eagerbeaver:
and a Porsche too.If driving a truck around the UK is anyone on here’s ACTUAL dream, then you have cracked it.
Got the Porsche (Caymen) but seriously not all theyre cracked up to be… 
If someone could possibly admit to living the dream driving a truck around the UK then theyre very easily pleased…id call it ‘living a ■■■■■■ nightmare’…the equivalent of having Boris Johnson sitting on your face… 
AndrewG:
eagerbeaver:
and a Porsche too.If driving a truck around the UK is anyone on here’s ACTUAL dream, then you have cracked it.
Got the Porsche (Caymen) but seriously not all theyre cracked up to be…
If someone could possibly admit to living the dream driving a truck around the UK then theyre very easily pleased…id call it ‘living a [zb] nightmare’…the equivalent of having Boris Johnson sitting on your face…
I was thinking more along the lines of the 918 supercar Andrew 
Wouldn’t have a Boxster or a Cayman personally mate.
(When you have had a Jag XKR 5.0 Supercharged, you have pretty much done the ’ attainable ’ rocket ship)
Firstly unless anyone wins the lottery or finds themselves with loads of money it’ll mean having to go to work doing something.I can honestly say that most of my time driving trucks was a case of getting paid for doing a job that I had no problem with doing and in most part enjoyed doing.Especially things like driving along an empty M40 through the Warwickshire and Oxfordshire countryside during a mid Summer dawn and early morning.
Work to live, not live to work.
eagerbeaver:
(When you have had a Jag XKR 5.0 Supercharged, you have pretty much done the ’ attainable ’ rocket ship)
Have you seen how prices of 6.0 Litre V12 XJS’s are taking off.Not surprisingly.Put a manual box in it who needs a super car or the XKR. 
Carryfast:
eagerbeaver:
(When you have had a Jag XKR 5.0 Supercharged, you have pretty much done the ’ attainable ’ rocket ship)Have you seen how prices of 6.0 Litre V12 XJS’s are taking off.Not surprisingly.Put a manual box in it who needs a super car or the XKR.
Hard finding ones that aren’t rotten though CF 
Robroy, wasn’t aiming any criticism at you, even if you’ve got the wickid witch of the west’s mirror and it tells you you’re bleedin Larry Grayson or some other hung hunk all the boys swoon over, you’re just a working class geezer at heart.
There is however a large number of people who have been led to believe that they are somehow destined for riches and the celeb lifestyle, ow there is nothing wrong with ambition but at the end of the day there will always be thousands of indians to just a handful of chiefs, and those indians aint losers in any way shape or form, quite the contrary in many cases they might well be rich in contentment love and life far beyond the grasp of the rich who may be under the impression such things can be bought.
The living the dream phrases are in the vast majority of cases a ■■■■ take of ourselves, i doubt there’s a handful of truckies who seriously mean it.
Though i worry about tasselled curtains and peek a boo more, if only for the poor sods will never get to see the last well dressed woman in Britain when she glides past leaving a trail of drooling highly disturbed and uncomfortably trousered lorryists in her wake.
The one who really had me worried was the 6 legger Scanny 3 series that was around a few years ago, had across the full width rear mudflap in 8" or so high chrome letters ‘‘On the Eighth Day God Made Scania’’, now he really needed help 
AndrewG:
eagerbeaver:
and a Porsche too.If driving a truck around the UK is anyone on here’s ACTUAL dream, then you have cracked it.
Got the Porsche (Caymen) but seriously not all theyre cracked up to be…
If someone could possibly admit to living the dream driving a truck around the UK then theyre very easily pleased…id call it ‘living a [zb] nightmare’…the equivalent of having Boris Johnson sitting on your face…
Which Cayman do you have? I was looking at the 2015/16 PDK. I don’t know what they’re like. I’ll never do it as can’t justify it but like the thought . I like the GTS but I don’t well on the lottery.
I’m not that into cars but always liked 911s, then I did some research and realised the Cayman is totally changed from earlier days, and not really related to the early ones. These days a 911 killer at the top end of the fit out. So much so Porsche have to hold it back. The new 911s do look a bit Lardy in comparison.
The other one I quite like is the newer Corvette C6s in black. Like the one top gear drove round the shopping mall . Loud and mental. Misses even says she likes it so that box is ticked. Down side is left ■■■■■■ and zero parts support I guess.
