Age/Job...

[330ciSport]

After reading through some of the reply's to Lee's on insurance post I thought of an interesting point (well, to me anyway).

Now, we are not what you would descibe as "typical" BMW owners. However, there are loads of us out there, on more forum's than this one alone. Times must be changing, 10 - 15 years ago (ignore the recession) not many people under the age of 25 owned a BMW, let alone an M3.

So, for the punters like me who live in the arse-end of this island and only know you all by your usernames, I thought it would interesting to see how old we all are, what we do during the day (Teddy excepted of course, we all know he stuffs boxes all day long) and what we drive?

I'll start off:

31 yrs old
Surveyor
04/04 M3 (in 4 days, and counting.......)

It is Monday after all.....

[M5 SC]

Night worker, but soon to be working in a performance car centre type place.
27yrs old.
E46, 328i, coupe, 2000.

[ian_79a]

25yr
steavador
328i saloon

[benny boy]

24 years olds

parts advisor :(

1994 318 is :o

[Gee]

27 yrs young
Accountant
01 530i Sport

[BMW Flex]

just turned 24

2000 523i semi sport

self employed

[beemarman]

32 yrs

IT specialist

M3 convertible

London

[peppernick]

30

Doctor & family business

2004 M3 coupe

[RDG 40]

23 yrs old

Fitness Advisor

51 318ci

[noodler]

31

IT Director

04 330 Coupe Black on Black

[BigFas]

30
Sales Manager for software company
2002 318CiC :(

[beacham]

37 track welder

[speed]

32

self employed

01 330 ci

[usman330]

22, Just finished second yr of business & finance degree
Also self employed

330 Ci Sport Coupe

[Chaos]

36

IT Consultant

03 M3 Vert

[KEV 328CI]

32

self employed joiner

200 328ci

[mystic sport]

33 years old and feelin it!!!

Systems engineer for sun microsystems

[Defector]

21

Insurance Consultant

97 BMW 528i

[AJ.]

25

Owner/Managing Director of Sunspeed Transport Services (http://www.sunspeed.co.uk)

2003 E46 M3

[kris d]

25
account manager at family advertising agency

[Stock323iSaloon]

29
asian test and localisalisation chief honcho of games
323i stock, not ;)

[Afif]

finally 18 :D
Student
'00 316i

[Jona323]

34

Chartered Accountant

E46 323i

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/Jona323/Dsc00511.jpg

[Ali]

22

Student (well, just finished :D )

2004 Z4 3.0i SE

[MistaSmiff]

your all kids!

35
I.T.Specialist (employed) and owner of The PC Zone (http://www.thepczone.co.uk) (part-time)
01 325 Ci Sport

[rahrah]

29 teacher and company director/owner of this http://www.hrsainternational.com

just sold my Audi s3 to get a flippin house ..sad sad days

[scorcher]

34 and 11 months :D

Self employed - selling a few car goodies whilst setting my own art gallery

2004 Lexus IS300 Sportcross

[Ali_]

Just turned 27 :(

I.T customer liaison guy??

Also a partner of fledgeling clothing label.

99 E46 318

[mattj]

25

project/contracts manager for a construction company

04' m3 droptop

[Mizon]

25
Regional Sales Coach in the banking sector

325 Sport Coupe

[GeorgeUK]

21

Medical Student

'93 E36 325i

[Big m.o.]

36 - feel old - some say i look 22 tho

gynaecologist

E46 330 vert on 19s and lowered 45mm all round and P1 as a toy

[paulm3]

23
i.t. and other stuff
m3 '03 coupe :)

[paulm3]

gynaecologist


thats wat i want to be.... but it'd have to be a under 35 y/o policy on the door ;):):)

[e36convert]

19

student of economics

e36 vert

[MistaSmiff]

thats wat i want to be.... but it'd have to be a under 35 y/o policy on the door ;):):)mate..thats way out of order.....but I totally agree with ya... :p

[Nickleback]

your all kids!

35
I.T.Specialist (employed) and owner of The PC Zone (http://www.thepczone.co.uk) (part-time)
01 325 Ci Sport

Who's he kiddin ?!

