites! Ah now, that tells you how long ago I was last there. The SPECS cameras on the inbound A127 (just where the 40mph zone begins) were bad enough. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 The shites! Ah now, that tells you how long ago I was last there. The SPECS cameras on the inbound A127 (just where the 40mph zone begins) were bad enough. I drove past those fuckers at 70mph the day after they were switched on, with no announcement in the local press; I wondered why everyone was going so slowly. Thankfully, nothing came of it. Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Is it just me or does the guy off the aging wheels trabant video sound like Kermit? Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 ^ Aah well, fortunately no-one was seriously injured in either car. Which is surprising given his age. Cue 'safe Land Rover' advertising.The outcome could have been less fortunate had he taken the Imp today..... Yes, well, I fitted inertia reel belts in my '63 Sal and as my Tbone 'slo moed' before my eyes - TF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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