My mates say I'm a Chav.

[jacko lah]

What the F**K ?

The facts :

Against being a Chav.
I'm a Chartered Manufacturing Engineer
My Job Title is 6 Sigma Black Belt (Talk about BULL Shit)
I own my own house. (Well will do in 8 years)
I have a wife, whom I'm married to.
The Kids in my House are mine (and my wifes).
I go to school PTA meetings
I have an allotment.
I buy my clothes at ASDA (It's the fashion in my house)

For Being a Chav.

I drive a 1985 CHavalier SRi with a dent and some rust.
I drive too fast. Apparently.
I have a garage full of assorted car parts, some of which are for cars I no longer own.
I have a list of intended improvements which include :
New Rear Arches and a new Door.
Different Alloys
Lowering it (it's like an off roader)
Calibre Body Kit
Oil Cooler
Mk3 GSI brakes

[LuS1fer]

I can send you some parts for your garage, like a really useful almost new Toyota Corolla 1.3 1984 alternator and some relays. I also have a few suspension parts and twenty bottle of half-used waxes. I can't asist with whether you're a chav but these may swing the balance.

[Mon Ami Mate]

Cavalier SRi?

Chav.

[rsvmilly]

You are obviously a scruffy, tinkering petrolhead who really needs to chuck some old crud away but you hardly fit the profile of a dole-scum chav.

They would have a far more glamorous car like a bling'd Nova, paid for by us, the taxpayers.

Your mates are just snobs. Buy them a copy of Horse & Hound for Xmas.

[anonymous-user]

jacko lah said:

What the F**K ? The facts : Against being a Chav. I'm a Chartered Manufacturing Engineer My Job Title is 6 Sigma Black Belt (Talk about BULL Shit) I own my own house. (Well will do in 8 years) I have a wife, whom I'm married to. The Kids in my House are mine (and my wifes). I go to school PTA meetings I have an allotment. I buy my clothes at ASDA (It's the fashion in my house) For Being a Chav. I drive a 1985 CHavalier SRi with a dent and some rust. I drive too fast. Apparently. I have a garage full of assorted car parts, some of which are for cars I no longer own. I have a list of intended improvements which include : New Rear Arches and a new Door. Different Alloys Lowering it (it's like an off roader) Calibre Body Kit Oil Cooler Mk3 GSI brakes

its borderline i'm afraid. what is the ring tone on your moble phone? it could be hte decider!.....

[gh0st]

Is your wife called Sharon / Shazza?

If so im afraid that would clinch it

[towman]

Intimate with the inside of Asda, Lidl or that other one I can never remember (Aldi??)?

[Eric Mc]

Asda clinches it I'm afraid.

Do you wear jogging bottoms and white trainers when you go shopping?

Do you have lots of tattoos and an earing?

Do you have a satellite dish attached to your house?

Do you or any members of your family automatically buy any magazine which features the Beckhams on the front cover?

Do you go to a McDonalds or Burger King more than once a week?

>> Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 10th December 08:42

[towman]

gh0st said:

Is your wife called Sharon / Shazza? If so im afraid that would clinch it

Do your mates shorten your name and include a z in it somewhere?

[LuS1fer]

Do you have Sky and sit on the couch playing console games for at least 3 hours a day?

[jacko lah]

Mon Ami Mate said:

Cavalier SRi? Chav.

It's a mk2 1.8e 8V with only 86 K on the clock and 3 owners including me. Soon it will be a classic. When was the last time you saw a good one ?

Interestingly there's some data recent obtained :

Number of mk2 Cavs still registered (taxed and untaxed)
21K

Number of genuine Calibre's (tickford body kitted special) 77

Number of convertibles 470

www.mk2cav.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi

is where I can usually be found.

www.mk2cav.com/body/main/events/pvs2004/52pvd2004.jpg

[srebbe64]

I'm not a Chav expert, but my intepretation of "said crowd" being a Chav relates to one's attitude rather than materials. If you don't give a toss about anyone else, have no respect for other people's property or safety, don't make a contrinbution to society in any way - then you're a chav (in my opinion).

