Thank you everyone

[seabodSXI]

hi all well about 4 years ago i was a little scrote chav that had nothing going for me except drink shagging about and i would of probably turned to drugs as alot of my mates have done i didnt have any sort of future planned out at all thats about the time when i brought my first vauxhall and found migweb .. looking at all the projects and diffrent types of cars amazed me, thats when my life started changing for the better i started working on my cars doing little things like oil changes and brakes , things like that ,, then i met kerry now my feionce ( if thats how you spell it ) i stopped hanging around with my usual mates that took drugs and drank every day and wanted to do something with my life ... just proving i was intrested in and loved made me want to change my life for the better i joind the army at 17 but unfortunatly got discharged 4 months into my training because of my exzma ( witch i never had befor ) i was devistated and went on a bit of a bad streake ( split up with kez because of my drinking and taking coke some times ) .. id ****ed up big style .... untill i came on migweb again and seeing all the projects made me think that i love porformance cars and projects .. thats when i started working on my own vauxhalls and LEARNING ABSOULTLY EVERYTHING FROM YOU GUYS from changing brake pads to chanking cambelts it made me want to be a michanic i applied and started last week at collage i explaind what i knew and have learnt off here and he gave me some questions ( in-front of the other pupils ) how does forced induction work, what a dry sump systme is ect ect he was ammazed i learnt so much off the internet ( migweb )....... all in all im now so releaved i feel i have a futuer im working 4 days a week and at collage 2 and a half i knackerd but i feel im doing well in life and im going to be fine .. aswell as kez who is H&R at the new B&Q store we are doing grate in i carnt helf thinking its down to the people on migweb that has helped me sor out mu life THANK YOU MIGWEB

[RodOGW]

Great story mate - all the luck in the world with your future - just learn to enjoy the journey - even the detours.

[tom_moran]

nice, work your arse off mate, its not easy but with your attitude you will do just fine

[GTE Mk2]

Its been down to you mate and you alone, you ve obviously got the inner strength to make change happen, good on you for it. Doing old vauxhalls up can be as addictive as drugs though lol so be warned!

[GTE 16v]

Wow, thanks for that post, things like that make all the work we put in behind the scenes worth while.

Enjoy MIG and keep us updated on your progress.

[daddy cav]

Best of luck with the job and the college release .

[gixerboyuk]

Well done mate, splendid post and all the best for the future. Keep going as you see right. Dont let the bas**rds grind you down

[scooby-KILLER]

you deserve a massive pat on the back chap!, i imagine there are many in your previous position on here and many that have been there and this will show other things can change!,

i work my arse off mate have 1 day week to my self i own 3 vauxhalls so as previously said it can be very ADDICTIVE & EXPENSIVE but better than any hit you can find on the street and all the hard work does pay off and that part of the reason i personaly am continuing to graft my hoop of

all the best with your future

[smurf_9t1]

fairplay mate . massive respect

[scooby-KILLER]

fairplay mate . massive respect

+1 man!!

[wayne451]

Hats off to you fella. I also have bad skin (eczema) which severely ****ed up my life for the best part of a decade.

Althought I have been a complete knob on here over the years this is a REALLY good site with a fantastic structure that will help anyone.

I can relate to what you are saying, although it is going back 10-15 years. I will not say what I make my money from now otherwise people may start crying on another forum but lets say that 4 years ago I didn't have a bean to scratch my arse with...

Anyone with the motivation to change their life deserves a pat on the back IMO!

[Violet]

Sounds like you were doing OK with the drinking, shagging but then you found Migweb!

Good story though, if you can make a little bit of a difference to your life it's worthwhile!

[scooby-KILLER]

Sounds like you were doing OK with the drinking, shagging but then you found Migweb!

Good story though, if you can make a little bit of a difference to your life it's worthwhile!

^ lmaolmao

[Ed]

It's taking a lot of self restraint for me not to correct that post, but given the spirit of it, I'll let it be.

Well done mate, and shame the Army didn't pan out.

I also learnt a huge amount from this website, so owe a lot to it.

[wayne451]

Ed and OHC both learnt how to bulk up via the Internet. Ed read body building forums and hit the gym, OHC read Hansel and Gretel then filled his face with cakes and short breads.

[daddy cav]

I remember you now Ed .... was a South East meet about 2003 ... my reg was YMC ... you said it should say YMCA lmao

[Allvaux]

Sounds like you were doing OK with the drinking, shagging but then you found Migweb!

lmaolmao

[Astra Dan]

Aww, nice story. Well done that man.

[Ed]

Ed and OHC both learnt how to bulk up via the Internet. Ed read body building forums and hit the gym, OHC read Hansel and Gretel then filled his face with cakes and short breads.

lmao

I remember you now Ed .... was a South East meet about 2003 ... my reg was YMC ... you said it should say YMCA lmao

Oh really lmao Was that the one held at Blindley Heath?

[chip]

Nice to hear "only a forum" making such a positive impact on your life by inspiring you, although I agree with GTE Mk2 that any actual positive changes you have made are all your own work.

Its surprising how much you can learn just from cars as a hobby, my ex mrs did what is normally a 2 year mechanics course but started a month late and straight into the second year, so only had about 7 months in total, and she still got a distinction, just from all the knowledge she had picked up off me and my mates helping us with our cars and her own etc.

[Ed]

Its surprising how much you can learn just from cars as a hobby, my ex mrs did what is normally a 2 year mechanics course but started a month late and straight into the second year, so only had about 7 months in total, and she still got a distinction, just from all the knowledge she had picked up off me and my mates helping us with our cars and her own etc.

I worked as a college lecturer for 3 years, and one of the subjects I taught was "Motor Vehicle Workshop". I had no actual qualifications in the subject, just my knowledge and experience picked up from MIG and mechanic mates lol.

Blagging my way through teaching the students how to use the tyre machine was interesting lmao. Luckily one of my students worked part time at Kwik Fit, so I got him to quickly "refresh my memory" before the lesson began.

[MSG]

Mig web really does help expand your knowledge into cars through other people's experiences in cars and mechanics, and when you are stuck you can always ask for free super sdvice, including some real talented genius like Wayne and Allvaux offers some excellent councilling free of charge too.
You did very well, great thinking and now keep off those nasty things that nearly ruined your life like a druggy.

[OHC]

I can relate to what you are saying, although it is going back 10-15 years. I will not say what I make my money from now otherwise people may start crying on another forum but lets say that 4 years ago I didn't have a bean to scratch my arse with...

You just cant help yourself can you Wayne? And just for your info operation "Ripped for summer" is underway

Thread starter - good on you, I'm trying to make changes in my life but not getting very far, the internet is partly to blame lmao

[Violet]

I worked as a college lecturer for 3 years, and one of the subjects I taught was "Motor Vehicle Workshop". I had no actual qualifications in the subject, just my knowledge and experience picked up from MIG and mechanic mates lol. Blagging my way through teaching the students how to use the tyre machine was interesting lmao. Luckily one of my students worked part time at Kwik Fit, so I got him to quickly "refresh my memory" before the lesson began.

Blagging is great when it works, especially when they ask you a question about your blagging, and you further blag on that, before spiralling into a complex world of blagdom.

[seabodSXI]

thank you for all the comments guys and girls ... chip i also started late around three weeks but the theacher said what i have learnt ( mostly on MIG ) i can start from where the others are now .. he also asked some questions ( how forced induction workes and dry sumps ) and he said i should be doing stage two instead of one .... but the collage im at you have to do a year introduction corse then start stage one they let me skip the introduction and start the stage one as you have to have stage one to go onto stage two ... thats what they said anyway ... again cheers people