49 ( & still a teenager )

National Sales Manager for a PLC

Clubsport

Do I get the OAP award or are some of the other more seniors gonna post?

[Matt H330]

30

Supply Chain (I've been supplying drugs for years!!!)

2000 330i saloon

[AlpinaAl]

26 yrs old

Manager of CA-Automotive

2001 E46 M3 CArbon Black

E36 Alpina B3 3.2 also black

[danch]

31 Years Old

IT Specialist

E46 330 Ci with 19" M3 reps, but hopefully trading up already later this year
to a E46 M3....

Cheers

Daniel

[beemer82]

22

Marketing Co-ordinator

2001 E46 318 ISE

[will_uk]

32

Area Manager/Tech

'99 E46 328Ci SE

[Lucky Bob]

49 and counting, the Big "50" is just around the corner, thats got to make me the senior "Ole Boy" ( no chance Nickleback, your just a lad)

MD of Mechanical Building Services Company

330ci sport , great build quality, slightly boring, slightly slow, need M3, 911( varioram) or Griff, never keep anything longer than a year, at my age I need to get into as many cars as possible :p


Bob

[h4pry]

27

After sales director for luxury watch brand

2001 325 cic

[imu]

30

tv/film/music lawyer

2005 535d sport

[Raj]

31
Senior Information Specialist in IT
'00 328Ci non Sport (but you wouldn't have guessed it :D ).

[lee330sport]

I was wondering this question too, but felt nosy asking:o

23 (just)

Self employed Quantity surveyor (construction)
Also accountant but i dont do much of that, its so god damn boring unless its my money.:p

54 supercharged 330 sport
+soon M3 vert (providing i get insurance??)

[Silver]

25
Freelance Graphic designer, Family business. and Soon 2 be fashion designer :D

2002 325 coupe!!!

[K3V HA]

23

Office Bum

E46 320ci

[adood84]

20
Universty student , studying computer engineering
silver 2004 318ci vert with black interior
Fas I didn't like that sad face next to the 318 it should be like this :D

[Mits]

32

Accountant, London

M3 Coupe

[jcross]

35

Freelance Software Consultant

2001 Orient Blue 330 Ci Sport

[rossi46]

34
part-time drug dealer! pimp! money laundering and human trafficking.
oh, and bank robber when i am slightly low with cash. :D
full time gigaloo
but only drives
a 2000 318ci. :( [hmm

[ANT MAN]

30 (but don't look it) :)
Investment Banker
05 330 ci sport

[SG325CI]

21

You wouldnt want to know what I do because you might never talk to me again!

2005 330 CI sport

[Lucky Bob]

21

You wouldnt want to know what I do because you might never talk to me again!

2005 330 CI sport



Inland Revenue ?

[petef]

32 and feelin it !

IT Consultant

E46 320 CI, Topaz Blue :)

Pete

[SG325CI]

INLAND REVANUE?

Not quite that bad!!!

[Lucky Bob]

INLAND REVANUE?

Not quite that bad!!!


Well you've got my attention, come on , come on lets be having you

HMC&E ?

[gringosteve]

Im 26... work in IT and drive a 2003 Velvet Blue 330CI Clubsport.

:cool:

[SG325CI]

Lucky Bob

You have given yourself a clue in your reply, the clue is in the first line.

[Lucky Bob]

Lucky Bob

You have given yourself a clue in your reply, the clue is in the first line.

The Armed Forces ?

[Nickleback]

Im 26... work in IT and drive a 2003 Velvet Blue 330CI Clubsport.

:cool:

A newbie, welcome mate & fellow clubsport owner ! [ok
Come on announce yourself on the forum with a few pics too.
Your welcome on here, hope you got a fat wallet cos we'll sure thin it out for you :D

[Chaos]

The Armed Forces ?No, he's a member of the constabulary and just as welcome as anyone else here.

As long as he has selective eyesight. ;)

[Lucky Bob]

Twenty One

an a Rozzer ( thats police to anyone under 100 yrs old) it's a fair cop guv.

