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1st Car 1986 325e 5 speed, bought from my Mom, had brand new type Es on it I had painted black.
I dont have any pics but it was lowered on H&R sports before I sold it to buy....
1998 A4 Avant quattro 5speed witht he 30valve 2.8, awesome winter car
Then I picked up this
1989 325i all original 119K(a little different now)
A few months ago I saw this car for sale and couldnt turn it down for the price.
1991 318is
Im 18 and have had four cars. I just finished High School this year and have worked everyday since I was 14.
I plan on selling the Audi and 318is and buying an E30 M3. I just need to find the right one.
Badass. What's your opinion of the new Mini, especially the S? I've always had a bit of a crush on the new Mini, I've often thought about buying one.
I've driven several of them, they are really nice, very nimble, and pretty damn fun.
What turns me off is the FWD though, I know its something I could get used to, but it just does not excite me, the handling aspect is completely different then I prefer.
Honestly when i first got it i was scared that i wouldnt like it, due to size and Fwd, but its grownin on me, just as long as u only bring one passenger, Supercharger whine is sex, Nice to own something not 20years old, fun car
Whether you use your degree or not doesn't really matter. Having it will. When you are younger (under 30) you can make good money without a degree, but you will hit a point where you can't go further.
My Dad was an aircraft engineer and never finished his degree. He got passed over for promotions solely because he didn't have the degree, regardless of his experience and ability, the higher jobs required it. When he started engineering he didn't need a degree, try to get hired in it now without one. Those fields that pay well and don't require degrees now will once everyone jumps into them.
I got into computer work 15 years ago while I was in college getting my degree. I made great money and moved to Texas before finishing my degree. A couple years later when looking for a job I had a hard time in a market saturated with degreed candidates. I went back and finished the class I needed and earned my degree last May. Best thing I ever did.
Don't kid yourself and say the degree doesn't matter, it does. Sure there are examples like Bill Gates, etc, but I doubt very few here are like that. When you're older it will hold you back. I've seen it and I've lived it.
As for my cars, I got them by deciding early on to not have a car loan. I buy older cars by choice and fix them up. I can drive them for a year or two and not be throwing away $400/month on a car payment. That extra money adds up quick. Each time I sell one I usually add a little cash and get something nicer. I now have the 4 BMW's, truck, and Harley and don't owe a cent. Feels good. Now to pay off this new house :crazy:
I agree and disagree. Its really dependent on the job at hand, for engineering a degree I could see as beneficial. But for certain positions, including I.T. I would never even consider it.
I work in Redmond/Bellevue, which is now the Pacific Northwest Equivalent of Silicon Valley, and up here most companies (including mine) look at actual experience, vs college status/degree and frankly I'm happy to see that change.
In my industry I have seen many people cross my path, interviewed a very large amount, and it seems the ones WITH college degree's are the cocky ones who don't understand basic concepts, let alone enterprise I.T.
Some people can pull it off, and thankfully I consider myself one of the few that did. I'm a high school dropout with a GED, and have never step foot in a College classroom, let alone paid a single student loan in my life, and for that I am thankful. I know many people who did something very similar to me, and they are all just as successful.
I hope to never work for a biased company that insists on College degree's, and as I said, many are starting to review that policy and realize that they have a much broader workforce available to them by simple dealing with skills, and not pieces of paper. Very soon I will be in executive management at my company, and I'm thrilled to be there, at 23 years of age I would of never considered a different path, and while I cannot recommend the path I took, but gosh darn it, it worked for me.
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