The official E36 OT Thread!!

Say hello'z to my favorite cats Bacon! he's a freaking beast!! LOL

So..... my girl told me she wanted to join the fest guys. Says she wants to see what were always talking about.... Should I be worried? :o lol

lolz @ bacon as a name!


I wouldn't be worried.... But Excited!

Originally Posted by I Love My E36

Say hello'z to my favorite cats Bacon! he's a freaking beast!! LOL

So..... my girl told me she wanted to join the fest guys. Says she wants to see what were always talking about.... Should I be worried? :o lol

Have her read OT from page 1!

Problem solved

Originally Posted by TheFinanceGuy

lolz @ bacon as a name!


I wouldn't be worried.... But Excited!

Haha yup!

Originally Posted by Brad31late

Have her read OT from page 1!

Problem solved

Freaking brad!!

Cancelled flight to start vacation. Stupid snow

Originally Posted by TechieTechie

Cancelled flight to start vacation. Stupid snow

Well that totally sucks! Is the airport closed or did your plane get stuck somewhere else and they're having to get a substitute plane?

Luckily plane never left Boston. Booked tomorrow. Good News I can get all my leftover work done today and leave laptop behind. They also pushed my return back one day so I have more time in Bangkok at the tail end of the trip

Originally Posted by Gooby

Buy an e36 they said...it'll be the best car you own they said....

FCUK THAT!

A two hour brake line diy ended up taking 7 hours!!!! Piece of shiit E36!

How is that even possible for a brake line swap? What the heck happened?

Originally Posted by I Love My E36

So..... my girl told me she wanted to join the fest guys. Says she wants to see what were always talking about.... Should I be worried? :o lol

I wouldn't be worried. Unless she's into cars, she will probably get bored in 10 minutes and never come back, anyway.

Originally Posted by TechieTechie

Luckily plane never left Boston. Booked tomorrow. Good News I can get all my leftover work done today and leave laptop behind.

That's a pretty great silver lining, actually.

Originally Posted by I Love My E36

Lol and for that, I'd make MORE noise

Then the cops would show up more frequently. The fines get bigger, and get attached to your property taxes if you don't pay

I'm not sure what else you would expect for using impact guns in the middle of the night.

Originally Posted by cj.surr

Yeah, if someone bitched about me making noise, I would a point of being extra obnoxious right up until 10pm.

One time I was playing in my front lawn with my band, and the neighbor called the cops (around 4pm). Cop told us to rock on.

I'm talking about late night stuff. I wouldn't embarrass myself calling cops for something that isn't illegal. 4Pm is cool, though personally I'd still have reservations about doing it myself. I know what I was doing wasn't illegal, but definitely annoying. Between 8-10 I'd ask a neighbor to be quiet because of our sleeping girls but wouldn't act on it. Late at night, it's one warning and I would call. I've only had to ask once, and they were very apologetic. I've also been asked to be quiet a few times and felt bad. People don't want to disturb others. If I ask and get blown off and my girls are trying to sleep and I have to be up for work, you bet there'd be a next step involved.

Originally Posted by I Love My E36

That's 4pm thoe.... Usually when it's around after 8 or 9 they tell you to be quiet

As they should. If people wanted to live by a 24hr car repair shop, they'd move next to one, not a house in suburbia.

E38 is getting old



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Too cold and windy to wash the car so I ghetto-wired my driver's heated seat. Time to take it for a drive and see if works.

get a house in the country..... no neighbors have EVER bitched about noise to us..... we are surrounded by 400 acres of apple orchards though... haha

thats with motors, tools, banging, music, burnouts, nothing disturbed the neighbors. i love the country.

As far as noise goes, I've a neighbour ( I live in a townhouse, so I've one on either side) that works as a radio DJ. She starts work at 4 am. I'm really quite courteous of that, but when she has left me nasty messages for watching a movie, (at reasonable volume) at 8 pm, I'm sorry, but on occasion, if I want to watch a movie after dinner in my own damned house I will.

Originally Posted by ZeGerman

How is that even possible for a brake line swap? What the heck happened?

Everything happened. Nuts were frozen on from oldness. Threads werent threading. Brackets werent lining up. Etc. Etc.

Plus bleeding took most of them time. It took FOREVVVEERRRR...and I think theres still air in the lines... :/

Who's up for editing and looking over my first ever resume? (have no idea what I'm doing)

Most likely getting a set of these that each wheel has slight bend to fix...$100, can someone Photoshop them in my car?

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SOB. My nook android just died when trying to upload movies.

