Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Tape it. Before it gets any bigger. You can also touch a drop of *thin* super-glue on it, and it will get drawn into the crack by capillary action. Do both ends of the crack. Cracks spread from the ends, they don't grow from the middle.

    This is very impressive - I didn't know this!
    *wedges in the back of the head *
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,255 Ambassador
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    Joiner was here earlier to look at it & I am getting a quote.
    I could tell from his facial expressions he was slightly concerned as am i.
    I am thinking about a cash transfer from my CC into my bank account but I am a tad concerned that I cannot afford to repay it.
    Will ponder further & of course as yet I have no price.
    But certainly beyond my budget at present.
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    Whispers to Z.
    Same make of car as you had in The Burgh.

    Any particular reason you went for that type?
    beanielou wrote: »
    Can you imagine me getting in and out of the yellow one :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Just hold onto the door, press the "open door" button, and it'll fling you to your feet.






    "To your feet" three streets away - but you know - baby steps... :rotfl:
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    This is very impressive - I didn't know this!

    The ends of the crack act as "stress concentrators".

    Do note that as the crack lengthens, the faster it grows, up to the point it suddenly propagates supersonically. You'll hear that if you're in the room.
    Butti wrote: »
    *wedges in the back of the head *

    I hope you don't have stress concentrated at the back of your head... :naughty:
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,255 Ambassador
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    Went for that as the new A1 is described as a small automatic!!
    My i.q would need to be x2 to be the same size :rotfl:
    I liked the A1 when I went for the test drive :).
    I think I am worth it :rotfl: :eek:
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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,255 Ambassador
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    I am pondering having the one door taken out.
    it is starting to worry me.
    Unfortunatly I think that the heat in the conservetory does not help.
    Thoughts Z?
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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    Went for that as the new A1 is described as a small automatic!!
    My i.q would need to be x2 to be the same size :rotfl:

    Just having looked at the crash tests of the IQ/A1/A3 - stay away from the IQ. :eek::eek::eek:

    Fortunately the A1 and A3 are a lot better.
    beanielou wrote: »
    I liked the A1 when I went for the test drive :).
    I think I am worth it :rotfl: :eek:

    If the A1 had been cheaper (i.e. less new) when I was looking, I probably would have gone for one of those. I carry too much crap around in my boot...

    Things to look out for in those:
    • The parcel shelf is crap. It's possible for it to jam under where it swivels and either wrench a pivot off, or pull a plastic peg out. Or both.
    • Sometimes the automatic wipers go a bit skeppy and alternate between wiping at "end of days" speed and not wiping at all for minutes at a time. Just stick it into manual.
    • The rear windows don't go all the way down.
    • The central arm rest can sometimes get itself in a state where you can't get it level. Foot on the brake and put the handbrake down, and fiddle on then.
    • You probably aren't going to go for the edition I got, but the torque steer can be bad.
    • The "locking" wheel nuts can be a bit fragile and "round off" stopping you from taking the wheel off. They're essentially this type: wheel-nuts-key.jpg

    Other than that, it has been reliable - he says as his exhaust dropped off this week... :rotfl: :whistle:
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    I am pondering having the one door taken out.
    it is starting to worry me.
    Unfortunatly I think that the heat in the conservetory does not help.
    Thoughts Z?

    The thermal expansion/contraction doesn't usually matter when there's nothing wrong, as everything expands together, and contracts together. It's only when something expands, and something else doesn't, that problems occur.

    It's most likely been that you dinged it and didn't notice, and it grew over time. Brittle materials are bad like that. That's how you can scratch/score glass and break it neatly.

    I mean, can you imagine trying to do this in wood?
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    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,255 Ambassador
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    Z~~. I have been driving an I.q for 6 years :rotfl:
    Eek to your exhaust.
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    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 90,255 Ambassador
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    Right. I really really need to think about how to pull in some extra money.
    Any ideas lovely peeps?
    So this is project new doors.
    Do need to get project graduation done and dusted first also bearing in mind my current hair fail.
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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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