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  • Hax
    Hax Posts: 890 Forumite
    I know that you say you need the car for visiting relatives and for food shopping, but you are spending £160/month on fuel/tax/insurance/maintenance PLUS the cost of your car finance which you say is about to increase to £250/month (if I understand right) - that will then be a total of £410/month on running the car.

    Considering most supermarkets will deliver for around £5 (that's £20/month), that would still leave you a LOT of money out of your upcoming monthly car expenses for taxis to visit relatives/etc

    Considering you only spend £30/month on petrol, you can't be travelling that far to visit, I am sure that your taxi costs would be considerably less than the £390 costs you would save from ditching your car.
    My posts are my own opinions based on my experiences and info gathered from sites such as this.
    They are not a substitute for professional financial advice - but you knew that already didn't you? ;)
    VSP 2011 - Member #25 - Started 6th December 2010 - Total As Of 4th May 2011 (21 weeks in!) - £323.67/£500 - So far so good!
  • Sorry, i'll try clear some of that up for you.

    There are no secured debts, I have a personal loan and finance on a car, which total 17000.

    The rent is £120 per month because i am in the armed forces living in married quarters.

    As for the house value, I thought it meant household value, where I have computers and TVs and the like, adding up to a value of £5000

    dont the armed forces take a dim view at these levels of debt?
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