Attack April with An Alternative Approach; the NSD Challenge.

boultdj

CURLYGIRL + MICRO top up cars in a morning when it's COLD,it's been proven that you get more fuel for you money.

curlygirl1971

boultdj wrote: »

CURLYGIRL + MICRO top up cars in a morning when it's COLD,it's been proven that you get more fuel for you money.

ooooh I'd forgotten about that factor as well! Cheers

solventsoon

pleasemakemedebtfree wrote: »

Can I join in to please? I'd like to go for 10 days to start with.

Hi pleasemakemedebtfree, of course you may join,:) welcome aboard the NSD challenge, good to have you here:)

MoodyBlues wrote: »

I'll aim for 18 next month. I may well get lucky as I have been in the past couple of months!

Hi MoodyBlues, welcome back:) - we'll make sure you get lucky this month as well - lots of encouragement called for:)

kittykats wrote: »

Good luck to willbedebt free and all of us other newbies out there. I've been lurking here for some time and am sure that I can beat this debt with all of your help. xx

Hi kittykats - you're in the right place (DFW forum, that is) to help beat your debt, and you'll have lots of encouragement from all of us on here:)

solventsoon

Surfbabe wrote: »

Please can you put me down for 10 again - kids are home from Uni, its DS 21st B/D so don;t think I can manage more!!!

Hi Surfbabe, welcome to the April thread:). Sounds as though you have a lot on in April, wise move to aim for 10 and then if you get more you can celebrate:j

Trinny wrote: »

Hi All
After my pretty embarrasing failure last month, only managing 2NSD's!:o can i stick with 6 again this month.
Really struggling to get going with this challenge - but do want to get better. The posts with 10+ NSD's make me hang my head in shame!!!
Trin

Hi Trinny, it's a good job BigMumma isn't around to see that "f" word - we don't use that word on here. You had 2 days last month when no one had your money but you - that's a bonus:). Keep posting on here, we'll give you loads of encouragement and you will get to your 6 days this month.
Chin up:):) and welcome back:)

rachelmk wrote: »

Hi!
I hope you don't mind if I join in too? April has to be a very frugal month for me - I need to start really economising to help me through the lean months of July and August when I won't get paid for teaching - hopefully will have a full time job in Sept though!
I'd like to attempt 10 NSDs in April as a first effort please.
Thank you!

Hi rachelmk, of course we don't mind if you join - the more the merrier - so welcome aboard:), good to have you here:). Fingers crossed with the job hunting and good luck with the economising, sounds as though you're going to potentially have a tough time in July and August. Have a look at the old style board on here - there are lots of ideas for making do on a very small budget, you might find some ideas there. There are also some ideas on the first page of this thread. Look forward to seeing you around on here regularly:)

ceebeeby

Yay- I've got one!!!! Number 2 for me today!

Thank you x

micron_2

curlygirl1971 wrote: »

Haven't got a flippng clue micron. Here's what MSE says:-

"Don't fill it up. Efficiency Improvement: Up to 1%
Fuel is heavy, so by filling the car up you're adding quite a weight. The less fuel your car has in it, the more efficiently it drives. Thus filling up slightly more often and putting less in (to 1/2 or 3/4 full) will make the car run more efficiently."

This was taken from the guide on Motoring & Travel and there are more hints and tips to make your fuel go that little bit further. I've always filled up - it feels tidier and neater to fill up and then go right down and then fill up and then go right down (part of my budget OCD I think). But am going to make a concerted effort not to fill up in future. I will put around £12 in tonight to get it to 3/4 full as am doing 200 miles before I will be down at my BF's where he has cheaper petrol anyway and can't make it otherwise.

But let's see if I can work it out.....The bit where I get my knickers in a twist:-
So my car (fiesta) has a 40 litre tank (8.79 gallons) and at my local garage it's 116.99 per litre so that's £46.80 for a tank. Currently getting 40.1mpg so thats 352.5 miles per tank. If my efficiency drops by say 1% because I've topped up to a full tank (to save 10p as I currently have a 1/4 tank) then my mpg might become 39.7mpg then ........hang on, I gave up and went and got a coffee and a cheeky kitkat.

If it's going up 1p per litre then what the hell am I worrying for?? That's 40p extra per tank.

Panic over. Sorry for the false alarm It's just that in the past months I've seen the cost of a tank go up by about £5 and I do quite a bit of mileage so I've become my father and am obsessed by pump prices :rotfl:

Right........whatother scare mongering can I do today.............

curlygirl, thanks for all that info... after your calculations I have decided to keep today as a NSD and wait until my petrol goes down some more. I like to fill up my tank as well but I'm going to try filling it 1/2 or 3/4 full. Thanks again much appreciated.

micron_2

boultdj wrote: »

CURLYGIRL + MICRO top up cars in a morning when it's COLD,it's been proven that you get more fuel for you money.

Wow, thanks for the tip I wasn't aware of that but will definitely be filling up on cold mornings in future.

skaps

Nakashima_Miharu wrote: »

Hi,

I signed up for the grocery challenge today but want to see if I can achieve 15 NSD's for the month of April too so please add me to the list

This should keep me focussed and stop me adding to the cupboard full of toiletries (many unopened) I have at home!

Thanks!

You should try the no toiletries challenge, http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=31423061#post31423061 this is the March one

3Dogs

Hello Hello Hello - fancy meeting you here Spoon :j

I've just joined the Make £10 a Day in April Challenge and now want to join the gang on here too - I'll go for 15 NSD's in April - so put me on the membership list please - should be easy - we've got no money this month - hence the frantic eBaying

See you back Troll Busting later:beer:

fedupandskint

Can you put me down for 15 NSD this month please?

Thanks for starting the thread for this month

Off we go again tomorrow!