06-04-2013, 10:24 AM
(06-04-2013, 10:08 AM)lolsteve Wrote: The kind of clients I'll be meeting though are not the kind of people to be interested in the car on a enthusiast level, I've done two summer placements with an engineering firm and it's a very shirt and tie job with the clients being families, builders and entrepreneurs(one being a man who bought an old ww2 hangar and converted into a Waitrose milking station) non of whom are interested in a old French car
I completely agree with this, I dunno exactly what work Steve does but I can guarantee none of his clients will be driving 306s....
Rather than looking at your own car as something you're proud to own, you have to see it how others do. For example a boxy old car with imperfect paint work and an old style reg plate means 'shit' to most people straight away. Doesnt matter whether its a 306, a saxo or a mk2 golf....theyre all old and shit to these people (trust me I've heard it constantly!) A newer car which blends in, and has the newer reg plate is instantly more acceptable. And IMO its better NOT to stand out in that kind of situation.
I feel much less conspicuous taking the Vec or Golf anywhere than I did the HDi.