Shite What U Can Show Up With

[Sloth in a bowl]

Nah, no Awdy.

 

This would make them think I'm a retired Grand Prix driver, no?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-ALFA-ROMEO-166-2-5-V6-24V-Proteo-Red-with-Black-Leather-Thousands-Spent-/272054431707

 

Plus I'd have a perfect excuse for being late.

 

Automotive Global Supply Chain Logistics.

 

This combination, if you can keep an Alfa 166 on the road and happy then getting anything your customers need will be no problem at all. Perfect advertising.

Plus everybody is just a little bit jealous of the man who turns up with an Alfa V6.

[Adrian_pt]

Interesting concept: socially acceptable shite. 924? 900 Turbo? Old Landy? 146? W123 coop? 205GTi?

[Junkman]

I'd turn up in your Rover, I think it's the b011ox 

 

I'm not applying for a hitman position. Not sure why, but I don't.

[Asimo]

Blag a Nissan Leaf on some try before you buy scheme. * If interview is local.

 

Get job.

 

Buy Imperial.

[Six-cylinder]

Unless you know who you are trying to impress and what they like you are on a hiding to nothing, buy what you like.

 

Then hide your gas guzzler round the corner and turn up at interview in your cycling kit!

[Junkman]

Blag a Nissan Leaf on some try before you buy scheme.

 

I'd get tarred and feathered if I showed up in a Birkenstock chariot.

[Bear]

I give it 14 seconds before I get bored of this

 

 

I'm bored of it already and I just glanced.

[UltraWomble]

Shake it like its 1983 with dangly mirrors...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-FORD-SIERRA-1-6-L-/291617103080?hash=item43e5bbdce8:g:2QkAAOSwLzdWSLr5

[Agaboo]

For my impeding job hunts and potentially ensuing contract work, I need some shite that is suitable for showing up with at job interviews/customers.

 

Caution:

 

- No diesel

- No post taxation change (2001?)

 

So please suggest something sensible, before I go and buy this:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Oldsmobile-Regency-NO-RESERVE-FREE-TAX-LOW-MILES-/321929655254

I know this car... all i will say is don't...

[Hertz]

Are you looking to impress or the sympathy vote?

 

This ticks both boxes depending on your point of view.

 

[anonymous user]

What's the budget, is there a minimum engine/seating/luggage capacity, are you expecting to do long distances, are you trying to promote an image of dependable, reliable, sensible and frugal, flash bastard, oddball, or any combination of these? Note that the image portrayed may differ from the actuality.

Dependable - Austin Somerset

Reliable- Golf

Sensible - Volvo

Frugal - as no diesel allowed, 2cv

Flash - Jaguar XK8

Oddball - Chrysler 300 (without Bentley fakery, but with the Hemi)

 

I like picking cars for other people, just don't ask me to find one that suits me.

 

In reality something older but immaculate presents an image of someone sensible, not swayed by fashion and knows how to look after something. So a nice Nissan Bluebird then.

[robinmasters]

So please suggest something sensible, before I go and buy this:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Oldsmobile-Regency-NO-RESERVE-FREE-TAX-LOW-MILES-/321929655254

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[lisbon_road]

I work in various places, and one in particular has a real car culture.  New Merc or nothing.  I always go there on my bike as that is considered kind of eccentric but ok, where my Mk3 Astra would be a real turn off, immaculate or not.

 

I'd consider hiring a car for an interview.  Then if you get the job, be yourself and they'll accept you if you do the job well.

 

Just a thought.  The modern consumerist culture is sickening, but yes, you need a job like the rest of us.............

[Guest Breadvan72]

You can borrow my SD1, but you would have to get your valet to change gear for you.

[New POD]

Since 2008, I have attended 6 successful interviews and 6 unsuccessful interviews.

