Hi From Pete from Kent!

Hi, as you can gather from the subject, I'm Pete from Kent.

I have been registered on the forum for a while and just noticed the introduction section so i thought I would have a go and join in.

Well, I love this forum, keeps me occupied for hours on end! especially the 7 page discussion on SRS warning lights and the removal of the bulb that i was reading last night.

I have worked on cars all my life, got involved in motorsports at an early age, didn't race as I wanted to be a mechanic, worked in salvage yards and then left school!, got myself an amazing apprenticeship at a ford dealer (There for 11 months) and at that point my dad intervened and told me I was joining the family business and that if i did not, I needed to find somewhere to live, I then resigned my apprenticeship and started a new apprenticeship as an electrician, which i absolutely hated, to cut a long story short, I decided to do what I have always wanted to do, went and got a job in a garage, put myself through college, garage said they were sponsoring me after i complete level 3, garage changes hands, no work for me! so now i'm trying to find a part time job in a garage in kent somewhere so I can finish my level 3 next year.

Got 100% on all my exams and got 1st place at a regional skills competition, following my dream career is probably the best thing I have ever done, Feel more achieved now than i have ever felt, absolutely love working in garages and cant wait to do the level 3, fully backed by my amazing wife.

Did I mention, I am 42, proof its never too late!!