Jezz

Sold.

Open to reasonable offers on this.

Sold. Sorry to those that messaged while I was on the phone to Broomie! Knew it wouldn't hang around at that price.

Thanks mate.

Yup, auto mate.

Now selling due to possible house move. 3.0 NA Auto in 1B9 Quicksilver. Genuine 2001 'Y' Plate. Facelift car with full late facelift cloth interior in fantastic condition. Mileage shows at 100600, was 64000km on import which was genuine certified mileage, so has now covered 75000 miles in total. Mot expires in September 2016. Regular oil and filter changes. Car is in Northants NN14. Totally stock mechanically, only mods are BC coilovers and Rota wheels, stock spoiler removed with holes filled and genuine Ridox carbon lip spoiler fitted. Good bits: Bone stock mechanically even down to exhaust, and clearly still has all its ponies! Really pulls well for an NA. Silky smooth and a lovely tight drive. I've just done a full brake pad change, and 2 new front tyres. Car was fully resprayed last year back to its original colour. Japanese owner had painted it in stock red. Was a lovely paint job, but I wanted it painted back to its original colour. Had a gearbox replacement earlier this year due to a disappearing overdrive. Been faultless since. Bad bits: Small Car park dent on drivers door, few stone chips, and the odd blemish due to it being my daily drive come rain or shine. Still the odd small trace of the red paint but nothing that a touch up brush wouldn't sort. (This is being really picky, i'm talking inside the door handle when you pull it etc) I imported this myself in 2014 as an undamaged honest low mileage car. As above, it was painted in stock Toyota red in Japan, and I had it painted back to its stock 1B9 colour last year. It has been my daily driver since import hence the 30k in 2 years. Its a joy to drive, and I don't particularly want or need to sell it, so only sensible offers please. I believe its priced reasonably for its age and condition. PRICE: £4495 I'm also selling a full W58 manual conversion with LSD and Spec stage 3+ clutch in parts for sale. I will do a deal on the car and the conversion £5495. Pics to follow.

For sale due to complete change of plan! Bought this off Dodgyrog on here a few months back, but due to possible new job and house move I need it out the way. Full W58 conversion to include everything you need to convert auto to manual, with LSD and spec stage 3+ clutch. This was removed by Lee at SRD and all checked upon removal. Also now includes manual tach, but from a facelift car. I think this was from a sub 100k or close to car. Includes all nuts and bolts too, all parts look clean and in good condition. Been sat in my garage untouched since I bought it. £1300, Collected from Northants NN14. Could look into delivery, as a rough idea it was £200 for delivery to Cornwall.

6 speed? I'm possibly selling a full w58 conversion with uprated clutch.

I challenge you to sit at the front of a 5000hp class 68 towing 6 carriages with 500 people in, doing 100mph, put the brake on, and nothing happens due to the teflon like coating on the rails from leaves, and NOT shit yourself.

It varies, but most operators do reactions and coordination, trainability... Lots of info on tests in here... http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=75158

I'm with Chiltern Railways. Selection process is application form sift, then you'll get invited to attend the psychometric testing. 5 or 6 tests specific to the role. This is where 90% of people fail. They're quite tough. You can only take these twice before its game over for life. If you're successful you'l attend a managers interview, then medical prior to starting. Training course is around 8 - 12 months. Usually 10 max on one course. 3 - 4 months classroom then 280hrs out with an instructor. You stand a good chance with Northern. They're taking on quite a few trainees I believe. Good luck!

That's spot on. You tend to find the newer operators easier to get into as a trainee. Who did you try with out of interest?

Not true. It's just very competitive. 1000 applicants for every 1 trainee position. I'm a train driver instructor, and most new drivers are off the street. The days of 'who you know' stopped at privatisation in the 90's. The British rail dinosaurs are gradually retiring, and they all have to be replaced. Lorol, GTR, and GWR all take on trainees regular. Crossrail is a whole new railway, so they are in the process of training 200 'off the street drivers' too. Every applicant has the same chance as the next guy.

Yep. Awesome job. You have to be pretty switched on constantly, be it a 3am start or a 3am finish. You need to be able to cope with MASSIVE pressure, when it goes wrong it goes very wrong, and you've got 500 people behind you. Also be prepared to see some pretty nasty sh1t! We had a terrible one last week, 16yr old girl. Exam pressure. Very difficult to get into as a trainee though, but generally a well paid job with lots of perks. Which operator are you thinking of trying?