 

Success : 1.6 8V Astra x 2 (Rolls Royce and Trelleborg); Cavalier mk3 x1 (Ministry of Defence); Honda Accord Deseil x 3 (GE, Goodrich Areo, and Frazer Nash)

 

Failures : 1.6 8V astra x 2 (Bae Systems, Toyota); Cavalier Mk3 x 1 (MINI oxford); Honda x 3 (Bombardier and DHL and an Areospace ground equipment manufacturer)

 

I guess that Nobody has time to look into the car park, and couldn't give a shit how you arrived.  

[forddeliveryboy]

Old Mercedes - not sure that's a good image unless you're going for an arty job. Most people seeking a good employee would want to see something that fits in but perhaps also indicates you have qualities a little above the average.

 

Everything points to a Saab or Volvo. They're perceived as reliable and quality. 9-5 or S/V70. Both look like you mean business but are a well-balanced, affable chap.

 

A 166 would suggest you're egocentric and likely to have girlfriends in your lunchhour.

[Lacquer Peel]

Automotive Global Supply Chain Logistics.

 

Here's a golden example of a global automotive partnership and automotive global supply chain logistics. Or something.

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-Rover-City-Rover-1-4-Style-5dr-/321875870136

[UltraWomble]

I work in various places, and one in particular has a real car culture.

Flip the bird to them and turn up in this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Delorean-/191742707639?hash=item2ca4c187b7:g:2PMAAOSwFGNWT2uE

[UltraWomble]

REPMOBILE

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-VAUXHALL-CAVALIER-RARE-1-7-Diesel-Superb-/141834483015?hash=item2105fe7547:g:wtAAAOSwgyxWUP9n

[garethj]

As RichardK says, something clean and forgettable would be best, a few years ago a friend had a similar dilemma and chose a Renault Safranne.

 

Can you find a classless car? Classic Saab 900 perhaps, or something that's not trying too hard like an Audi 100, the aerodynamic one. Subaru Legacy saloon maybe

[Tamworthbay]

Surely it's more about HOW you arrive. I would suggest driving through empty boxes before J turning into a parking space. That way they will know you are a professional.

[Honey Badger]

Dead cow seats but a much underated car

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda/honda-legend-3.5-v6-auto-/1143031234

[DVee8]

For the discerning job hunter

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2014-Audi-A4-2-0-TDI-177-S-Line-4dr-Manual-Saloon-/181931170026?hash=item2a5bf158ea:g:kOUAAOSw9mFWHgw0

 

or

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2014-14-BMW-320d-xDrive-M-Sport-Four-Wheel-Drive-Media-Pack-SAT-NAV-/252168147722?hash=item3ab664930a:g:TjgAAOSwT4lWRLUO

[320touring]

Buy something you know and like, that is interesting enought to provoke comment.

 

when they ask about it, rhyme off some witty line regarding how it represents a mircrocosm of the Automotive Global Supply Chain Logistics.

 

clear coherent examples of practical application of the job prerequisites frmfw

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I always go big ,flash and obvious things like Mercs,Jags, BMWs. Probably why I haven't had a job for 25 years.

Saabs are the obvious way of making people think you're reliable but a little bit interesting, the Japanese equivalent is Honda- old farts will think of John Surtees, or LJKS, the young go-gettin HR twat will think Paul Walker.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C675666#

No clutch, no cow , frugal , no derv, not easily pigeonholeable, under a grand.

[doobietoo]

Try something 90s but bombproof. Old Volvo, old Merc, old SAAB etc. 

 

 

Or enjoy knowing something ordinary boring people don't, and swan about in a cheap 75.

 

 I know *someone who is selling a Saab 93 turbo ... timeless and bulletproof.... Silver too the executives choice....

[Lord Sterling]

Be like me and turn up in a corroding Rover Sterling....

 

Actually, forget that, my track record with jobs ain't exactly anything to sing about.

[Cheggers]

I interview people on a weekly basis and have never taken any interest in what they drive - The days of playing "king of the car park" are over. Turn up in whatever you fancy, it'll make no difference to your chances of employment.

[chaseracer]

I turn up every day in a Blingo without a single straight panel - and they still give me work...

[FakeConcern]

Park around the corner