Got a Job at Audi!!! (updated 6 October!)

[TopGearNL]

Ey guys, Ive been very busy lately with school and everything and since I still have no acces to internet my visits to JW are very limited sadly.

Good to see Jabba is keeping the vault updated for you guys! (and thank you for that Jabba!)

Anyway I was looking for a saturday (trainee) job and had a interview at the main Audi Dealership in Rotterdam ''Auto Hoogenboom''. They phoned me back today telling me Ive been hired!

So as from tomorrow I will be working in the showroom every Saturday. My job will consist off:
- receiving/helping customers (and expanding this to selling soon)
- driving demo cars and others between the dealerships (they have 2)
- picking up (fast and exclusive) Audis at the Importer so interested customers can have a test-drive.

So I am very happy and hope I will learn very much. Offcourse I will make pictures and perhaps a review if I get to drive a nice Audi.

But they sell Volkswagen and Porsche too so I hope to drive those too from time to time but we have to start at the bottom :wink:

All the Best

Rory

[novass]

So are we going to get special JW Porsche/Audi discounts now :D

Congrats on the job!

[saadie]

Sweet!!! congrats Rory!!! :twisted: :twisted:

[Mattk]

Nice work! Have fun.

[79TA]

ooh, so do they have any R8's that need ferrying around the lot?

[TopGearNL]

ooh, so do they have any R8's that need ferrying around the lot?
Ill inform lol 8)

So are we going to get special JW Porsche/Audi discounts now
Ill see what I can do :wink:

Thanks guys :good:

Have to go now

[pterps]

Congrats Rory, nice to hear you start working at such a large dealership. How where your first weeks at school?
Do you travel between 3-bergen and R-dam?

Good luck!

[ARMAN]

Cool, congrats Rory ;)

[MIHALS]

wow, what an awesome job you got :shock: congrats Rory! Your dad would be proud of you!!!

:good:

[Zot09]

Whoa! Pretty friggin' awesome job! Congratulations dude, I'm sure it will be a blast!

[Skaala]

that sounds great! congrats rory!

[redbaron]

Congratulations Rory

When can we expect an in depth of one of the S or RS models? :wink:

[sentra_dude]

Congrats on the new job, sounds like you will have some fun with their cars. :D

[gucom]

Congratulations, sounds perfect :D i live in Rotterdam, so the least you can do is fix me a testdrive, right? :wink: :P

Have a lot of fun, learn new stuff, and good luck!

[MUS911]

congrats Rory,

i had a sweet experience with Audi / VW as in sales!

It was a great experience :)

[dutchmasterflex]

Great news! It's always nice to get a job you are honestly interested in. Good luck!

[gangajas]

Congratulations!

[Smartdriver]

Wow, congrats!! Nice work! :good:

[Svensson]

Awesome news Rory! Just passed your driving exam and already got a job driving cool Audi's :P:good:

[Z3uS]

Congratulations man!

Best luck to you.

[Schwalbe]

Congrats Rory for your new job ! You chose the better car brand in the world. :D :good:

[TopGearNL]

Congrats Rory, nice to hear you start working at such a large dealership. How where your first weeks at school?
Do you travel between 3-bergen and R-dam?

Good luck!

Thanks Peter, first weeks were allright actually, have a nice class. I travel between 3bergen and Rotterdam in the weekend but during the week I am in my room in 3bergen.

Congratulations Rory

When can we expect an in depth of one of the S or RS models? :wink:

I hope so, I sincerely do :wink:

Congratulations, sounds perfect :D i live in Rotterdam, so the least you can do is fix me a testdrive, right? :wink: :P

All my friends have asked me the same question :lol:

Thanks guys, Im really happy with it

[TopGearNL]

Yesterday was my first day and I spoke to alot of interesting customers, I helped them as far as I could and then I would get my boss so that I could see and learn all the things I don't know yet, like taxing a car and the actual ordering.

Yesterday a S3 as well as 2 Q7s were ordered and a S5 was sold. And some normal A3s A6s etc. A Renault Clio V6 (phase 1), MB 350ML and BMW M5 (E60)were taxed and probably will be exchanged and sold on to other dealers.

But I had a very interesting day, the boss gave me the keys of a nice little A3 1.6 and said I had to go and put some fuel in it, offcourse I was absolutely chuffed and I thought that the car was very nice, fairly fast for only a 1.6.

But the big surprise came on the end of the day. One of the salesmen was returning from his holiday and he wanted to drive off in the car he uses for the office (its an Audi TT they use for testdrives too). So the boss said we are going to put that car over their, I imagined that he would drive the TT and I would drive some crappy car but oh no. He said ''Ill drive upfront in the Q7 and you follow me in the TT'' :shock: :D

So my weekend was complete as from then, unfortunately it was only a small journey but that didn't matter.

It was an Audi TT 2.0 Litre Turbo (same engine as golf gti) with a 6 speed box. I think that it drove very well and that it was pretty fast (0-60 in 6.5). I had to get used to the short ratio's driving a 6 speed but the gearbox made it sporty. The best thing IMO is the low ride and it was quite funny driving behind an inmense Q7 and just being able to see the license plate LOL :lol:

Anyway all in all a good first day but Im looking forward to whats to come. I overheard a customer talking to my boss about wanting to take a testdrive in a Audi Q7 4.2 Litre V8 (diesel) but we only have the 3.0 Litre V6 for testdrives. The only 4.2 Litre V8 is with the Importer at the other side of the country and you can borrow it from them from time to time. Only thing is you have to go and get it yourself, so Im praying that I can go and get it :P

[saadie]

cool Rory!! .... dont get bored driving these cars again and again lol ... i hardly ever see an audi in this country :| ...
anywho .. hope you get to dirve the real beasts really soon :mrgreen:

[Stoopie]

Congratz on the job Rory! Lol, with all the cars I've driven so far, I still haven't drove the TT :D Yesterday a 997 Carrera S, but still ;) Hope you get to drive that Q7!

[stmoritzer]

:good: :D

[TopGearNL]

Last saturday I had to go to the Importer of VW/Audi to pick up a Audi A3 1.8 Turbo Tiptronic in which a customer of us was going to take a testride. Was a nice car with 180BHP and the tiptronic was fun :)

Today however when I arrived this morning the boss his son had picked up a Audi TT Roadster 3.2 Quattro Tiptronic from the importer for a customer. And somewhere during that day the announcement came through that I had to bring it back! As it was nice weather I had the roof open and it was funny to see everyones faces of a young boy in such a nice car :lol:

When I arrived at the importer and handed the TT back I got the key of an A6 Avant, but it was the car of our managing director. That car was an Audi A6 Avant 3.0 TDI Quattro Tiptronic, and I have to say it was a very nice car too!

So all and all two nice weekends. I am very busy with my study during the week so forgive me if Im not around so much :cry:

All of you take care!

[Zot09]

Sounds pretty awesome! Glad to hear you're having a good time at your job.

[yeckmohr]

Congratulations - nice job - i know what you mean - i had a job as a driver for EUROPCAR ( the car rental company ), we drove the first TT's - i think 30 times or more. I worked 3 years for EC and drove all cars they had in the fleet.

[pagani]

Congrats rory.
:D 8)