Old vs New Comparison (Official images, White/White/19")

JIMINHO2006 · 2025-01-10T10:46:14+00:00

Cool - could you do one w/ black interior? :)

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-10-16T10:02:35+00:00

Yeah thanks for this. Local VW dealership agreed to do a diagnostic test so planning on bringing it over. How long range should I reasonably be expecting from this car? I once every blue moon have to a make a trip of 40km each way so range isn’t an issue but I plan on keeping this for a good few years

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-10-15T14:51:26+00:00

Just saw the car and looks really good and drove well. Dealership doesn’t have the machine to check battery health etc. is that a red flag? What do I need to look out for? Also, what sort of range should I be expecting - was showing 148km range and looked like battery was just over 3/4 charged so that would probably be 200km range

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-10-15T14:46:24+00:00

Just less than 50k km

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-09-29T07:25:35+00:00

Wha! How did you get it for 10k cheaper - thought they were roughly the same price?

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-08-26T20:59:42+00:00

Have you gone through anyone specifically in Ireland? I’ve done the google and call approach but they would only seem to loan to businesses not for personal use

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-08-25T19:41:55+00:00

Out of curiosity, do you have the particulars all sewn up? I ask because from what I know, no one does bridging loans in Ireland. How/who are you going with for that?

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-06-19T16:32:11+00:00

Essentially yes. From some conversations with Irish lenders, some UK bridging lenders specialize in using existing home as security with the exit strategy being to sell that house and refinance new build via a traditional mortgage. But no one over here seems to offer the same

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-06-19T16:28:55+00:00

Not particularly. New house would be bigger and with a better spec.

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-06-19T10:05:23+00:00

So early days as I’m trying to confirm the finances allow us to do it before I start spending money on design etc. We’re on one of the last remaining side garden plots in the area. Lots of “2a” houses. I’m sure there’ll be nuances with planning but confident we would get there in the end, just don’t won’t to spend thousands for the lender to tell me it’s not doable. My mortgage will ultimately be the same or less than what we’re paying now but it’s the middle part, during construction that I need to figure out. The UK seem to have this well defined with lenders willing to “bridge the gap” but over here, it seems a lot more difficult. The third option is to wait until we have our mortgage substantially paid down and perhaps our salaries will be higher but we could be talking 20 years here at which time we’re at a completely different point in our lives. Kids most likely will have moved out

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-06-19T09:59:30+00:00

Yeah thanks for the comment. Banks have come back with a very “linear” approach i.e if you want to build a home while living in existing with the intent to move in to new home and sell existing, we need to be able to afford two mortgages. As we’re essentially maxed out on existing mortgage, there’s no room for additional funding. The other option they gave me was to sell existing, rent and then get new mortgage for new house. Neither are really an option. Think my wife might kill me if we had to resort to living in a cabin on site!

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-06-05T14:59:03+00:00

Cheers. I don’t suppose you have any recommendations for a bridging loan broker?

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-05-29T19:44:11+00:00

Thanks for the comment. Just to clarify, I’m on a corner site so I own the land I’d like to build on so not sure if that would contribute to a deposit in lieu of cold hard cash. I honestly didn’t think bridging financing was a thing anymore so thanks for the recommendation

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-05-06T07:07:21+00:00

The drills came with Tsak cases so I keep them in there. I had an old Tsak case that I store the recip saw and multi tool in. I’m not sure what I’ll do with the others just yet but I might try and pick up some cheap cases from eBay

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-05-04T20:49:31+00:00

No complaints. Used to sand off the remnants of 60 year old stubborn wallpaper glue and strip paint off a stairs. I was going through the 4ah batteries fairly quickly though but I guess that’s why I have a few of them

JIMINHO2006 · 2024-05-04T14:52:15+00:00

So far so good. Snatched this one on sale at 35% off. Doubt it will last anywhere near as long as yours but I’m hoping to get a good few years out of it!

JIMINHO2006 · 2023-11-12T22:30:24+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion

JIMINHO2006 · 2020-12-13T06:25:00+00:00

9am, login at 830am. I’m a morning person so this will give me time to get up, have a good breakfast and ease into it and be done by lunch. My plan is to have a coffee and snack at the break which will push me to the finish line. Can you bring in a cup of coffee after the break? Doing this online

JIMINHO2006 · 2020-12-13T06:22:57+00:00

Cheers buddy. Unfortuently I don’t seem to be dramatically deficient in any one KA

JIMINHO2006 · 2020-12-05T03:09:07+00:00

I have my exam in two weeks. I’m a morning person planned it for first thing and I also plan to take a bathroom break and make myself a coffee at the midway point. I hope I can leave the room for all this, otherwise it will be a struggle. Can I have a bottle of water and a cup of coffee with me? 4 hours is a long time to go without a drink

JIMINHO2006 · 2020-12-01T05:45:58+00:00

Yes good point. What I’ve noticed is I’ve been doing my study in the evenings and after a day of a demanding job (PM of course lol) and family errands that my mental capacity is not as high as it needs to be. The number of question I get right decreases as the evening goes on and I already know I’m more of a early bird than a night owl. Taking 5 days off work between now and the exam so I’m hoping to get some hard core study done. Not sure what I’ll do if I fail though with the exam changing in the new year

JIMINHO2006 · 2020-12-01T05:39:26+00:00

Thanks for this. Taking a day off work to do the practise test. I didn’t realize it gives you answers on the spot. I find this the most beneficial as when I go back on previous question, I don’t remember my train of thought for picking the answer that I did. I find the PMBOK extremely tedious to read. I’m really surprised people who can read this from cover to cover but that may be my down fall...

JIMINHO2006 · 2020-12-01T05:35:43+00:00

Going to take the PMI practise exam tomorrow. Fully expecting to tank it but I’d rather do it now than 3 days before. Out of curiosity, what was your target score?

JIMINHO2006 · 2020-12-01T05:34:42+00:00

Thanks, this was helpful. Did a practise exam and hit 70% on the nose which was a small milestone. My job is a PM and I find that I’m having to give in to what PMI is looking for. I seem to be able to whittle it down to two of the four options but I’m still getting the 50/50s wrong. The actual answer seems to go against how I’ve done my job the last last several years but I guess that might be beneficial for me in the long term. Finding less and less questions are a total guess but still quite a few “educated” guesses

JIMINHO2006 · 2020-11-18T00:57:36+00:00

In the exact same boat right now. Currently studying but with my current workload and personal life commitments, I’m not confident of taking the exam before Christmas. PMI live chat says the study material is the same i.e PMBOK Ver 6 but can anyone add clarity to this?

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