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Emilie Rath: “I still have many evenings coming home in tears.”

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I dette nye blog indlæg fra Dirty Fingernails fortæller Emilie en meget gribende historie om hendes job som racermekaniker og det at være enlig kvinde i en mandeverden, hvor hun dagligt skal kæmpe for sit værd. (Emilie skriver på engelsk da hun til daglig bor i England.)

Uncomfortable about being comfortable

I never been the best at anything any where I have worked.

Of all the places I have worked I always been jealous of the guys I worked with. They were so comfortable in their work, they knew exactly what they were doing. I’m sure if you asked them they could do the job with their eyes closed! They knew where anything was and they knew everyone at the workplace. I always thought to my self, I know I’m good when I feel like them. I know I’m good when I am so comfortable about my work that I could basically run the place!

As the years went by, the more education I finished, the more experienced and the older I got I didn’t even come close to feeling slightly comfortable. It frustrated me so much and it brought me to many tears thinking it was because I wasn’t good enough, well.. to be fair, not being good enough I can work with! At least I know what to do, work harder and get better, but the thought that really crushed me, was that I wasn’t good enough and couldn’t be good enough because I was a girl. I mean it must have been that right? It must have been the reason why I couldn’t connect to the guys as they could connect to each other, it must have been the reason why I made more mistakes than others, why I had to work twice as hard to perform the same job as my male colleagues? Why I have to study the double amount of time as my male classmates in order to understand the same things. I can’t be a woman in a mans world cause no matter how hard I work I will never be good enough! It simply comes down to my gender. It sounds horrible right? Is there a small voice in your head right now saying “Get over yourself and stop whining”? Don’t worry, the same voice is in my head every time I think those thoughts and it is not true of course!

The reason why I have never been the best, the reason why I have never been comfortable at a workplace or with the work I have been doing is because I have moved on to the next level the moment I felt I could perform on the level I was on. I have realized how uncomfortable it makes me, being comfortable. I have goals and dreams, but I wont reach them unless I accept failure and accept I’m gonna be uncomfortable a lot of the times on my way there. I have been surrounded by friends and family that have always pressured me to be better, to do better! but also showed me that nothing happens if I fall, nothing happens if I make mistakes! As TD. Jakes says “A setback is a setup for comeback”. I keep reminding my self that I can never loose, I either win or learn. Ironically enough, it makes me comfortable knowing that, when I am making mistakes and I am feeling uncomfortable, it’s a sign of growth! It’s a sign that I am one step closer to my goal. It’s a sign that I am on the next level! A level of new things to learn and new mistakes to make. When I’ve done them all and starts to get comfortable, it’s time to move on to the next level again.

A little example, I started at a new job. Very nervous obviously! My boyfriend told me “The first thing you do, is to take the gearbox of your car and check the clutch” I panicked. I never done it on that type of car. What if I make a mistake? I would look like an idiot in front of the other guys. I told him that and he looked at me and said “Thinking that and making that a reason for not doing your job is whats gonna make you ‘just another mechanic’ and not one of the best mechanics” He was right. I did it, not just once, but every time I had the opportunity I would take the gearbox of and after some times, that fear was gone. By attacking my fear for failure dead on, not accepting being uncomfortable with anything, gonna make me feel comfortable with being uncomfortable. Every time there is a slight doubt or fear inside you, you also know that you are capable of making it go away by doing it enough times till you get comfortable with it!

I still have many evenings coming home in tears. Tears of doubts and disbelieve in myself! The only thing that makes me calm is that I know my self well enough, to know that I wont stop until that feeling is gone. I wont stop failing, making mistakes, learning from it and get better. The road to your goal is uncomfortable, you just have to get comfortable with it!

Keep smilling x

VW: Nu lander T-Roc i Danmark

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Iklædt et sportsligt og karismatisk design, stærke turboladede motorer, nye infotainmentsystemer og en bred vifte af assistentsystemer markerer T-Roc sig som endnu et stærkt kort i Volkswagens ekspanderende udbud af SUV-modeller. Den nye T-Roc fås til priser fra 239.990 kr. for en 115 hk 1,0 TSI City.

 

  • Den kompakte T-Roc viser et nyt udtryksfuldt design med coupé-lignende taglinje og sportslige proportioner.
  • Den kommer standardudstyret med Front Assist med Citynødbremsefunktion og forgængerovervågning samt Lane Assist og Adaptiv fartpilot.
  • T-Roc kommer med den nyeste generation af infotainmentanlæg og Active Info Display.
  • Mulighed for at give T-Toc et endnu mere unikt udseende med kontrastfarvet tag og sidespejle.
  • Dynamiske køreegenskaber, kraftige motorer og mulighed for 4Motion-firehjulstræk.

