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I'm sure this has been done but I think that the forum needs and introductions thread as a sticky to help break the ice with new members and so we can post some facts (or lies) about ourselves.

I'm Darth Balls, a fake Stoner-Sith Lord/gay-looking hood ornament in booties and a double bladed bong-sabre who hails from the douce hamlet of Blantyre just outside Glasgow.

Fans of useless facts may like to know that Blantyre was the home of Dr David Livingston who kindly discovered large parts of Africa that the indigenous population had failed to notice before. His heart was buried in Africa but we still have his arm bones: RESULT!

Mrs DB and I share a 51 reg 1.4 Fabia comfort and a 07 reg MX5 2 litre sport. Neither of us cut hair nor are middle-aged - we just bought the best car in it's class at the time that we liked.

Chaka: "I think George Lucas gonna sue somebody!"

Iam  v8, from Tropical Aberdeen, in the village of Scotland, just north of Geordie Land

I am named after the famous vegtable juice, as can only drink this, but i have a nice carrot tinge to my skin.

Some usless facts about Aberdeen. 

It has won the Britain in bloom competition a record breaking ten times as is has a balmy tropical climate all year round.

Famous people from Aberdeen are Tomas Glover and he went to Japan and started Mitsubishi, and as a result of this there are more Colts, Starion's and Carisma's on the road than anywhere else in the world.  

Also Annie Lennox was born here, in her early years as a Man with Orange hair, he was often seen singing outside Littlewoods on Union Street, before going on to be the founder member of the  Eurythmics. 

My first car was a 1978 Mk1 957cc Fiesta L, but i  now have a 0808 Landrover Discovery

I live in one of those supposedly stabbing-riddled South London areas that the Daily Mail readers fret about. When I inevitably am stabbed, I will bleed petrol! I work in the auto and petroleum industries, recently on ABS/EBS based braking systems for the North American Class 8 Heavy Duty Truck Market and disc brakes for the same market. In the past I worked in Residual Value forecasting in the UK and Italy, test driving, and airbags/automotive textiles and safety systems in Pacific Rim markets. My first car was a Rover SD1 2300 auto. Currently running a Volvo V50 and a Jag XJS AJ16 convertible.

From the county East of London that no one admits living in!

Have an unhealthy obsession with the motorised four wheeled vehicle in any form.  I drive too fast, consume too much fuel, and detest any sort of bad driving (driving is a privelage, not a right!).  Would love to work in the motor industry - or related - but am stuck selling tools.

Currently punting around in a self imported Honda Integra Type R, but also run a Porsche 968CS and a 1.6 "bread van" Civic.

 

It's not "privelage" -  check the dictionary, perhaps that's why you're not going anywhere. I'd love to be berated by a driver like you, which has the privelage to do so.

23knots:

It's not "privelage" -  check the dictionary, perhaps that's why you're not going anywhere. I'd love to be berated by a driver like you, which has the privelage to do so

It's not 'which has the...'. its 'WHO has the...'!

julianphillips:

It's not 'which has the...'. its 'WHO has the...'!

There is always a capital letter on the first word after a full stop ! I think you meant "it's" too !

Never insert a space before an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence! How are you doing on Gran Turismo?

23knots:

perhaps that's why you're not going anywhere.

Not at all.  When you run a successful company, you don't just give it up to follow a whim.

 

I'd say you're definitely going somewhere if you're able to run a Honda Integra Type R, a Porsche 968 and a Civic! Stick with the tools! I've always fancied an Integra. I looked at buying the standard, non-Type R version as a New Zealand import but then baby came along. I think it was a 1.8 or 2.0 litre. It looked just like this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2002-2004_Acura_RSX.jpg - and was the sweetest steering thing I've ever driven.

julianphillips:

Never insert a space before an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence! How are you doing on Gran Turismo?

Oh you're so wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.