A journey of a 1000 miles must begin with single footstep....

Lil306

Happytogetdebtfree wrote: »

Morning Andrew, ahh 306 they can run for years i love them !! congratulations on the house and im sure you will be able to clear the mortgage in no time if you choose to x

Thanks, the 306 still has a place in my heart. Although I'd love a supercharged GTi6 I'm a bit of a track / performance nut now, my other was a Turbo Diesel

The runabout car now is a Passat, I'm a van of Vags too, I'd love an old skool herbie :cool:

Woowoo

It's scary to think I owed the equivalent to my age nearly!

I was very lucky that they brought me out and I cleared the £10k without any effort, I think I would have been totally overwhelmed otherwise.

I only wish I knew what the hell I spent all that money on!

Happytogetdebtfree

I know what did we spend it on i can not see where all mine adds up to lol xx

Woowoo

I walked to work this morning, must start doing this at least twice a week again. It saves me £5 a week in petrol, which I can then pay off the Lloyds card instead.

If I kept it up for a whole year it would save me £240 and keep me fit!

Happytogetdebtfree

Well done, i once tried walking to work it too me too long and i just didnt feel i could do it lol but we definatley walk more for little journeys so thats always good xx but welldone at looking at it like that xx

Woowoo

Hi Happy

I drive half way and walk the last 20 mins as it takes too long otherwise, also I live in a village and the main road I would have to walk down has no pavement and the cars go so fast it doesn't feel like a very sensible option!

REDMADCURLS

Me too!

Everyone thinks because I live in the country, I can go for lovely walks - more like I would lose my life, the cars travel so fast its impossible to walk, esp with the dog!

Woowoo

The little old ladies who live in the village stand on the church steps with speed guns monitoring the cars using the village as a short cut into Bristol city centre. They crack me up though as they can't keep their hands from shaking and no-one pays any attention to them!

Happytogetdebtfree

Ahh bless there cottons and bless them lol .... thats a good idea, due to my shift patterns i find it hard to walk a distance i work long hours and its dropping dark when i leave work i wouldnt feel too safe lol ..... plus my car doesnt cost too much to run £40 a month ... its more ohs car that costs so much to run xx lol lol xx i may tell him to walk to work lol lol xx

Woowoo

Do you think your OH might tell you to bug*er off lol!

I very stupidly brought a 2.0 Gti Peugeot, costs me a fortune in fuel and over £200 a year on tax.

Am tempted to sell it but it's only worth £1,500, plus I've had the cam belt done and I know it's reliable, whereas I could buy a little run around that turns out to be a complete lemon!

My OH also points out that once I am debt free I won't have to worry about the running costs so much and would still have a decent car.

So walking to work to save on fuel seems like a good compromise!