T-Roc tilbydes i tre udstyrsversioner henholdsvis City, Style og Sport, og der kan vælges mellem seks motorvarianter (tre benzin- og tre dieselmotorer) T-Roc er veludstyret og byder i basisversionen 1,0 TSI (115 hk) City til 239.990 kr. på klimaanlæg, Composition Media med 8″ touchskærm i glas, Adaptiv fartpilot, regnsensor og automatisk nedblændeligt bakspejl, LED baglygter, Lane Assist og Front Assist med Citynødbremsefunktion og Fodgængerovervågning.

Vælges T-Roc 1,0 TSI i en Style-version er prisen 254.995 kr. og her får du i forhold til City-versionen udstyr som tågefolygter med statisk kurvelys, læderbeklædt rat, håndbremse og gearknob, parkeringssensorer for og bag og 16″ letmetalfælge.

T-Roc Sport fås i kombination med fire motorer; 150 hk 1,5 TSI, 190 hk 2,0 TSI, 150 hk 2,0 TDI og 190 hk 2,0 TDI. T-Roc Sport har i forhold til Style-versionen standardudstyr som Blind spot sensor, fjernlysassistent, LED forlygter, Ambientebelysning, Active Info Display, blanke tagrælinger og 17″ letmetalfælge. En T-Roc Sport med 150 hk 1,5 TSI EVO-motor koster 293.990 kr., og vælges samme version med 7-trins DSG-gear hedder prisen 310.995 kr. Topmodellen blandt benzinvarianterne kører med en 190 hk 2,0 TSI-motor, der udelukkende tilbydes i Sport-versionen og kommer standardudstyret med 7-trins DSG-gear og 4Motion-firehjulstræk til 368.995 kr.

T-Roc kan vælges med tre kraftfulde og økonomiske dieselmotorer, og her starter priserne ved 278.996 kr. for en 115 hk 1,6 TDI Style. For 299.996 kr. tilbydes T-Roc Style med den kultiverede 150 hk 2,0 TDI-motor, der leverer en udsøgt balance mellem sportslige præstationer og kørekomfort. Ønskes 7-trins DSG-gear, koster en T-Roc 2,0 TDI Style 316.994 kr.

Forskellige udstyrspakker
Volkswagen tilbyder en række attraktivt prissatte udstyrspakker til T-Roc, og her kan blandt andet nævnes Design pakken til 12.998 kr., der giver T-Roc Style et endnu mere unik og sportslig look med et tag i kontrastfarve (sort eller hvid), 17″ Mayfield letmetalfælge, kromelementer på kofangere og Ambiente belysning i interiøret.

Til T-Roc Sport fås for 11.997 kr ekstra en DK Sportpakke, der omfatter sportsundervogn, 18″ Grange Hill letmetalfælge, røde bremsekalibrer, tonede ruder og sportsinteriør (kromelementer, rød ambiente belysning, alupedaler, røde dekorpaneler og sort taghimmel).

For 6.998 kr. kan T-Roc Style og Sport udstyres med en DK Pakke, der har bakkamera, Multifunktionsrat med varme og gearskiftefunktion i forbindelse med DSG-gear, App-Connect, forsæder med højdejustering og lændestøtte.

Euro NCAP har crashtestet T-Roc, der imponerede hele vejen igennem og opnåede topkarakteren 5 stjerner. Et fornemt resultat og et bevis på, at T-Roc matcher matcher flere større SUV’er på sikkerheden.

Den nye T-Roc har Danmarkspremiere hos de danske Volkswagen-forhandlere i weekenden d. 9.-10 december.

 

Kilde: Pressemeddelse fra Volkswagen Danmark

Hyundai i30 Fastback: en fræk lille coupé-sag

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Hyundai er i den grad ude med riven i øjeblikket for at tiltrække nye kundesegmenter. De har nemlig sat sig et mål: “Hyundai Motor aims to become number one Asian automotive brand in Europe by 2021.” Og det er de godt på vej til med bl.a den nye Hyundai i30 Fastback.

Som en del af Hyundai’s nye strategi, sættes der igen nye standarder med lanceringen af den nye 4 dørs coupé: Hyundai i30 Fastback.

Det lidt kedelige, kejtede, koreanske udtryk, er blevet støvet af og erstattet med et tysk-lignende, fashionabelt og “stylish look”, som virkelig er med på beatet i forhold til konkurrenterne på markedet. Med introduktionen af den nye Hyundai i30 Fastback, slår man på design. Den smukke “Cascade grill” på bilens snude, giver den et sportsligt og dynamisk udtryk og taget er sænket, hvilket forbedrer køredynamikken og forstærker bilens sportslige udtryk.

Den nye Fastback er egentlig baseret på en i30, men i Coupé udgave. Den er 4-dørs og har en smule mindre lofthøjde på bagsæder, men større bagagerum end den almindelige i30´er. Fastbacken har et flot design og ifølge Chief Designer, Thomas Bürkle har den et: “Horizontal design and Atmosphere of Well-being.”

Den nye Fastback er til dig som ikke stiller sig tilfreds med den almindelig Hyundai i30, men ønsker noget udover det sædvanlige og som signalerer klasse og elegance.

Priserne er endnu ukendt.

 

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