Thread: Because it's a Land Rover

Note to George130 (et al): Ross Lane, Tintenbar, about 300 metres east of the Pacific Highway, 4 kilometres west of Lennox Head Village.

GQ

Originally Posted by DarrenR

then one of the blood sucking *cough* loving children is off to uni, who then shortly after that will want/need a car,

Been there, done that. She got a job and paid her own way through uni and bought her own car. She also paid rent where she lived.

We did assist by paying her first year HECS fees up front and she paid us back. Ditto with the car. All running costs for the car were paid by her.

Ron

Originally Posted by p38arover

Been there, done that. She got a job and paid her own way through uni and bought her own car. She also paid rent where she lived.

We did assist by paying her first year HECS fees up front and she paid us back. Ditto with the car. All running costs for the car were paid by her.

Ron

Your a lucky man Ron to have a daughter who is willing to work while she's at uni.

I've worked with alot of uni students at Woolies and in Security that have managed to go to uni go to work and still have a social life. then there is the other kind the whinging blood sucking arsholes that think that the world owes them everything and that getting there hands dirty is beneath them.

at least your daughter will go through life with a strong work ethic, pride in what she has achived and pride in her self. the others just end up being selfish yuppies.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Been there, done that. She got a job and paid her own way through uni and bought her own car. She also paid rent where she lived.

We did assist by paying her first year HECS fees up front and she paid us back. Ditto with the car. All running costs for the car were paid by her.

Ron

Similar to what my other half did. Her folks payed for uni up front, she has paid it all back. Worked while at Uni and bought a car outright when she moved here for her first teaching position. Is now well under way paying off the first investment property (looking for the next one now).

Originally Posted by chunk

Your a lucky man Ron to have a daughter who is willing to work while she's at uni.

I've worked with alot of uni students at Woolies and in Security that have managed to go to uni go to work and still have a social life. then there is the other kind the whinging blood sucking arsholes that think that the world owes them everything and that getting there hands dirty is beneath them.

at least your daughter will go through life with a strong work ethic, pride in what she has achived and pride in her self. the others just end up being selfish yuppies.

All very well to say that, but uni is a full time job. From my experience there isn't much bludge in it.

How many of the folks on the forum are expected, as a matter of course, to have a part-time job on top of their full-time job?

Then there's the matter of grades. Again, from my experience, the more time you have to study the more likely you are to get a decent mark and all of the good stuff that follows.

Cheers
Simon

I did ponder throwing in the idea of a Freelander

Just say no!

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

All very well to say that, but uni is a full time job. From my experience there isn't much bludge in it.

How many of the folks on the forum are expected, as a matter of course, to have a part-time job on top of their full-time job?

Then there's the matter of grades. Again, from my experience, the more time you have to study the more likely you are to get a decent mark and all of the good stuff that follows.

Cheers
Simon

Depends on the degree you did. I worked in my first year at a Woolies distribution centre when I was 23. No trouble doing both. However the next two years I worked in the family business. Easier to work that around uni than Woolies.

Originally Posted by MacMan

Just say no!

Well I figure I'm the one that is going to be doing the maintenance, so I thought something that at least sparks my mild interest. Keep in mind my perspective is someone thats worked on such crap heaps as the 2.6lt 6 cylinder Land Rover engine, Mazda RX7, VW, and a few vans, surely a Freelander can't be as difficult to work on.

If it's merely a matter of ironing out a few wrinkles and parts aren't ridiculously priced I don't see a big problem. I'll have a search through old threads and the WWW to see what comes up

I'm sure it can't be that bad, maybe you guys are just a bunch of sooks.

Best regards
DarrenR