Mines a 55 plate astra, it's done about 120k now. It doesn't usually cost much a year (usually something coil/suspension relatedWe've got a 62 reg Astra that's tipping over the 100,000 miles mark, that we've had for 2 years now. Does us alright to be fair and it's last service/MOT only cost £250. The mechanic (we've been going to him ever since owning cars as he's good friends with my father in law!) said it's a good little car and we should be grateful as they've got a history of reliability apparently.
We only have one car. I never learnt to drive (38yrs old now!), and it's just too expensive to learn now.
Besides my monthly bus pass for work is only £50 and I could never run a car that cheap, so what's the point? I get 2 buses each way to work in my new job and whilst I'm not looking forward to the dark mornings/nights, it still takes less than 45mins each way in total so I'm good. I just pop my headphones in and switch off to the other passengers
Doesn’t sell papers or generate clicks does it?!The wholesale gas price is almost back to pre war levels.
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They were quick to report that yearly prices would be £6000 when it spiked! Why do they not do the same when it's falling?
But why are they projecting energy costs are going to go up in April then?Doesn’t sell papers or generate clicks does it?!
Hopefully it'll go down as it's calculated based on prices 17 November 2022 to 17 February 2023But why are they projecting energy costs are going to go up in April then?
I have a white little 1 litre car that I've had for years. A family member nearly fainted when they saw I have a scratch on one door ("tis but a scratch!"). I was like, oh that's nothing, don't worry and he was trying to shame me into getting it to a garage to have sorted. I stood my ground and said, sorry, it's a superficial paint scrape, no dent, I'm not paying someone £100 to clean it with a cloth and touch it up with a tippex penI work with people who are always going on about their cars and silly things like a stone scratching the alloys and how it cost him £90 to get it buffed out. Another one pays a fortune for a car to rent but can only do X miles a year and then has to use his partners old car as he's out of miles. It all gets a bit silly to me.
I'm happy if mine starts and doesn't cost much each year to pass the MOT test. I would never get one that I'm precious about, life is too short.
I don’t think they look for small scratches in all honesty. I sold my car 6ish months ago & they bit my hand off for it, they offered £4k above what we thought we’d get for it without so much as seeing it, I thought they’d be going round it with a microscope trying to knock me down because the original floor mats had mud on or some shit. There were some minor cosmetic issues with it but it had done under 3k miles (cos of the pandemic) in two years they didn’t care. I just bought a new one (ex demo, also under 3k miles) and there’s an issue with a front sensor which makes me think they can’t have properly checked this out :/ On the shop floor my toddler was running around with biscuity hands so I had to baby wipe a headlight where I noticed one of their display models had a huge chip in the door, I can’t imagine they’ll be repainting that before it’s sold onI have a white little 1 litre car that I've had for years. A family member nearly fainted when they saw I have a scratch on one door ("tis but a scratch!"). I was like, oh that's nothing, don't worry and he was trying to shame me into getting it to a garage to have sorted. I stood my ground and said, sorry, it's a superficial paint scrape, no dent, I'm not paying someone £100 to clean it with a cloth and touch it up with a tippex penwho has the money for that?! Maybe if I sell it I'll get it sorted but I am not going to prioritize 100 quid now for a scratch...
That's another good thing about old cars, you care less when you dunch them because they are usually just going to scrap when you are done with them anyway, my car is about 25% scratch at this pointI have a white little 1 litre car that I've had for years. A family member nearly fainted when they saw I have a scratch on one door ("tis but a scratch!"). I was like, oh that's nothing, don't worry and he was trying to shame me into getting it to a garage to have sorted. I stood my ground and said, sorry, it's a superficial paint scrape, no dent, I'm not paying someone £100 to clean it with a cloth and touch it up with a tippex penwho has the money for that?! Maybe if I sell it I'll get it sorted but I am not going to prioritize 100 quid now for a scratch...
Pretty sure that would be just your excess? A van driver accidentally scratched my bumper, sort of tapped into it. I sent it to the garage to get repaired - I wouldn't have bothered as it was so minor, not even that deep, very superficial, however the van driver pissed me off, the way it happened... he tried to undercut me at a busy junction and was so rude and dismissive so I went ahead with the claim, the company that literally just buffed it out charged the van drivers insurance £350. It was in and out in 2 hours. But that could also be the garage taking the biscuit (it was the van drivers insurance company that picked the garage) but I remember very clearly because even though it wasn't our fault we asked the cost because you have to mention these things whether at fault or not for at least 5 years when your insurance comes up for renewal.A few years back when my husband bought his car they’d messed up majorly so ended up giving us a courtesy car to tide us over/make sure the sale went through and he’d scratched it quite badly on a concrete wall and they charged us something very minor for it, like around £100 tops, and that was bad damage. Similarly my in laws lease & they had a roof tile hit their car boot and they just traded their car back in, the bloke said he doesn’t care it’ll come out easily and they weren’t charged a thing.
Nope it wasn’t, I believe it was pretty much at cost but we had the leverage of them being worried we’d walk away from the car purchase because they’d messed it up hence us having their courtesy. We’ve always had larger excesses of £250-500 because we were new drivers/it was a big car and I’d rather pay a lower monthly but higher excess / also know we’ve never claimed on any insurancesPretty sure that would be just your excess? A van driver accidentally scratched my bumper, sort of tapped into it. I sent it to the garage to get repaired - I wouldn't have bothered as it was so minor, not even that deep, very superficial, however the van driver pissed me off, the way it happened... he tried to undercut me at a busy junction and was so rude and dismissive so I went ahead with the claim, the company that literally just buffed it out charged the van drivers insurance £350. It was in and out in 2 hours. But that could also be the garage taking the biscuit (it was the van drivers insurance company that picked the garage) but I remember very clearly because even though it wasn't our fault we asked the cost because you have to mention these things whether at fault or not for at least 5 years when your insurance comes up for renewal.
I lived (rented) in several mid terrace victorian houses prior to this one, including when I was an undergrad and lived in the middle of a whole terrace of student rentals, and couldn't hear a damn thing from any of my neighbours. It was a bit of a surprise when I moved here and could hear everything! Luckily my neighbours are pretty chill.I hate this new trend of developers who build houses made of tissue.
A new development is being built in my neighbourhood with a starting price of 450k but you barely have any garden and parking for 1 car.
People are spending close to half a million to hear their neighbours next door. It is ridiculous.
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