Nothing is open (except Target, which only has apple). I think I may resort to trying to bring my own crappy 10 year old laptop. Or do I try to find something while I'm over there. Darn it, I really don't want to go on a 24 hour flight without a computer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, let me ask the young'ins this....I want to be able to watch movies on the plane (no internet). Can I somehow use my new fancy android phone (HTC DNA) and a combination of a flash or portable hard drive????

Originally Posted by TechieTechie

So, let me ask the young'ins this....I want to be able to watch movies on the plane (no internet). Can I somehow use my new fancy android phone (HTC DNA) and a combination of a flash or portable hard drive????

That's tough with supported file formats... phones are not at all the greatest quality for large media files ....best bet is a laptop or a tablet Phones simply cant support that much memory and most phones can only take SD cards which have minimal memory space to say the least.

WTF!!


Made a resume and cover letter on resumenow.com, supposed to be free yet all it lets me do is download the text. URG!!



Anywho, someone please read/edit.



Matthew Bender

Feb 17, 2013

Chambersburg Police Department
116 South 2nd Street
Chambersburg, PA 17201

Dear David J. Arnold, Chief of Police

My name is Matthew Bender and I'm writing you to apply for the position of patrol officer for the Chambersburg Police Department. I believe I possess the necessary skills and experience you are seeking and would make a valuable addition to your company, the City of Chambersburg, and the State. I am a mature, 22 year old male and after graduating Shippensburg Area Senior High School, I have enrolled in the police academy at HACC (part time) for my ACT 120 certification where I am 42 weeks from completing the curriculum. I am currently seeking my first law enforcement position.

I have researched the requirements for the position and while I am a novice to the profession I recognize the position requires above average physical condition and agility. To that end I have consulted with officers in the profession and based on their recommendations and the requirements of ACT 120 certification, I made a physical schedule in which I attend the gym 3 times a week in addition to time spent at home running, training, and doing other various exercisess, as well as doing even more training during school.

I currently live in Shippensburg which is within 15 miles of Chambersburg.. I was born and raised in this area and have attended Chambersburg BIC Church on and off during my lifetime.

While I am not a military veteran, I have the utmost respect for those who have served.

I would sincerely appreciate consideration for this position and I would welcome the opportunity to discuss the position with you and your leadership team.

I have attached my resume for your review and I look forward to speaking with you further regarding your available position.

Sincerely,
Matthew Bender






Matthew Bender


Summary

Automotive detailer with extensive hands-on experience in paint refinishing, interior renewing, and everything in between. Certified Meguiar's detailer.

In addition, PA safety and emissions certified inspector.

Highlights

Dependable
Fast learner
Felony laws knowledge
Crime prevention training
Patrol procedures
Calm under pressure
Customer communication skills
Employee relations and managing
Detail-oriented
Basic mathematical aptitude
Proficient in most computer software
Motivational

Accomplishments

Advanced from simple car washes to full detailer (wetsanding, buffing, polishings, etc.) and simple service writer

Experience

April 2007 to February 2013
H&H Chevrolet Cadillac Shippensburg, PA
Automotive Detailer

Beginning close to 6 years ago, I applied and recieved my first job as a detailer. Over the past few years, I have advanced from a simple car wash boy, to the most advanced detailer in the shop. Not only am I the highest level detailer there, I have also been given the tasks of scheduling and interacting with customers, planning employees work days, instructing and managing those employees, and doing computer and service writer work on top of my other responsibilities.

My service manager also gave me the opportunity to obtain my Pennsylvania safety and emissions inspection license, which I used to full advantage and passed both tests.

Education

2013 HACC Harrisburg, PA
High School Diploma ACT 120 Certification

Matt, non-offense advice intended, but I'd search around for an email address you can sign up for that has some combination of your name. Matthewbender418@yahoo.com (example) just sounds better than fender13bender. Makes people take it more seriously. Can't tell you how many resumes we've seen that are something like shoegal, or hottie15 and they go straight in the dump bin at HR.
I'd edit your email out of that post before spam bots find you!

i agree with the above.

also, i would not describe your attendance to the church as 'on and off'. i would simply state that you are a member if said church and leave it at that.




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I agree with Jon, find a gmail/hotmail/younameitemail that is some combo of you name. Or if you ever had a college email use that.

I also don't know about putting your age into the cover letter. Age is something that can be discriminated on... Young or old...

Otherwise sounds good to me.

Thanks guys! Will try to get the final thing up so it looks better.

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Originally Posted by FenderBender

Thanks guys! Will try to get the final thing up so it looks better.

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Other then those minor things looks great Matt . Good luck man hope you get it!

I have a few changes I'd recommend in the cover letter, I'll mark it up when I get home. Also, dude, take your address, phone, and email off of here, anyone in the world can read it.

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