Is it the end, or just the beginning.....?

funnyflipp

Hurrah for the car! and I hope the ski's get collected OK
I hope you don't mind me being nosey but how much of a difference does it make to your food bill when DS is away?
(Mine seems to eat for England at the moment!)

Roll on Friday

Karmacat

The phrase "hollow legs" was invented for teenage boys ....

taxi73

have you had your battery tested on the car?

Verbatim

There's a specialist firm I heard about on radio 4 which offers add-on insurance for newly qualified drivers on parents' insurance and another for learner drivers. I'll post up the name later.

hypno06

Karmacat wrote: »

The phrase "hollow legs" was invented for teenage boys ....

Certainly was.....and I am sure my food bill will reduce next week!!

taxi73 wrote: »

have you had your battery tested on the car?

yes, and the alternator.....I think it is just because I am using the car less and less this winter and it is sitting about a lot. Once ski-race season starts at Easter, there will be long journies every weekend so it will hopefully be better (she says, hopefully!).

Verbatim wrote: »

There's a specialist firm I heard about on radio 4 which offers add-on insurance for newly qualified drivers on parents' insurance and another for learner drivers. I'll post up the name later.

That would be very useful, thank you - my insurance is due next month, and with DD turning 17 in June, it is something that I will need to address very shortly!

Verbatim

I've found the rather garbled note I made.

The Company is called Provisional Marmalade in Peterborough I think. There might be another name for the policy for newly qualified drivers but similar idea. The guy speaking was I think Crispin something.

As I said it's an add on so I think you have your normal insurance with whoever/whichever ins co and then buy this cover. It's for drivers learning in their parents' car, payable monthly and ring fenced so that if the learner has an accident the parents' no-claims bonus isn't affected.

I haven't googled the company so hope I've noted it all correctly and that it's still available.

hypno06

Thank you V - that is very very interesting, and I will certainly be following it up!!

Car has behaved all day - skis collected, etc, so am happy enough with that!

Hope you have all had a good day x

macgirl

Good to hear the social life is cranking up! Hope DS has a good time too

hypno06

I am certainly enjoying my spare time a lot more these days, mac - that is for sure I am very lucky that I have a lot of friends who have stuck by me through thick and thin over the years and who didn't "drop" me for example when I kept making excuses about not going out etc.....

And a nice smattering of new friends too - who have been very good for me over these last few months.....:T

macgirl

Well, that is the test of true friendship - the only ones worth keeping are those who stick around through the bad times.

It's all good - hurrah for fun times with good friends, old and new :beer: