HaydnH

I've noted this thread title and I'm going to quietly pretend it never existed... if anyone sees me in this thread again please call my nurse to take me back to the asylum.

A question for the ladies on the forum if I may - I know all these athletes want to be known for their abilities rather than their looks... but are there any females who actually dislike being seen as attractive? Personally if I was added to a "totty list" I'd be chuffed to bits.

So the record stands at drifting 46 times around a public roundabout? They sound like awesome drivers, I want to be part of their gang!

So make sure these points are listed near the top of your CV and that the description of your time at university expands on what you've done in these areas, although if you're asking about an interview you've probably already submitted your CV. Also it sounds like you're pretty much the ideal graduate candidate for this role based purely on your education, so speak loudly and be confident! If you're voice sounds loud to you it probably sounds normal and confident to others. Getting along with other candidates should be fairly easy, they're all there for the same reason and probably just as nervous as you will be! Try and enjoy getting to know and working with them, smile and show you're happy working in a group. While the quality of your team's solution may have a part in the task, they're probably looking for how you work as part of a team more. Will you express your ideas openly? Will you back down and support someone else's idea if it's a better solution than yours? How do you work around problems? Do you show leadership qualities? Don't be surprised if you have to present your solution to the recruiters and the other groups at the end of the task - this is an area most people dislike, do a google search for presentation skills (speak loudly, smile etc) and be prepared. Haydn.

Something I haven't seen mentioned but can't stress enough is to write you CV tailored to each and every job you apply for, if the job spec asks for someone with skills X,Y and Z I want to see those skills listed somewhere bloody obvious. If I get 50 CVs for one role and somebody has listed skill Y on page 7 I'm not going to even get that far, the CV will be in the bin even if they could possibly be Jesus applying for a role as a priest - writing that you can turn water in to wine on page 7 or hidden in a huge paragraph just isn't going to get read! Will's post is a good one so I won't re-iterate what he's said, a few expansions though: Very true, at graduate level they won't be looking so much for what you know, they'll be looking for how your mind works related to the position - so a logical thought process is most likely to be a factor for a software testing job I would have thought. I can't stress this enough, you're a graduate so they're not expecting you to have a wealth of knowledge, they're looking for someone they can mould to their requirements - to do that they need someone who will ask the right questions, take on board the answers and apply that new knowledge. This is important for any interview regardless of experience, if someone turns up to an interview and hasn't even bothered researching the company I would disregard them immediately. I've found it useful to take a folder (leather bound if possible but that's a small thing) containing a spare CV or 2, a few prints of relevant parts of their website (things like what the core products are, number of employees, countries they operate/have offices in, recent news) and any other interesting bits of info you can find on the company elsewhere - opening the older to show a print of the website immediately tells the interviewer that you've prepared and have done your homework on the company. Be aware that interviewers may either test you on what you've printed or will jump to the conclusion you've learnt it and use the time to ask other questions that you can't prepare so well for though. Further, the employers probably need to fill the position more than you need to accept it! If they don't fill the position soon, even with a less than perfect candidate, the company/team will be failing to perform (e.g: revenue:sales staff, customer satisfaction:support staff). It's especially hard to obtain head count in this economic climate so the role will tend to be seen as a vital position to fill. I feel that the more jobs you've done the more you realise that the recruiting company is more desperate for the right staff than the good staff are of finding the right role. Software testing covers a very wide range of roles though, do you have any more info on the role to see what they do and where they're trying to position you? Haydn.

As the dyno is at the hubs the flywheel readout can at best be a mathematical guess, If you ask Mark@Abbey he'll give you the formula he uses to calculate the flywheel number. Personally I don't think the numbers are the main reason to get an uprev though.

Is it just me who thinks they're hideous on a black roadster though?

We run AD08s on the MR2 turbo we use for track, very impressed with them and they're pretty good in the wet as well regardless of what the reviews say. I need to replace all 4 corners in the next few weeks so will be replacing with AD08s. I posted another thread regarding them and it appears nobody has any direct experience with them on a Z, I'll let you know how I get on with them - although I don't do many miles so it may take me a while to bed them in and obviously I won't be able to comment on the longevity for a while.

Darren, who are you insured with? I'd be interested in case I SC mine.

So about the same as a Z roadster then?

I got stuck in this for hours today! On the way back from a wedding and the M25 was grid locked as usual so I cut through the back roads just to get stuck the other side of Kingston from where I live. The stewards had absolutely no idea what was going on - 1 told me he lived 80 miles away, this was the first time he'd been to the area and they'd been given no information about alternative routes! Also most of the roads that were closed didn't have road closed signs until you got right to the end and had a queue of people doing u-turns. All they could advise was to find a parking spot and wait for hours. Complete chaos!

I'd love a XKSS as well as an XJ13.

Prestige on here will also quote for SC.

To clarify Mark's comment, the DE kit will be over 9k if you need the above. The HR kit is more like 11k without any of the above, oil cooler or larger sump which Mark recommends - so probably more like 13-14k if you need the above and include the recommendations. Please correct me if that's not what you meant Mark. I'm still probably going to be doing it on my HR, although spending about the value of the car on mods is a little to most people.

That's either one damn expensive exhaust or a damn cheap SC setup. It must be an Amuse.

Boy I wish the HR SC was that cheap.

Is that safe? I thought you shouldn't fit children in the Z as there's no way to disable the airbags? EDIT: Just saw your bit about disabling the airbags by plug, I guess that does all of the airbags but gives you a light on the dash?

Do the Zs have a CD changer port considering there's 6 CDs in the headunit?

I think I've found your first step in to Zeditis: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=n ... &_osacat=0 Actually, I need to do exactly the same!

I asked Prestige (from here) about supercharging when I renewed the other week, if I decide to do it the insurance will go up about 50% based on a power increase of about 50%... doesn't seem too bad to me.

Apart from on the drivers seat.

What bump on the head? I can't remember anything since Wales - I blame that weird drink from Ade.

+1000! At the next meet I'm not drinking with anyone other than Ian - I'm too scared you other lot will try and wax my legs or something! I never thought the Z was a hairdressers car until now. I seem to recall seeing Ian using hairspray at the last meet He was only trying to make up for the lack of lacquer on his door sills.

His eyes are bulging must of been a good paragraph They may have not been the only thing bulging I wish I could find something that made me bulge like that for £3.99.