Owning a Cavalier SRi doesn't make you a chav, it just means you have incredibly bad taste in cars (which is almost as bad)!

[jacko lah]

Eric Mc said:

Asda clinches it I'm afraid. Do you wear jogging bottoms and white trainers when you go shopping? Do you have lots of tattoos and an earing? Do you have a satellite dish attached to your house? Do you or any members of your family automatically buy any magazine which features the Beckhams on the front cover? Do you go to a McDonalds or Burger King more than once a week? >> Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 10th December 08:42

No jogging Bottoms, although I wear black jeans to work (It's a hydraulics Company so a little oily.)

No Tattoos or ear-ring (although I have a hole in my left ear for one which I have not used since 1984.

No Satalite dish, not got digital either.

Who is Beckham again? The only magazines I buy are Retro and Practical Performance Car.

I have taught Daughter that mcdonalds is evil and avoid it at all cost.

Wife called Jillian

Kids are Grace and Joseph.

I did once test drive a nova GTE.

[jacko lah]

pablo said:

its borderline i'm afraid. what is the ring tone on your moble phone? it could be hte decider!.....

Mobile phone ? It's the size of a brick, bright orange bosch which I bought off my 13 year old niece for a fiver cause she 'needed' some quick cash for something 'Kewler'. It's Ironic that it had 6 quids worth of call time left on it and she now take the piss out of it when she sees it.

[gh0st]

jacko lah said:

I did once test drive a nova GTE.

QUICK BAN HIM - FOR THE GOOD OF THE COLLECTIVE!!!

takes a big man to admit something like that though...

[burnt]

This is a tough one, you see all is going well for a NO...

jacko lah said:

No jogging Bottoms, although I wear black jeans to work (It's a hydraulics Company so a little oily.) No Tattoos or ear-ring (although I have a hole in my left ear for one which I have not used since 1984. No Satalite dish, not got digital either. Who is Beckham again? The only magazines I buy are Retro and Practical Performance Car. I have taught Daughter that mcdonalds is evil and avoid it at all cost. Wife called Jillian Kids are Grace and Joseph.

when...

jacko lah said:

I did once test drive a nova GTE.

This is a borderline case.

[Don]

srebbe64 said:

Owning a Cavalier SRi doesn't make you a chav, it just means you have incredibly bad taste in cars (which is almost as bad)!

I remember my boss getting a Mk2 Cav SRi (130?) as a Company car when I was twenty. He used to loan it to me when I needed to do business trips.

First car I ever maxed out on the motorway...

In comparison to anything I had ever driven at that time it went like stink.

Happy memories.

Back to topic: If the car is your pride and joy and you find entertainment in maintaining it in fine condition and driving it skillfully then that's being a petrolhead. If its a rusted out shitbox that you constantly thrash you may be a Chav.

But there's lots of other factors to consider as well, of course, got a fake burberry baseball cap? Gold chains?


Didn't think so.

[ApexClipper]

PH? Chavs?

Obsessed? Nahhhhh!

[Mon Ami Mate]

jacko lah said:

Mon Ami Mate said: Cavalier SRi? Chav. It's a mk2 1.8e 8V with only 86 K on the clock and 3 owners including me. Soon it will be a classic. When was the last time you saw a good one ? Interestingly there's some data recent obtained : Number of mk2 Cavs still registered (taxed and untaxed) 21K Number of genuine Calibre's (tickford body kitted special) 77 Number of convertibles 470 www.mk2cav.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi is where I can usually be found. www.mk2cav.com/body/main/events/pvs2004/52pvd2004.jpg

I was joking!

I think a man's car is sacrosanct. You can legitimately criticise any aspect of a bloke's existence, except for his wheels. Unless it's a Metro. Or brown.

[Yugguy]

I dunno if you're a chav but six sigma is bollocks.