16th Jan How much have you spent today?

jcr16

in*the*red wrote:

Today it needs replacement exhaust, 2 new tyres and front brake pads which doesn't sound like much really and it's gone to the local garage who are supposed to be cheap but still £650!
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ok i won't admit to be a mechanic but for a girl i know loads about cars . and i don't know what car u have but that is an extremly high amount for the little it needs to have done. i would shop around, now u know what u need phone up garages and get quotes. even our old cav gsi which had very wide , low profile sport tyres only cost about £60/ £70 each. Hope this helps.

but haven't spent a penny yet today so pleased. not planning on going out. but a betterware book came through the door this morning and some nice bits in there so might make out a little order.

biblejohn

jcr16 wrote:

ok i won't admit to be a mechanic but for a girl i know loads about cars . and i don't know what car u have but that is an extremly high amount for the little it needs to have done. i would shop around, now u know what u need phone up garages and get quotes. even our old cav gsi which had very wide , low profile sport tyres only cost about £60/ £70 each. Hope this helps.

but haven't spent a penny yet today so pleased. not planning on going out. but a betterware book came through the door this morning and some nice bits in there so might make out a little order.

Agree here. Sounds like you are being ripped off, unless the "new exhaust" includes a cat converter which can cost 400quid. If its just a back box then you are looking at more like 70quid tops.

I had 2 new tyres on my car last week which cost 50quid in total, fitted. You can check on http://www.mytyres.co.uk/ to see how much they should cost. Front brake pads for most cars cost £10 a set and take about 20mins tops to fit.

in*the*red_6

jcr16 wrote:

ok i won't admit to be a mechanic but for a girl i know loads about cars . and i don't know what car u have but that is an extremly high amount for the little it needs to have done. i would shop around, now u know what u need phone up garages and get quotes. even our old cav gsi which had very wide , low profile sport tyres only cost about £60/ £70 each. Hope this helps.

Thanks, I forgot to mention it is being serviced in this price, the part of the exhaust that's gone is the catalyst (expensive part I'm told???), the other bits, labour and VAT of course. I've let them go ahead I'm afraid except for the tyres, I'm going to have them done at the tyre place instead so it will be approx £550 but will still have to find the extra £100 or so to have the tyres replaced v soon. It's a Ford Galaxy BTW, I think I'm going to start a thread for some advice on whether or not to get rid of it!!!

jcr16

this is a bit of topic but here goes anyway.

ford galaxy's are lovely cars but they are fairly new and if you have spent so much on it already then if it was me i would get rid of it. ford is known to be cheap for parts but they always going wrong every ford we have had ( and we had loads) always cost us a fortune. maybe go for a vauxhall or vw. these make of cars are known for going on for years. my car is a 20 year old golf.and last year all it needed for mot was a headlight bulb.

Hope this helps.

Sunnydoo

Nothing today-DD & i both in bed feeling poorly

So glad i don't have a car !

black-saturn

£3 odd on a few things from supermarket
£1.57 on posting parcels for ebay

beautifulgorgeous_2

Got a skirt for dd and a shirt for ds and £3 back on my card from Gap on a reciept that i had "price adjusted" as it was witin 14 days and many of the things I bought in the sale had been reduced further!

ms_london

Ok, so I bought the jeans - £15, so not bad.

Skintchick - you deserve the boots, keep them!! :0) You work so hard, you deserve a treat!!

xx

mummytofour

nothing today!

omega_2

Was hoping for a zero spend day today.......BUT.... will now have to raid the (meagre) emergency fund for a new tyre. Oh, well..... at least it wasn't 1 of the 2 replaced last year!