Juddian:
Robroy, wasn’t aiming any criticism at you, even if you’ve got the wickid witch of the west’s mirror and it tells you you’re bleedin Larry Grayson
There is however a large number of people who have been led to believe that they are somehow destined for riches and the celeb lifestyle, ow there is nothing wrong with ambition but at the end of the day there will always be thousands of indians to just a handful of chiefs, and those indians aint losers in any way shape or form, quite the contrary in many cases they might well be rich in contentment love and life far beyond the grasp of the rich who may be under the impression such things can be bought.The living the dream phrases are in the vast majority of cases a ■■■■ take of ourselves, i doubt there’s a handful of truckies who seriously mean it.
Though i worry about tasselled curtains and peek a boo more, if only for the poor sods will never get to see the last well dressed woman in Britain when she glides past leaving a trail of drooling highly disturbed and uncomfortably trousered lorryists in her wake.The one who really had me worried was the 6 legger Scanny 3 series that was around a few years ago, had across the full width rear mudflap in 8" or so high chrome letters ‘‘On the Eighth Day God Made Scania’’, now he really needed help
Ok Juddian, I’ve read your post, and I have only one comment.
Larry ■■■■ Grayson ■■? 
think I’ll trade that mirror in.
Ooh shut that door…
Freight Dog:
Which Cayman do you have? I was looking at the 2015/16 PDK. I don’t know what they’re like. I’ll never do it as can’t justify it but like the thoughtI’m not that into cars but always liked 911s, then I did some research and realised the Cayman is totally changed from earlier days, and not really related to the early ones. These days a 911 killer at the top end of the fit out. So much so Porsche have to hold it back. The new 911s do look a bit Lardy in comparison.
The other one I quite like is the newer Corvette C6s in black. Like the one top gear drove round the shopping mall
Yes, it is the pdk version, 3.4S. To be fair the car doesnt get used to anywhere near its potential, it does a max of 120km a week just going along the N340 from Malaga to home at Nerja and just sits in the car park at our yard all week/'. Its a very quick capable car but tbh i think i should have kept my Audi S1 quattro…it would certainly give the Cayman a run for its money…
I work wae an old batchelor boy aged 69/70 who when I met him thought he was on his uppers ,superglue the sole on his boots etc ,told me he retired at 65 started work at 14 and after a year living in sheltered housing was so bored he wanted back to work to get out and meet people ,no family left most of his friends have passed on ,spend most of his working life driving for a tanker company(30+yrs) lived in work camps /truck.,drove a CAT in Vietnam for the UN (Irvine group)during the war in the 60s ,guarded by the Australian army anyway jack says he is" LIVING HIS DREAM " goes to work with his new friends 
,treated as an experienced hand ,driving an older truck no stress … he gave up drinking but likes the ladies ,gets ■■■■■■ on prescription and doesn’t mind using escorts . .ps jack could go anywhere in the world when he retired ,seems he is a multi millionaire (sold the family farm when the last of his realitives died) and in his own words :money cant bring back dead friends and family:its hard to spend it on yourself,nobody to trust when on holiday.
Janos:
Work to live, not live to work.
Freight Dog:
Rob, you may, or may not like this, but I’ve found myself flying back from Las Vegas or San Fran in a 747 with 16 hosties down the back watching the sun come up from the night as we make our way to arrive on a morning into London. But I’ve found myself day dreaming about a simpler way.Crazy talk, on paper sounds mad. The reality gets glossed over. I daydream to find relief from the stress, having to perform at 110 percent 100 percent of the time, the overbearing pressure of responsibility, the crashing fatigue, the constant high pressure testing, the broken home life. I let my mind wonder to a happier, less complex life I knew in the driving days.
Outside of Russian Oligarch or film star there’s not many jobs that don’t offer high financial material extras without taking from you. Its a Faustian pact.
The man who drives a milk tanker or delivers the post who has a modest material life but is happy is the richest man on earth as far as I’m concerned. And I’m envious. After all, if you’re content, what more is there to want.
If you’re happy, you’re a rich man.
And here I am working 60+ hours a week, taking as many shifts as I can legally get hold of and milking it all through the risky business of a Ltd. company to save towards my IR and potentially a type rating to get into the ‘RHS’. It’s funny how happiness is relative and dependent on the sum of your experiences to date. Your story reminds me of the 747 pilot looking down enviously at the Cessna 152. 