That nothing to be ashamed of, your the first person everyone wants to see when things go wrong, just can't find any of you when it does :p

[SG325CI]

I know. I always seem to see my lovely collegues when they want to pull me for errrrmmmm travelling quite fast........
And yep 21 and a copper. Ive been doing it for 3 years since I was 18 actually.

[330ciSport]

Well guys, feckin excellent response. Thanks everyone! When I've got a minute in the next couple of weeks, I'll do some analysis of the responses.

Lee, maybe you could throw in your bean counting experience to help!

Great to see such a spectrum of folk with one common passion, excellent engineering! All were missing here is a lawyer.

[Durgesh]

Lot of answers there, nice one... Yup would be nice to see it all in a table or something.

26

Freelance I.T Consultant

Used to drive : "EvoTechnik" 330 Supercharged Vert

Now: Nothing at the moment.. till the replacement gets here any day now.

[BigFas]

All were missing here is a lawyer.


We had one, but he was a complete and utter cock. So we banned him :D

[benny boy]

We had one, but he was a complete and utter cock. So we banned him :D


lol stright the point fas lol :)

[gringosteve]

A newbie, welcome mate & fellow clubsport owner ! [ok
Come on announce yourself on the forum with a few pics too.
Your welcome on here, hope you got a fat wallet cos we'll sure thin it out for you :D


Yup...im a newbie. Cheers for the warm welcome. Will post some pics up soon. Just got to upload some to my webspace.

Just a quick question, and thread hijack (starting well!):

was there any performance difference between pre and post facelift 330Ci's (due to the introduction of a 6 speed box). If so what is the difference?

Thanks..looking forward to getting poorer with this car ;-)

Steve

[peppernick]

was there any performance difference between pre and post facelift 330Ci's
Rev limiter increased by another 250RPM to 6750. Engine and ECU is the same. 6-Speed gearbox gives you an over drive gear ratio in 6th gear. Saying that you'll have more ratios to play with if you want to upgrade the diff to one of a shorter ratio so you get better acceleration.

[imu]

We had one, but he was a complete and utter cock. So we banned him :D

Ahem... [read


30

tv/film/music lawyer

2005 535d sport

[bang

[BigFas]

Present company excepted of course :)

[gringosteve]

Rev limiter increased by another 250RPM to 6750. Engine and ECU is the same. 6-Speed gearbox gives you an over drive gear ratio in 6th gear. Saying that you'll have more ratios to play with if you want to upgrade the diff to one of a shorter ratio so you get better acceleration.

Cool.. any ideas what the actuall 0-60 times were pre and post facelift?

Ive heard everything from 7.4 seconds to 6.4 seconds mentioned.

Thanks mate!

Steve

[rob_c]

I'm 25 I have my own web design business and do some IT Contracting

I drive a 01 330ci Sport Convertible

[BeemerBoy888]

26

Independent Mortgage Broker

330sport vert

[nass]

25 yrs old

Graduate in HRM management and Marketing

Looking for a job :(

[Rob84]

21

Refinery Ops tech

'02 325Ci SE in Orient :D

[ZimZimmer]

26 Y/O.....

E36 M3 Convertible

I.T. Purchasing and Sales

[InvIs Inc]

22

323ci manual 2.5

mutant hero turtle

[benny boy]

no traffic wardens then lol

[Shuriken]

17

Student, Data Entry Clerk (Oi, don't mock it! :p) and owner of web hosting and design biz.

E36 316i

Cool that we've got a copper on here for advice. :) The spread is amazing.

Shuriken.

[Stock323iSaloon]

mutant hero turtle

So that's Pizza Magic on Hyndland Road then YA REQUIUM :D

[Matt_318ci'Vert]

26
3D CAD Draughtsman (contractor)
2003 318CiC

[SenekasBlue]

35

Currently selling own arse

Ferrari Enzo

[whitey]

37yr old acting 12 well so my wife says

house hubby [ok best job ever :eek: but crap pay

humble 318ci vert compared to all you guys but one day it will be a m3 if the wife gets here finger out and gets up the career ladder :D

[InvIs Inc]

So that's Pizza Magic on Hyndland Road then YA REQUIUM :D

do most my pizza eating at dimagios and lil italy on byres lol

CALLABUNGA

[Mikedav]

23, International Diamond Smuggler. Unsociable hours, but plenty of world travel.
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Ok, actually a Company Director (real estate / publishing)

[Cannondale99]

20

Sales

E39 BMW 523i SE 2.5 on 18" BMW M Parallel Sport rims

[estoril 328]

I am a joiner by trade, but in the last 5 years i have been working as a joiner while buying and selling property. I am the MD of my own company supplying joinery labour to a large international building company.

2000 328 coupe.

[Two_Stripes]

27 (Not for long)

Commercial Pilot

2002 330i
(and 1997 325 tds se until sold)

[richardlkay]

30

IT Support Technician (overworked and underpaid!)

E46 316ti SE Compact :(

[Working Cars]

36

Own and run Working Cars (http://www.workingcars.tv)

E30 '93 325i convertible

[sonny.j.h]

27

Sercurity Consultant (DOD)

1993 318is (e36)

expad, but Bromley SE London when back in the UK

[Doc Matt]

Just turned 31 :eek:

I own a small roofing firm where we mainly supply and fit UPVC fascias, soffits and guttering. 25% discount to forum dudes ;)

I drive a 2002 M3 convertible

:)

[cartech]

37
owner of bodyshop/garage
99 328i se

[Raja_SMGII]

25, Network Administrator Mon-Fri, Field Network Support Engineer Sat-Sun*




*Read: need to get a life!

[lee330sport]

I own a small roofing firm where we mainly supply and fit UPVC fascias, soffits and guttering. 25% discount to forum dudes ;)
Spam!............:p

[richardlkay]

Spam!............:p

LOL [crackmeup

[reaver]

23
M/c operator

2001 728i Sport

[Lucky Bob]

Reaver

Whats an M/c operator ? and nice looking car

[reaver]

Reaver

Whats an M/c operator ? and nice looking car

Machine Operator ( paper manfacture sector )

thx



[ok

[coupe king]

26

Work for a Well Engineering Consultancy

Drive a 1993 E36 320

[kam32oi Cab]

this post has a good responce! [banana

22 student/part time worker in a long stay valet parking, near heathrow. drive cars all day :D

1989 RS cosworth, leathers etc, 280bhp

[coupe king]

How come all you manky students can afford expensive cars, dont be telling me student loans and part time jobs pay for Z4's and 330's, cossies and other tasty motors....... :rolleyes:

[kam32oi Cab]

well i started from the bottom personally, and have worked up, bought and sold some cars that i knew i cud make money on like my old e30 cab, iv had too many cars, cosworths have been a dream car for me since i was a kid so now im not going to change my car unless insurace goes sky high on renewel. im 22 and have had 11 cars :mad:

havent had no help from parents/student loans/credit cards etc etc. :) i used ma head on making legit money, use ma head on cars more than wat i do at uni [hmm

[coupe king]

Good on you, fair play! [cool

[whitey]

37yr [ ssshhhhh] dont look it :D
house hubby [ play games on the pc all day inbetween house work :eek: ]2004 318ci vert

[Shuriken]

'Ey Whitey, got BF2? I feel a challenge coming on!

~excuse off-topic~ :)

Shuriken.

[Matt H330]

this post has a good responce! [banana

22 student/part time worker in a long stay valet parking, near heathrow. drive cars all day :D

1989 RS cosworth, leathers etc, 280bhp


LOL, so next time I have my car collected at Heathrow, can you make sure it doesn't get thrashes to within an inch of it's life!!!

Oh and I'm 30, a Demand Manager/Lead supply chain person

2000 330i

[whitey]

'Ey Whitey, got BF2? I feel a challenge coming on!



had it a week now just getting to grips with it good game [cool

in game name is -------- whiteyheadsup---------

play mostly rank servers and always get killed :D [bang