Javiatrix:
Freight Dog:
Rob, you may, or may not like this, but I’ve found myself flying back from Las Vegas or San Fran in a 747 with 16 hosties down the back watching the sun come up from the night as we make our way to arrive on a morning into London. But I’ve found myself day dreaming about a simpler way.Crazy talk, on paper sounds mad. The reality gets glossed over. I daydream to find relief from the stress, having to perform at 110 percent 100 percent of the time, the overbearing pressure of responsibility, the crashing fatigue, the constant high pressure testing, the broken home life. I let my mind wonder to a happier, less complex life I knew in the driving days.
Outside of Russian Oligarch or film star there’s not many jobs that don’t offer high financial material extras without taking from you. Its a Faustian pact.
The man who drives a milk tanker or delivers the post who has a modest material life but is happy is the richest man on earth as far as I’m concerned. And I’m envious. After all, if you’re content, what more is there to want.
If you’re happy, you’re a rich man.
And here I am working 60+ hours a week, taking as many shifts as I can legally get hold of and milking it all through the risky business of a Ltd. company to save towards my IR and potentially a type rating to get into the ‘RHS’. It’s funny how happiness is relative and dependent on the sum of your experiences to date. Your story reminds me of the 747 pilot looking down enviously at the Cessna 152.
I’ve done that myself for 8 years saving doing driving, factory work. Never went on foreign hols when in early twenties with my mates, just saved and saved. Happiness depends on lots of things, family, health, stress levels, money, job satisfaction - alsorts. For gains you make in some areas, you lose in others.
I’ve worked with some people who have never done anything else outside of uni. I couldn’t imagine that. Having done other things at least I know that it’s really hard graft in other jobs too. It’s all just escapism. Everyone does it from time to time I reckon
AndrewG:
eagerbeaver:
and a Porsche too.If driving a truck around the UK is anyone on here’s ACTUAL dream, then you have cracked it.
Got the Porsche (Caymen) but seriously not all theyre cracked up to be…
If someone could possibly admit to living the dream driving a truck around the UK then theyre very easily pleased…id call it ‘living a [zb] nightmare’…the equivalent of having Boris Johnson sitting on your face…
Yeah, wouldn’t fancy the Porsche, my Vauxhall “family car” is quite handy at blowing them into the weeds.
A.
Adonis.:
AndrewG:
eagerbeaver:
and a Porsche too.If driving a truck around the UK is anyone on here’s ACTUAL dream, then you have cracked it.
Got the Porsche (Caymen) but seriously not all theyre cracked up to be…
If someone could possibly admit to living the dream driving a truck around the UK then theyre very easily pleased…id call it ‘living a [zb] nightmare’…the equivalent of having Boris Johnson sitting on your face…
Yeah, wouldn’t fancy the Porsche, my Vauxhall “family car” is quite handy at blowing them into the weeds.
A.
I have a little Peugeot 206 estate and IT gets blown into the weeds
When I was a boy, it seemed to me that this job would be living the dream. But as a jaded 20 something I’ve come to realise that this is far from a dream. It’s a means to an end, the end being maybe one day I won’t be in needless debt.
I think drivers by nature are either over the moon with this job or cynical about everything that comes with it. There’s very few I’ve met who are in the middle ground.
Chunkzilla:
I think drivers by nature are either over the moon with this job or cynical about everything that comes with it. There’s very few I’ve met who are in the middle ground.
All, or most new and relatively new drivers, are ‘‘Over the moon’’ with it.
The cynicism comes with experience in the job, and it aint there for nothing either. 
If the cynicism does not develop over a few years, think yourself lucky, …you are working for a good company, and/or not being exploited.
Living the dream for me is looking into the wife’s eyes, usually when she reaches climax, although she prefers me to be looking at the back of her head for some reason.
No matter, living the dream is all about those I share my life with rather than the job I’m doing.
Although I do like to truck and to be fair trucking likes me.
robroy:
Chunkzilla:
I think drivers by nature are either over the moon with this job or cynical about everything that comes with it. There’s very few I’ve met who are in the middle ground.All, or most new and relatively new drivers, are ‘‘Over the moon’’ with it.
The cynicism comes with experience in the job, and it aint there for nothing either.If the cynicism does not develop over a few years, think yourself lucky, …you are working for a good company, and/or not being exploited.
Too right mate, I think that anyone with a brain cell soon becomes aware of the pitfalls of such an industry and learns the best ways to deal with the ■■■■■■■■ and see the aspects that suit them. Those who are unable to utter the word no tend to be the ones say there’s no upside though, in my opinion anyway.
